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grad won big in the , with two of her designs receiving staff picks honours.

Artists were asked by the company to submit photographs, paintings, illustrations, designs, mixed media projects or any other art to put on a condom wrapper. Winners were chosen through a combination of judges and the public based on how well the design celebrates Canadian life, culture and history.

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Luteijn, a visual arts student at the , earned 10,000 condoms to be donated to the UVic Residence Life and Education department, $500 and 50 condoms of each design that won.

When not in school Luteijn works at as a cultural programming assistant helping promote the arts in Abbotsford.

Other contest winners from B.C. included: Lake Country含羞草研究社檚 Moozhan Ahmadzadegan (western region), Vancouver含羞草研究社檚 Ben Wang (staff pick), Vancouver含羞草研究社檚 Ellena Neel (staff pick), Campbell River含羞草研究社檚 Robb Schmidt (staff pick) and Vancouver含羞草研究社檚 S. Lam (staff pick).

The grand prize was awarded to Toronto含羞草研究社檚 Emma Scott, who earned $1,000, a year含羞草研究社檚 supply of condoms with her design, 10,000 condoms donated to a Canadian health organization of her choice and an artist profile on onecondoms.ca.

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