Girl designs classification card for new Sonic film

Ruby painting a figure held in her left hand with paint brush in right hand and paint palette
Ruby loves to draw and paint [Scott Towsey-Bridgwood]

She may only be nine years old, but Ruby, from Leicester, has made it to the big screen through her love of painting.

Ruby won a competition to design the PG age card that will appear before Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which premiered in the UK on Tuesday.

She beat 1,300 other young artists with her design, featuring Sonic running across the British Board of Film Classification's (BBFC) image.

After her night at the premier, she said: "I met all the stars of the show. I loved it."

A woman is holding a copy of Ruby's painting signed by the cast of Sonic 3. Ruby is laughing
Ruby was given a copy of her painting signed by the cast of Sonic 3 [British Board of Film classification]
The age card showing PG certification with a tri-colour design with Sonic the Hedgehog as he speeds across the screen
Ruby's winning design will appear ahead of every screening of the new film, which is due to be released later this month [British Board of Film Classification]

Jim Carrey Idris Elba, Keanu Reeves, and James Marsden were among the superstars spotted on a blue carpet, instead of the traditional red one.

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"It was amazing seeing my artwork on the screen," Ruby added.

"I couldn't believe it. Everyone clapped, and I was very shy, but I loved it."

Her dad Scott said the premiere "was absolutely enormous with thousands of people there on the blue carpet".

Ruby entered the competition after she told her mum she wanted to enter an art competition, and the first one that came up was the BBFC's 'Create the Card'.

Actor Jim Carrey is shaking hands with Ruby while looking at her painting
Ruby met all the cast from Sonic 3, including Hollywood legend Jim Carrey [Safi Zisman]

"Ruby wanted to enter a competition just a few weeks ago," Lydia said.

"She loves her art, and this 'Create the Card' competition was the first to come up, and because she happens to love Sonic as well, she was very enthusiastic about entering this one."

She went on to say that Ruby entered quite close to the deadline, but then Lydia got a phone call to confirm Ruby had won.

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"I was getting on a bus when I got a phone call from Natasha Kaplinsky, who is president of the BBFC. I didn't quite take in who it was or what she said, so she had to repeat it!"

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