AN Earby girl and her long-time friend are organising a "fashion show with a difference" in memory of pub landlady who lost her battle with cancer earlier this year.

Jasmine Cooper and Megan Holden, both 15, are organising the charity fashion show, which will be held in the main hall of West Craven High School on Friday, May 8.

"It's a beauty pageant for the boys to dress as women and the best woman wins," said West Craven pupil Jasmine Cooper, whose mother Michelle Morley died of bladder cancer in Pendleside Hospice in January.

Michelle, who was 46, was landlady at the Punch Bowl in Earby since 2007 and was a passionate fundraiser for Barnoldswick and Earby Bosom Friends, who had supported her after she was originally diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1988.

As a tribute to her mum, Jasmine and her friend Megan, whom she has known since she was four, decided to organise the "boys" beauty pageant to raise money for Pendleside Hospice. The event starts at 7pm and doors open at 6.30pm.

"It's something different that people would come and watch," she added. "You don't get boys dressing as women very often."

Jasmine said the whole school was getting involved in the "fashion show with a difference" and she said 60 boys and three male teachers had already signed up to stroll down the West Craven "catwalk" stage.

Teachers Gail Hargreaves and Helen Whittaker, along with one other female teacher, will be judges for the competition.

Prizes up for grabs include the most enthusiastic entry, best costume and best woman.

"I think everyone is really excited to do it," said Jasmine. "Everybody has been so supportive and it's for a good cause.

"I think Pendleside Hospice is an amazing organisation," she said. "They take into account every single patient's needs."

Jasmine said the hospice has continued to be very helpful in supporting her and her younger sister Georgia, 12, since their mother passed away on January 9.

Jasmine and Megan are hoping the event will get a "big response from the public" and raise a lot of money for the hospice.

"My mum was quite a well known woman," said Jasmine. "She is a former West Craven High School student and she owned the pub.

"She did quite a bit of fundraising herself," added Jasmine. "She was caring and thoughtful about other people, and she put everyone before herself."