I was shamed for wearing a miniskirt – but I won’t stop wearing revealing dresses, says Carol Vorderman
CAROL Vorderman has revealed she was shamed for wearing a miniskirt when she was only 39.
The telly star, now 61, opened up about ageist comments she’s received over the years as she insisted she plans to always rebel.
She explained: “When I was 39, not my grandmother, not my mother, it was the 21st Century it was the year 2000.
“I went to the BAFTAs wearing a short dress, not a micro skirt, they made a Kilroy Show on the BBC and they flew in this dress in from Paris, it was an Ingaro dress, and the dress arrived and this huge debate in the studio was not is this a nice dress, but should a woman age 39 wear a dress above the knee! Oh the vitriol was incredible.”
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Defiant Carol continued: “I’ve always rebelled.
“Be a bit selfish, or what we’re told is selfish, its selfish at all, it’s just that it’s been ingrained in women’s heads that looking after yourself a bit or having a bit of time for me is selfish, it’s not but if that’s how you do then be a bit more selfish.”
Former Countdown star has become well known for sharing her outfit choices with fans – either when she is working out or glamming up.
After her stint as the “nerdy one”, Carol transformed her fashion sense and often makes headlines with her choices.
She previously said she “wasn’t harming anyone” as she continues to show off her incredible figure.