A former Tennent's Lager Lovelies model from who appeared on beer cans brought her pet chicken with her to the polling station. Karen Flynn brought the bird, called , to vote near her home in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The former model, who featured on around 20 million cans and a calendar during the campaign, posted the picture on social media with a sign saying 'Ricky Flynn, This is Your Poll Card'.
Posting the pictures on X, formally Twitter, she said: "Get out and vote #Aylesbury #Buckinghamshire #ButlerOut #CocksAtPollingStations Ricky's been out already." Social media users loved the post, with one person writing: "Absolutely brilliant! Love it." Another said: "Now, Ricky would cause a sensation at any polling station I think.
" A third added: "Brilliant, turn a few heads!" Karen, who is originally from Glasgow, featured as part of the famous ‘Tennent’s Lager Lovelies’ ad campaign which began in 1962, reports the . By the end of the decade, the Lager Lovelies grew to become one of Scotland’s most famous ad campaigns – with the iconic tins featuring scantily-clad women eventually worth thousands of pounds. Between 1965 and 1991, beauty pageant queens, professional models and ‘girls-next-door’ were splashed on cans across the country and beyond.
Dozens of women appeared on the labels over the decades and were seen as celebrities at the height of their fame..
