The Only Way Is Essex girls lead the glamour at the BAFTA Television Awards... but it's Amy Childs who steals the show

By Sarah Bull


Essex girls leading the way: The Only Way Is Essex stars (left to right) Amy Childs, Lauren Goodger, Lydia Bright and Sam Faiers lead the glamour at the BAFTA Television Awards


It was of the most highly-anticipated events of the year, with the biggest names from the television industry attending.

But at the Philips BAFTA Television Awards this evening it wasn't a TV veteran who stole the show but a group of relative newcomers - the girls from The Only Way Is Essex.

Amy Childs, Lauren Goodger, Sam Faiers and Lydia Bright led the glamour as they arrived for the annual ceremony at the Grovesnor House Hotel.

Stealing the show: But it was Amy Childs who stood out from the crowd in her Pia Michi gold gown


And it seems maybe the girls had coordinated their outfits, as they all went for sparkly metallic numbers as they posed on the red carpet.

But it was redhead Amy Childs who managed to hog the limelight, perhaps for the wrong reasons, as she pulled out all the stops in her Pia Michi strapless gold dress.

Metallic: Sam looked stunning in her Diane Von Furstenberg wrap dress while Lydia Bright wore a grey flowered Dynasty gown and Lauren went for sparkly everything in Scala

Date night: Lauren attended with fiancé Mark Wright while Sam arrived with her boyfriend Joey Essex


The elaborate gown featured a beaded bodice and ruched gold skirt, complete with a tulle underskirt, giving Amy a strong resemblance to Belle from Disney's Beauty And The Beast.

However, the rest of the TOWIE girls also went all out with their red carpet outfits.

Sheer genius? Daisy Lowe left little to the imagination in her sheer black Craig Lawrence gown

Loved-up: Daisy attended the ceremony with boyfriend Matt Smith, who is nominated for the best actor award


While Sam shone in a shimmery white and black Diane Von Furstenberg wrap dress, Lydia wore a pretty metallic grey flowered number, thought to be vintage.

And Lauren looked like the cat that got the cream as she posed with fiancé Mark Wright while wearing a strappy silver dress and matching sparkly shoes.

In the black: Cat Deeley wowed in a black lace Christian Dior gown, with her hair swept back into a chic up 'do

Whoops! Louise Redknapp, who wore Stella McCartney, and Lenora Crichlow both arrived in very similar black plunging jumpsuits


The TOWIE boys also looked smart for the event, with Mark opting for a black tuxedo suit and undone bowtie, and Joey Essex looking dapper in a grey three-piece suit as he posed with girlfriend Sam.

The Only Way Is Essex was just one of the shows up for the BAFTA YouTube Audience Award at the ceremony tonight.

Sisterly love: Kara Tointon arrived at the ceremony with her younger sister Hannah

Differing style: While Hannah went for sexy leopard-print Valentino, Kara looked more subtle in her pale pink Grecian Temperley gown


The ITV2 reality show follows the lives of a group of perma-tanned Essex residents who have brought vajazzles and phrases such as 'well jel' and 'reem' to the masses.

The hit show, which is set up in part, has drawn audiences of nearly 1million viewers in the second series of the show which saw long-time lothario Mark ask his on-off girlfriend Lauren to marry him.

Glamour girls: (Left to right) Zoe Ball in Roland Mouret, Michelle Collins in Nadine Merabi and Hayley Atwell, in Antonio Baradi

Dressed to impress: The One Show star Alex Jones, in Versace, and actress Amanda Burton also went for black

Pale and interesting: (Left to right) Sheridan Smith in Ermanno Scervino, Amy Nuttall in BIBA and Victoria Pendleton in Stella McCartney. The trio all stuck to summery pale shades on the red carpet


And it seems the programme's popularity it set to continue as TOWIE beat Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, Downton Abbey, Sherlock, Miranda and The Killing to take home the YouTube Audience Award.

Other stars to cause a stir on the red carpet with their gowns included Daisy Lowe, in a sheer black Craig Lawrence gown, and Cat Deeley, who also went for black in a lace Dior dress.

Cuddling up: Paddy McGuinness and fiancée Christine Martin posed up, while Jessie Wallace arrived with her fiancé Vincent Morse wearing a vintage black dress

Lighting it up in brights: (Left to right) Gillian Anderson in vintage Dior, Vicky McClure in Alberta Ferretti and Tracey Emin in Vivienne Westwood all opted for pink or red for the red carpet

Who have you got with you? Catherine Tate in Jigsaw and a young actress friend, and Big Fat Gypsy Weddings stars Paddy and Roseanne Doherty


Louise Redknapp also opted for black, but may have felt slightly awkward by the fact that Being Human star Leonora Crichlow also arrived wearing a very similar outfit.

But it wasn't all doom and gloom in the fashion sense, as bright outfits came from stars such as Gillian Anderson, in bright pink, and Hannah Tointon, in a leopard-print gown.

Smiles all round: Harry Hill and Louie Spence joke around with photographers outside the event

Here come the boys: Graham Norton, who hosts the awards, celebrity hairdresser James Brown and musician Carl Barat

Essex cast pick up their BAFTA


On the Red Carpet at the 2011 BAFTA Television Awards



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