Melissa Odabash rocks Britain’s Next Top Model Live at London’s Excel Centre, 22nd – 24th October

Following the sixth series of Britain’s Next Top Model which aired earlier this year, a brand new event was hosted at London’s Excel Centre last Friday-Sunday to celebrate the success of the show. ‘Britain’s Next Top Model Live’ gave fans of the show a chance to get up close and personal to the judges, the models, get advice from industry experts and watch amazing guest performances from such stars as Alicia Dixon and Diana Vickers.

As a guest judge on Episode 6 of BNTM back in August, it was no surprise that Melissa was asked to be involved in this event to kick off proceedings on the ‘Kiss Open Catwalk’ on the Friday morning. Melissa was invited to give a talk on how to dress different body types on the beach and also give advice to audience members who had questions for her. Presented by Emma Willis, Melissa was first on of the line-up of Friday’s special guest appearances which included an interview with hunky judge from the series, Charley Speed.

Melissa’s talk went down very well with the audience, especially when she revealed she is currently designing some on-off pieces for Lady Gaga! After Melissa’s appearance it was a quick dash over to the main BNTM catwalk for a stunning 45 minute catwalk show whichfeatured a selection of Melissa’s swimwear pieces modelled by the BNTM girls strutting down the catwalk to Katy Perry’s California Girls, a great song choice! The catwalk show included other inspiring designers, incredible dance routines and a beautiful finale, all put together by choreographer and designer Graham Cruz who we were lucky enough to meet, along with all the BNTM models, backstage.

After the BNTM catwalk show we headed back to the ‘Kiss Open Catwalk’ to watch X Factor star Dianna Vickers perform 3 tracks from her debut album. We were lucky to catch her backstage before her performance to give her some Melissa Odabash goodies which included a Stetson hat, a favourite Melissa Odabash piece worn by her X Factor Mentor Cheryl Cole. Dianna was fantastic and almost unrecognisable from her X Factor days; watch out for her wearing her Stetson!

Look out for updates on other appearances and talks Melissa will be giving this year!