Glasgow Evening Times 2005 Pet Idol Best Cat winner dies

Cheeky, who won the competition when she was just six months old, died on December 4 from natural causes at her home in Greenfield.

Her devastated owner Jennifer Chan contacted the Glasgow Times to let us know and said Cheeky has been a huge loss as she was such a big personality.

She said: “We all miss her.

“We really adored her because she was such a beautiful cat, and she was very loveable.

“I loved her cuddles beside me in bed, I loved her so much.

“I always loved to see her when I came home from work every night.”

She added: “She got what she wanted, always.”

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Jennifer got Cheeky when she was six weeks old and says she always adored cats as they are so “clever and mysterious”.  

The 53-year-old decided to enter her in the Evening Times competition after she saw it in the paper and decided to “give it a try”.

Both Jennifer and her partner Tony Hall were “delighted” for Cheeky when she won the competition.

Although Tony was originally “more of a dog guy”, Cheeky changed that for him.

The 61-year-old said: “Cheeky by name, cheeky by nature.

“It was as if she was your Chief Taster.

“She had to try everything you were eating, even if it was just a tiny bit, she liked to taste it, she wasn’t satisfied until she got a bit.

“She was quite vocal as well, you got to know her meows, what she wanted.

“I wish she was still here, I miss her.”