Among More than 217,000 Entrants, Ohio Toddler to Become Gerber’s Newest Ad Star

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Jan. 31, 2011
/PRNewswire/ — Upon reviewing hundreds of thousands of the cutest
smiles, most adorable poses and irresistibly squeezable cheeks, Gerber
has announced the winner of its Gerber Generation Photo Search!
Two-year-old Mercy Townsend of Toledo, Ohio is the grand prize winner of a $25,000 scholarship and will star in a Gerber print advertisement beginning in May 2011.

“I didn’t believe it at first,” says Mercy’s mom, Tahisha Williams-Townsend,
when she was notified that her daughter had won. “Our family is
ecstatic to see Mercy in a magazine ad and then to receive such a
generous scholarship is really awesome.  Mercy doesn’t understand the
extent of what she’s just won, but she’s excited and goes around saying,
‘thank you, thank you.'” To continue, Please click “MORE”!