Daily News reader gets a turn on the red carpet at Harry Potter premiereThe Staten Island dental hygienist won four tickets to last night's U.S. premiere of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" after her crafty aunt secretly entered her name in the newspaper's sweepstakes. It's so exciting. I never win anything!" said Sergi, 30, who traveled in style to the Ziegfeld Theater in midtown with her sister Denise and two pals in a black limo. We've read all the books and seen all the movies," she gushed. This is unbelievable." But she knew it was true as she walked the same red carpet last night as "Half-Blood Prince" stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Sergi had no idea her aunt, Ann Sergi, was scouring The News daily for Potter "passwords," which she submitted to qualify for the red carpet contest the paper ran in partnership with Warner Brothers. Winning the sweepstakes was as exciting as winning the coveted Quidditch Cup at Hogwarts, said, Melissa Sergi. I thought it was a joke," she said in her suite at Le Parker Meridien, as she readied for the big night. "I honestly thought someone was calling me as a joke. It was unbelievable." Last night's flick is based on the sixth book, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," which came out in 2005. In it, the young wizard returns to school at Hogwarts as evil Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents when he was a baby, provokes a war that threatens civilization. Author J.K. Rowling concluded the amazingly successful book series in 2007 with the death of Voldemort in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Sergi says the last installment is her favorite and is looking forward to the two movies that will be filmed based on the book. Sergi and her pals were to end their night at Angelos in Little Italy. What a way to start my thirties," said Sergi. "It's just unbelievable."
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