Great Escape 28 winner Amanda Phipps with Power 99FM morning show host Danny Kid. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW)

By Nigel Maxwell

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Running late after a long day at work and unable to get home first to change into her retro outfit, Amanda Phipps admitted that never in her wildest dreams did she imagine her night would end as the winner of Great Escape 28.

And the $6,000 travel voucher will come in handy for her family’s trip next year to Disneyland.

“It doesn’t really feel real yet,” she told paNOW.

The 80’s night themed party was held Friday night in the Ches Leach lounge at the Art Hauser Centre and represents the culmination of a months-long promotion on Power 99FM.

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While the final shortlist was 99 names, hundreds of passionate listeners have entered online via the Power 99FM Listener Club and live on location at participating sponsors.

Past winners of the contest have travelled to Mexico, the Caribbean and other hot vacation destinations.

A massive thank you to all the sponsors who made the fun possible and to all the organizers who assembled the retro look.

Heads or tails dude? (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW)

Those outfits were totally rad. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW)

Pattison announcers Christy Beggs and Danny Kid had the task of eliminating 98 other names. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW)

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