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She’s the hostess with the mostest – it can only be Amy Lamé. Paul Disney caught up with the chubby glamourpuss

Describe yourself
I am a writer, performer, television and radio presenter and all-round chubby glamourpuss!

How does it feel being a British citizen for the last few years?
People are still surprised at how strong my accent is though. You can take the girl out of Jersey, but you can’t take the Jersey out of the girl (that’s NEW Jersey!).

So what do you miss most about New Jersey?
I like playing Bruce Springsteen REALLLLLY loud on my Mustang convertible car stereo. Or blow drying my hair super-big, wearing lots of gold jewellery and having a deep mahogany tan. Eating a huge plate of disco fries at 3am in the morning at a roadside diner. Having beer chugging competitions at the annual Fireman’s Fair.

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Do you want to record and produce a 45-minute music set for this year’s St James’s Street Party?

Last year’s St James’s Street Party, after Brighton Pride and festival was the most successful to date; this year the organisers are looking to make the two-day event just as professional and well-planned as the year before.

The Pride weekend is one of the most important dates in the city’s calendar and The Village Street Party on and around St James’s Street, on the Pride Saturday and Sunday is one of the largest Street Parties in Sussex.

Over the weekend the organisers are offering six local DJs the chance to record and produce a 45-minute set at Juice FM. The set will be played over the Saturday and Sunday of Pride weekend, Live on Juice FM and in and around the Village Street Party.

Email Ben Davie at: ben@amsterdam.uk.com for info.

Linda Holm, Superintendent Registrar of Brighton Register Office, talks to Paul Disney about the happy business of love

Describe yourself?
I have worked for the Registration Service for 23 years. I love dealing with people and consider my role an honour and a privilege. Nothing gives me more pleasure than seeing couples commit to each other, whether they be gay or straight. It’s a special occasion.

Why Brighton and Hove?
I was working for Cambridge Register Office for 14 years but had reached a point where my career couldn’t progress further. I had alwayswanted to live by the sea; so when a colleague at Southampton Register Office informed me a position had come up in Brighton and Hove, I immediately applied for it. So here I am, enjoying every minute of it!

So what’s so cool about your job here?
Brighton and Hove is a great cosmopolitan city and the council have been really pro-active in promoting and supporting the registration service in launching civil partnerships and other services. I have been given much automony to develop and improve all aspects of the registration service here, and it is working out very well.

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The popular Miss GayUK is back this year, with heats all over the UK – including Brighton and Hove.

The heats will start in Manchester on 13 and 20 April with the final on 14 November 2008 at Nightingales in Birmingham.

Organiser Leah Shafik and her partner Nina, will be holding regional heats throughout the year and for the first time the heats will include Ireland. “There are no limits to who you can be,” says Leah. “The judges will be looking at three areas: confidence, appearance (not how you look, but the way you portray yourself comfortably) and personality.”

For more information visit www.missgayuk.co.uk

Pictured: Last year’s Miss GayUK winner Kimberly Sanger