A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl has raised more than £500 for charity after agreeing to donate her hair to the Little Princess Trust.

Emma Bell-Smith thought her daughter Millie’s obsession with getting her hair cut off was just a phase. However one year later, she is still adamant she wanted to go through with it.

Millie Bell-Smith, of Legerton Drive, Clacton, did not want her hair to go to waste, and so she turned her wish into a fundraising event.

Millie already takes part in the Colchester Relay for Life and Race for Life every year.

Ms Bell-Smith said: “She is having it cut at the Colchester Garrison athletics track. On the day of the cut, she will have been going on about her hair for a whole year.”

The family has a £1,000 target and has raised £586 so far.

Millie has become the “cover girl” for the event at her nursery.

Her face has become well known in the town centre and has received donations from shop owners who talk to her.

Mrs Bell-Smith said: “We have gone to town handing out posters and she gets excited when she sees herself on them.

“We have moments of being really overwhelmed, especially when complete strangers sponsor us. It’s amazing hownice people are and how much they have supported her.”

Millie and her family did a charity dog walk on Sunday, where they walked for five miles along the beach in Clacton.

Ms Bell-Smith said: “It was amazing how many people came up to us to give us money..”

Millie is having the big chop on Sunday, September 6, at 10am at the track.

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