How to Look Good Naked

Series 2 | Episode 8 | Michelle

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Cast

Presenter
Gok Wan
Watch this episode now on 4oD Michelle in a green t-shirt talking

In this week's episode of How to Look Good Naked we're meeting downbeat dinner lady Michelle Gower, an Essex girl who hates her body - her arms, her boobs, her tummy - she can barely find anything positive to say about herself. Luckily for Michelle she's going to be given a full body makeover from the Sultan of Style himself, Gok Wan.

Michelle hasn't always felt like this. Our mother of two was once the classic Essex girl, proud to flaunt her hourglass figure, but she feels that she's lost her femininity and can't even bear to showcase her body in a swimsuit at the local pool. Gok's going to have to rebuild Michelle's body confidence and get this hot hourglass honey out of her slump, and back on display.

Before he can start to rebuild her, first Gok is going to help Michelle take stock of the situation with a moving session in our mirror suite. Facing herself in just her underwear for the first time in years, Michelle overflows with criticism of every little imperfection of her body - but Gok's going to show her she has a distorted view her fabulous womanly body.

Gok wants to convince Michelle that she is worth looking at with her clothes on and off - but he's going to need a bit of help convincing this reluctant revealer, and that help is going to come in the form of a giant billboard poster in a busy London street. The public pull no punches in their criticism of Michelle's awful clothes, which are swamping her figure and hiding her shapely hips and bust, but are full of praise when it comes to rating her rack and every other facet of her self-criticised body. Gok is starting to turn things around.

There's a big difference between hearing others say it and believing it yourself. Gok's still going to have to use every ounce of his persuasive passion to get Michelle disrobed for a stunning nude photo shoot. Luckily Gok knows that Michelle's already got the body to pull this off: the only battle here is in her mind, and with a few style secrets and a salon session thrown in, she's soon looking gorgeous in her birthday suit.

The final hurdle is to get our girl Michelle on to the runway at a stunning fashion and lingerie catwalk show in Manchester's Trafford Centre - but will Michelle succeed in conquering her body demons like our previous weeks' luscious ladies?

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  1. This episode was just shown on Dutch TV. I've been following the programme here for some time now and every episode is uniquely moving and each woman a star in their own right. Michele's topped it for me so far. The change from the first undy undress to the final undy catwalk was breathtaking and left me in tears. The way Gok does it, incredibly respectful, loving and yet with the required confrontation, is simply amazing. Thanks for another wonderful episode.
    Posted by Yvonne on 25/10/2009 20:44:13
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