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Stephanie Wareham

Gran wins 180mph Porsche worth £100,000 - but she's keeping her Vauxhall Corsa

A gran has won a 180mph Porsche 911 worth £100,000 - but is keeping her beloved Vauxhall Corsa. Joanne McGuigan, 49, scooped the red supercar after paying £10 to enter the Omaze Million Pound House Draw.

The gran-of-four first thought it was "too good to be true" when was told she'd won - and didn't even bother telling car-mad husband Iain, 52, to avoid getting his hopes up. But the former paediatric nurse had in fact won the Porsche 911 Carrera 4 Coupe as an “Early Bird Prize” in the draw.

Despite winning the 180mph sports car, Joanne has no immediate plans to part with her nippy Vauxhall Corsa VXR worth £10,000. Joanne, of Fife, Scotland, said: "I’d just come in from work and saw an email from Omaze saying I’d won something.

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