Cairns’ Cutest Cat 2022 winner announced, smashes the votes
The Cairns Post was bombarded with photos of the Far North’s cutest felines and after putting it to our readers for a vote, we can now announce Cairns’ Cutest Cat. SEE THE WINNER
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Cairns’ cutest cat has been revealed after the Cairns Post was overwhelmed with photos of the region’s cutest felines and their owners insisting they had a winner.
After narrowing it down to the top 100, we had readers cast their votes and Frida stole the hearts of the Far North, taking home 20 per cent of the votes.
Frida’s owner Belinda Smith looks after her cats like they’re her own children but said her cat winning Cairns Cutest Cat is the equivalent of “the British research ship being named Boaty McBoatFace”.
“She’s derpy and cross-eyed and the photo just happened to be the right place at the right time for me to show exactly what she’s truly like, but at least Cairns loved it,” she said.
“Frida and her sister Willow are four, and I spoil them. She’s 30 in cat years so I threw her a Dirty Thirty birthday party and we served ‘meow-garitas.’
“We’re ridiculous but I love it, I grew up with cats and I’ve always been a cat person and these are my babies.”
Frida was welcomed into Ms Smith’s house when her local vet sent her a photo of “little fluffy, white jelly beans” and asked if they would take some of them in.
“We got Frida and Willow when they were six weeks old and they were hand-raised and bottle-fed so they’re clingy as anything and don’t know the concept of personal space,” Ms Smith said.
“I have to warn everyone, tradies who come to the house included, they might just climb you like a tree, you’ll be standing there and all of a sudden one will jump on your shoulder.”
“Frida is a tiny little cat but she’s fierce, my husband is a reluctant cat person but Frida is definitely his favourite and has been from the start.”
Runners Up:
Loki
Wolf
Originally published as Cairns’ Cutest Cat 2022 winner announced, smashes the votes
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