January 23, 2015
An East Petersburg baby beat out more than 180,000 other babies to win the 2014 Gerber Be Our Baby Photo Search.
Seven-month-old Grace, whose last name will not be released, won Gerber's fifth annual contest and the title of 2015 Gerber Spokesbaby.
The baby's family will receive a $50,000 prize, as well as a year's worth of Gerber baby food and a chance to appear in a Gerber advertisement.
"We're still in shock," Grace's mother Gabrielle told The Patriot-News. "We're just so thrilled and happy."
According to Gabrielle, the money will go toward her daughter's college education and the education of any of her potential future siblings.
While Gabrielle says she managed to capture the perfect photo by accident, she gave The Patriot-News some helpful photo-taking tips for other parents:
1. Take a lot of photos -- chances are there will be at least one you like.
2. Use natural lighting.
3. Try photographing them shortly after they have napped or eaten, that's when kids are at their happiest.
