A GREAT Yarmouth stylist has returned triumphant from London where she was among the winners at the Afro Hair & Beauty Show 2010.Paula Vika and her team were awarded third place in the flamboyant and outrageously creative Sensationnel Icon avant Guarde - Hair Xpressions competition celebrating unique hairstyling talent.

A GREAT Yarmouth stylist has returned triumphant from London where she was among the winners at the Afro Hair & Beauty Show 2010.

Paula Vika and her team were awarded third place in the flamboyant and outrageously creative Sensationnel Icon avant Guarde - Hair Xpressions competition celebrating unique hairstyling talent.

Paula and assistants Laura and Lindsey from her Norwich salon were among country's most enthusiastic stylists, who converged on London over the Bank Holiday weekend.

She said “I was just happy to be amongst them, but to come third is really quite an achievement.”

“I must praise the enthusiasm and imagination of Laura and Lindsey, and the amazing skills of beauty therapist Sophie, as make up and costume were part of the judging criteria, also models Delicia, Lauren and Neuza Vika - it really was a team effort.

“It was frantic at times and we are all now exhausted, but it provided an enjoyable and worthwhile experience”

Paula was invited to the competition in 2009 but was unable to attend and promised to participate this year in the biggest event of its kind in Europe,