Life is sweet for Wonka winner

Aug 25 2005 By Catherine Lillington, Evening Mail

LUCKY Alexandra Tullah knows just how it feels to be Charlie Bucket as the third person to win one of five golden tickets for a trip of a lifetime to an American chocolate factory.

Life couldn't be sweeter for the seven-year-old, from Lichfield, who discovered her coveted ticket inside the wrapper of a chocolate bar, just as in the book and films.

Alexandra, who goes to Lichfield Cathedral School and one day wants to become a pop singer or actress, said: "I'm really excited about going.

"I hope they've got the chocolate room and the chocolate river with a boat.

"I'd like to see the little Oompa Loompas. I like how they dance."

Her fictional counterpart - third ticket winner Violet Beauregard - swapped her regular gum for bars of Willy Wonka's chocolate to secure her trip to the mysterious factory.

Alexandra said: "I think she's greedy for chewing gum the way she does."

It was on a shopping trip to Sainsbury's, in Mere Green, Sutton Coldfield, that Alexandra's dad Stuart bought her the Whipple Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight Wonka bar containing the golden ticket.

Alexandra said: "I was really surprised when I first saw the golden ticket. I haven't had anyone try to buy it off me but I wouldn't sell it for £1,000."

Her prize will include a tour for her and her family around a chocolate factory in Chicago and a visit to the world famous Warner Bros Studios, in Los Angeles.