Kym Marsh: Why I'll be prouder than ever at the MEN Pride of Manchester awards this year

Former Coronation Street and Waterloo Road star Kym Marsh knows better than anyone what a special night we have in store at the MEN's Pride of Manchester Awards 2023. Kym has been hosting the event celebrating the inspiring achievements of unsung heroes in the city since 2019.

She will return next week to the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel to host the MEN Pride of Manchester Awards, in partnership with TSB, on Wednesday, May 10. The achievements of an inspiring range of people from across the region will be celebrated at the glittering event attended by famous faces from Manchester and beyond.

And for Kym, there will be extra special reasons to be proud this year. She will watch on as her daughter Emilie, 25, will perform a special song in front of the audience, after walking the red carpet with her children and her beloved parents, Dave and Pauline.

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Kym says: "It’s going to be amazing. It’s always a very special night, but I love hosting these awards and feel very honoured to have been asked again.

"You meet so many inspirational people, and getting to listen to their stories, and be inspired by them, is a wonderful and special privilege. So to have my daughter Emilie there on stage this year with all of those special people it really is wonderful."

Waterloo Road star Kym says the event has a special place in the hearts of her family. And having them there with her on the night means the world to the star - as her dad Dave is currently in the midst of cancer treatment.

Kym says: "My parents usually come to both the Pride of Manchester and Birmingham events each year, but with dad not being so well now, he finds it hard to travel that far. But he was