Qatar Foundation Reveals 'Passion Drives Our World' Competition Winner

Doha, April 20 (QNA) - A winner has been drawn from hundreds of entries to Qatar Foundation's "Passion Drives Our World" competition, which attracted participants from over 60 countries, and comes as part of QF's partnership with FC Barcelona. Lucia Domville, from New York City, entered the contest by submitting an image of herself at Grand Central Station holding a "Passion Drives Us All" banner. Lucia wins an amazing prize that will see her travel from New York to Spain before joining the FCB team on their flight to Germany, where they will take on Bayern Munich in next Tuesday's vital Champions League semi-final first leg tie. And Lucia will be there to watch the game live before returning with the team to Barcelona where she will be given a tour of the famous Camp Nou stadium and FCB museum. "I am so excited, my heart is pumping and I am even crying. This is wonderful news," an elated Lucia said. As part of the prize, Lucia can select a companion to take the amazing journey with her. She has chosen her eight-year-old son Martin, who is a massive FCB fan. "He absolutely adores Lionel Messi. My husband is Argentinian so there is a big soccer background in their blood, in their passion. We have been planning for years to make it happen and go to a Barcelona game, so this is just amazing," Lucia said. In recognition of the contest's global resonance, Qatar Foundation also awarded a special prize for the image taken furthest from Doha. The winner was Juan Carlos Ocampo Renowitzky, who submitted a picture capturing the Palacio de la Moneda in Chilean capital Santiago, 14,428 km away from Doha. Juan Carlos has won an FC Barcelona shirt signed by the first team footballing heroes. "Thank you very much for this great news," he said on learning the result of the competition. "You cannot imagine how happy I am to have won such a wonderful gift." The competition ran for 60 hours from midday on Monday to midnight on Wednesday, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors to Qatar Foundation's social media pages. The Qatar-Foundation FC Barcelona Facebook page which hosted the contest was attracting one thousand new 'likes' every 22 minutes as interest in the competition peaked, the equivalent to 45 new 'likes' per minute, or one new 'like' every 1.33 seconds. (QNA)