Proud Amanda Holden celebrates teen daughter’s ‘wonderful’ career milestone-Asyia Iftikhar-Entertainment – Metro

BGT judge Amanda Holden couldn’t be prouder of her model daughter (Picture: Jonathan Hordle/Shutterstock/ Ben Broomfield/PA)

Amanda Holden was a proud mum this week as her university-bound daughter Lexi Hughes smashed her first ever London Fashion Week catwalk.

The aspiring model celebrated getting the A-level grades for her top choice university in August and now she can tick another thing off her list as she conquered the runway wearing a floral-themed cream mini-dress from Vietnamese designer Tran Hung.

She matched the dress with a mini white handbag, hair accessories and a pair of low gold-detailed heels.

The media personality, 53 – who married husband Chris Hughes in 2008 – took to Instagram to share photos of the special moment alongside a message from herself, Lexi’s agency Storm (that also represents talent such as Cindy Crawford), Tran and Lexi herself.

‘We couldn’t have been more proud of our daughter this evening walking in her first LFW show,’ Amanda wrote in the caption.

‘This year has been a significant one for her, she has worked really hard with her A Levels and she got herself into a great University.

Amanda wrote a sweet message praising her daughter (Picture: Ben Broomfield/PA)

Lexi said she was so nervous but excited (Picture: Ben Broomfield/PA)

‘Chris and I love her to bits and her little sister Hollie looks up to her so much. It’s a wonderful moment for her.’

Lexi shared that she was ‘so nervous’ but that she ‘really enjoyed the experience.’ She also said the ‘other models were really nice to me backstage’.

She continued: ‘The show was so beautiful and the brand and designers are visionaries – passionate about sustainability with 90 % of the raw materials they use being environmentally friendly.

‘I’m really proud that they trusted me with their design to support LFW. Everyone looked after me and it’s surreal that tomorrow I start Uni!’

Tran added that Lexi was a ‘lovely lady with a great career ahead of her’ and was a ‘delight’ to work with.

Although she has appeared at glam events with her TV mum, this marks Lexi’s first runway.

Amanda and Lexi regularly get glammed up for the red carpet (Picture: Ian West/PA)

The career milestone comes after a difficult summer for Lexi after she was rushed to hospital after contracting E.coli.

The Britain’s Got Talent judge opened up about the scary experience in a lengthy interview to The Sun in which she revealed they were worried Lexi would get sepsis due to a bacterial infection.

Her temperature was also on the rise so eventually Amanda took Lexi to the hospital where she was put on an ‘antibiotic drip’.

After a five-day stay in the hospital Lexi was sent back home and has since been on the mend and not suffered any ‘long term damage’.

Elsewhere, Amanda has been a keen advocate for Lexi’s freedom of expression and is fully behind her posting whatever she wants online, even if it is bikini pics.

‘Lexi did speak to me and her dad about this. She is 18 years old now, so I feel like she’s confident and we have always encouraged body positivity in our house,’ she told the MailOnline.

‘I feel like if she’s ready to do that then we’re all for it. She knows what could happen from doing it, but I think she should be able to do what she wants when she wants, and at 18 that’s the correct time to do it.’

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