Digicel's head of consumer sales, Patrick King (right), and public relations executive, Patria-Kaye Aarons, examine the Mercedes-Benz won by firefighter, Khalilah Wright (centre), in the second round of the competition. Montego Bay businessman Colin Morris was the winner of the Benz in the first round of the competition, held in August. - Contributed
Firefighter Khalilah Wright, winner of the second Mercedes-Benz in the Digicel's 'Drive Your Dream' summer competition could not hide the fire of joy that was burning inside, when her number was revealed as the winning number.
Wright, the only contestant from Hanover, said she did not expect to win the Mercedes-Benz.
"When Ity gave me the keys, I could not believe it. I was elated, overjoyed," she said. "It still has not completely sunk in as yet."
Ten contestants from all over Jamaica were selected to vie for a brand new 2007 C-Class Mercedes-Benz in the second draw of the competition, which took place on September 29.
Choosing a number
Ten Digicel 'girls' acted as safekeepers, nine of them holding briefcases with $100,000 cheques and one with the Mercedes-Benz keys.
The contestants were asked to spin the drum by host, Ity, and to choose a number. The number that they picked determined the order in which they would choose the briefcase they believed held the keys for the grand prize.
Carlet Gray, a supervisor at an insurance company, got the first pick at the briefcases. She chose number four.
Khalilah Wright had the last pick and so, having no choice, she selected number eight and was in luck, as briefcase number eight had the Benz keys. The nine other contestants walked away with $100, 000 each.
Jerry Butler, one of the contestants, said that he would invest his winnings, while Carlet Gray announced that she would be taking her family on a vacation.
The third and final Benz will be up for grabs in October. It will be the ultimate prize as it is the only 2008 C-Class Mercedes-Benz being given away during the promotion.
HOW DO CUSTOMERS BECOME ELIGIBLE TO ENTER?
Promotion valid for electronic top-ups of $100 and over and Flex cards labeled with the 'BENZ' promotion of value $200 and over, activated on a digiFLEX prepaid account between July 18 and October 27. Electronic top up methods include Directflex, Flex-e, Streetflex, bankflex, WebFlex, CaribFlex and Teleflex. Flexcards valued $200 and over will have a letter to spell B-E-N-Z under the scratch surface at back of cards. All electronic purchases will be sent a text with letters. Post-paid customers must send SMS informing us of their qualification by sending BENZ to 444-2499 to enter. Some Flex-E customers will get letters on their receipts.
Post-paid customers who have paid their bill in full and on time, from July to September 2007, will qualify to enter.
How to enter
To enter, pre-paid customers are required to first collect all four letters that spell the word 'BENZ' to 444-2499 during the qualifying period. A customer can enter with a combination of electronic and physical top-ups. Only one text entry will be valid for each 'BENZ' collected.
Post-paid customers must send text message with the word BENZ to 444-2499 to enter.