Thursday 3 Feb 2005
CHARLENE CRUISES INTO LUXURY BEAUTY JOB

Newly qualified beauty therapist Charlene Thewlis has landed the job and trip of a lifetime with Steiner Spas on board luxury cruise liners. Charlene, just 18 and a student of Beauty Therapy at Calderdale College for two years, graduating last summer, won the prestigious job with Steiner against stiff opposition from older and more experienced beauty therapists.

Charlene travels to London on Sunday (6 Feb) to begin up to 12 weeks study at the Steiner Training Academy before joining the ‘Carnival Sensation’ in Florida and cruising around Grand Cayman, Mexico and New Orleans on an eight month contract. She will be offering therapies such as body wraps, massages and facials.

“It’s a plum job and there was so much competition that I was amazed when I got it”, says Charlene who lives with her family at Low Moor. “I’ve not had a lot of experience so I must have had that little bit extra they were looking for. I’ve been trained so well at Calderdale College to do the right movements and postures and that must have caught their eye”.

Charlene confesses to having itchy feet and says that Steiner also has spas on land in exotic locations such as Miami and Hawaii. After working for them she should be able to get a job anywhere in the world.

Tutor Andrea Sharp says “Charlene really deserves this. She joined us straight from school and always looked the part. Her client care was superb and she always put in a hundred per cent.”