Purex Announces Smart Car Winners

Purex announced the winners of their Purex Saves Green Contest. Dean and Melanie Barham from Franklin, Tennessee won the grand prize, a 2008 smart fortwo car worth an estimated $14,000, for their "green" t-shirt design. The Barham's t-shirt was chosen out of more than 75,000 entries into this fun contest.

The Barham's design showed a picture of the Earth surrounded by the words, "Last one in stock." Below it, was the phrase, "As is, no returns." Purex felt that the winning design "conveys the need to be friendly to the environment and choosing a natural laundry detergent is one of the first steps in making a positive change."

The prize was presented by Emmy Award-winning actress, Jaime Pressly, who plays the delightfully nasty ex-wife of Earl in one of my favorite television series, My Name is Earl. Pressly, along with other celebrities like Christie Brinkley, Bette Midler, Martha Stewart, Andre Agassi, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., also joined in Purex's campaign to raise awareness of environmental issues by designing and auctioning off t-shirts. The campaign raised $30,000 for the Earth Day Network.

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