Girl, 11, named 'rotten sneaker' champ

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MONTPELIER, Vt., March 24 (UPI) -- A Connecticut 11-year-old's sweaty sneakers were named the smelliest shoes in the country during a national competition in Vermont.

Trinette Robinson, 11, of Bristol, was awarded $2,500 cash, an all-expenses-paid New York vacation, tickets to Broadway musical "The Lion King" and an array of Odor-Eaters products Tuesday at the 35th annual National Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker contest in Montpelier.

Robinson bested eight other children between the ages of 6 and 16 with judging categories including odor and overall condition of the shoes, Odor Eaters said.

The girl's prize-winning sneakers will be enshrined in the Odor-Eaters "Hall of Fumes."