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Jordan Hill, left, has been offered free breast implants by The Edge. Breakfast show co-host Jay-Jay Harvey had the idea to "give away" her breasts after deciding she wanted to have breast reduction surgery.

A Dunedin woman who has been waiting more than two years for breast reconstruction has had her surgery fast-tracked by an unlikely benefactor. 

Jordan Hill, 25, had a double mastectomy two and a half years ago, after learning she had an 87 per cent risk of developing breast cancer.

Hill was tested for the BRCA-2 gene at 19, after her mother, a cancer survivor, learnt she also had the gene that drastically increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancers. Hill's aunt and grandmother died from the disease.

Hill said she was motivated to opt for surgery after witnessing her mother undergo chemotherapy and surgery. "I didn't want to do all that. I thought just I'd try and prevent it."

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Three years later, Hill received a letter with her surgery date. The letter came as a relief, she said, though she had some last-minute doubts.

"When they were going to put me to sleep I just started crying because, I was like, is this the right thing to do?"

But a return to normality has been elusive for Hill. Six weeks after surgery, she suffered a reaction from the pig-derived tissue used in her breast reconstruction, which meant her implants had to be removed.

While she awaited a second surgery, the Brazil-based factory which manufactured her surgeon's preferred style of implants closed down. Hill's surgery was cancelled, and she's been awaiting surgery funded through the public system ever since. 

On Friday, Hill learnt the end of the wait was in sight. Friends had encouraged her to enter The Edge radio station's "Win Jay-Jay's Boobs" competition, which would fund private reconstructive surgery.

Harvey conceived the idea after deciding to undergo breast reduction surgery, and "give away" her excess breasts. 

Women who were dissatisfied with their breast size could apply to be shortlisted for an online poll, where listeners could vote on who should receive surgery.

Video footage depicts the moment where a visibly nervous Hill learned she had won. 

"We do have a really clear winner for this competition," Harvey said, before announcing Hill had received 62 per cent of the vote. 

Hill was rendered speechless and tearful by the result.

"I can't get over all the support I've had, I wasn't expecting it," she said. 

The Edge would pay up to $500 for the consultation, and $15,000 for the surgery, Hill said. She is researching Auckland-based surgeons. 

However, members of the public have expressed confusion over the result, as the poll indicates she was awarded only 26 per cent of the vote, while finalist Dakota Hemmington received 62 per cent. 

Complaints of injustice and rigging were rife on The Edge's Facebook post announcing the winner, alongside gripes comments about the discrepancy were being removed. 

The Edge responded individually to the accusations, saying during the closing stages of the competition that the Edge team was provided with "evidence of irregular voting activity".

"These votes were accordingly discounted and we exercised our right to exclude the relevant competitor from participation in the competition."

When asked to elaborate, a Mediaworks spokeswoman explained The Edge had been notified of the "irregular voting activity" by Apester, the website which hosted the poll.

"Apester was able to confirm that the basis of these votes were fraudulent... We are really disappointed that the competition has been tainted by this, for what should be a really positive result for the deserving winner.

"With all valid entries taken into account, Jordan was the clear winner of this competition."

Newshub, which is part of the Mediaworks portfolio, reports Hemmington, a transgender woman, claimed she wasn't notified of any allegations of fraudulent activity.

Hemmington told Newshub she entered the competition after being fired from a job for being transgender, and feeling "constantly attacked" over her appearance.

 - Stuff