LEIGH grandma June Carr would swap her title as one of the nation's Glamorous Grandmothers -- just to see her "little princess" walk a few steps.

The only thing June, 64, of Hurst Street, wants from life is to find a way of treating her seven-year-old disabled granddaughter Laura.

June has just come back from the finals of the Glamorous Grandmother competition in Scarborough but she rushed home to see her little princess.

June said: "The first thing I did when I came back was to see Laura and give her a big hug. She is my little princess and always will be. Laura is a very special grandchild. Everyone loves her."

June appeared on the catwalk with 19 other grandmothers from around the country.

The competition attracted huge coverage and June was interviewed for local television news and her picture appeared in a national newspaper.

However it was for Laura that she wanted to do her best and even though she did not win, she has vowed to be back next year.

June works as an assembly quality control worker at Volex cable manufactures and is no stranger to beauty pageants, having been in several over the years and has been in the Glamorous Grandmother competition final four times before.

She said: "It was fantastic. I was really surprised that I was chosen to be in the final because the competition is so strict now.

"The standard was very high. It was very difficult for the judges."

She won £100 but spent a week at Scarborough and considered it to be a great holiday because they spent the week in luxury in the plush Grand Hotel overlooking Scarborough bay.

However what has topped all of the excitement was now that she has just heard Laura say the word "nana" to her.

Laura was born with a dislocated hip, cannot walk and has severe learning disabilities. She cannot speak more than a few words.

Laura's condition has baffled doctors and specialists.

But the little girl is the light of June's life -- and all her family.

They are now raising money for Laura's school, Tanfield, in Hindley where Laura receives special therapy.

June said: "Just to hear her say nana made me thrilled to bits."

Laura has been through three operations when her hip was broken twice by doctors and her tendons have been cut to put her leg back in the socket. Her entire lower body was in a plaster for two years.

Mum Julie, 35, of Wigan Road, Leigh, said: "Even after everything Laura has been through, she's just a happy little girl. She's always laughing and smiling. Nothing seems to bother her."

The fund raising event on March 31 at the Monaco Ballroom features her grandad Ronnie Carr and his band The BeatBoys, who were dubbed Leigh's answer to the Beatles in the 1960s, and Laura's dad is playing with his tribute band the State of Quo.

Last year they raised £2,000 for computers for Tanfield school but this year the cash will be split between Wigan and Leigh Hospice.