A SALISBURY woman has earned a trip of a lifetime to China to compete in the World Pole Dancing Championship next spring.

Charlotte Robertson, 26, who runs her own pole dancing school – Girls Love Fit Pole and Aerial Fitness in Durrington, won through to the World Championship by coming second in the Pole Fitness Competition at the Miss Pole Dance UK.

She also won Best Costume at the event at the The Hawth Theatre in Crawley, West Sussex.

She was among 12 pole dancers selected for the live finals from more than 100 entrants.

She will be competing in Beijing on April 11 and 12 next year.

For more information on pole fitness or aerial hoop classes email pole@girlslovefit.co.uk.