WINNING £4,000 on a radio station was music to Leesa Mannion's ears.

So she gave up her £4-an-hour job -- and used the prize money to open up her own business!

And she called her beauty salon in Darwen Road, Bromley Cross "Pretty Woman" -- after Julia Roberts' famous rags-to-riches film.

Never having had much money, she toyed with the idea of splashing out on a holiday to Florida or fabulous Christmas presents.

But in the end she opted to invest it in her and her 10-year-old son Joe's futures.

"I've never really had £4,000," said Leesa. "I've always wanted my own shop, but I never had the money to start with."

Leesa, who lives in Little Lever, has always worked hard at improving her circumstances, even as a single mum. She left cleaning jobs to start a beauty course at college, before finding work in local salons.

But Leesa, aged 27, thought she could help fate along by entering a Key103 competition.

She wrote down the required names of four songs and persuaded her boyfriend, farmer John Graham, to ring the station because she was too shy to speak on the radio herself. "It was a Monday morning and he didn't want to get out of bed, but I made him do it," she laughed.

At 8.30am, John -- the 103rd caller -- scooped the cash.

"I was too excited to drive to work," Leesa recalled. "We had no money at all and we've never had any savings, either." At the time, she worked at a salon in Bolton and had no intention of leaving her job. In fact, she told all her colleagues about her windfall.

But after a while, she became increasingly frustrated with her work.

She said: "I would go to work early and try to fit people in and do everything I could, as though it was my own salon -- but I never reaped the benefits."

At Christmas she was tempted to spend everything on great gifts, but in the end, she decided against it.

"We would be back to normal the year after and back to rubbish presents," she said.

So she left the money -- until she saw the "To Let" sign in the window of her current premises in Bromley Cross.

She went in, asked about the price, and decided to make her dream come true.

Starting the business has been a real team effort. Her mum made sumptuous curtains and flower arrangements, while John's mum helped to paint the salon to give it a fresh look.

To save money, Leesa scoured the area for re-conditioned equipment and she leafleted the area herself, again with help from family.

"I did think it would take a lot more money to set up," said Leesa. And now she is in business, she can hardly contain herself.

"When I drive to work, I can't believe I'm driving to my own shop," said Leesa.

"Sometimes I take a moisturiser home and then I bring it back the next day, as if it isn't my stuff. My boyfriend has to tell me: 'You're the boss now'.

"He has backed me all the way. He has always said: 'If I win the Lottery, I'll buy you your own shop'.

"And now I've got it."