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First prizes making models glad (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

gold medals

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'first prizes' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'making models glad' is the wordplay.
'making' indicates an anagram.
'models'+'glad'='modelsglad'
'modelsglad' anagrammed gives 'GOLD MEDALS'.

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(Another definition for gold medals that I've seen is " Prizes for coming first".)

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