The ELLE Internship 2012 competition closed last Sunday and the judging panel have spent the past week reviewing the applications.

The standard was incredibly high and it was a tough decision for ELLE’s panel of judges including editor-in-chief Lorraine Candy and Fashion Director Anne-Marie Curtis, but we can now announce that the ten winning interns have now been chosen and contacted.

Thank you to the 1,000 applicants who applied and for drumming up such support through your social followings.

We have asked the winning interns to keep their win a secret until the release of the October issue despite them starting work next week. But if you subscribe to ELLE before the 22nd August you can be among the first to see the October issue, edited by the winning interns.

In the meantime, take a look at Lorraine’s blog to read about the ELLE team’s intern experiences.