Sex and The City 2 premiere- Greatest night of my life so far...

This was a totally unexpected event and one I will remember for the rest of my life.

As some of you may know I love entering a competition. I can’t exactly remember what triggered this obsession but I can say it started about 5 months ago and I’ve won some pretty cool stuff as a result. Obviously there was the trip to Turkey, I have also won tickets to an intimate Moby gig at the Hard Rock Cafe in London (there would have been no more than 100 people there) and a £20 voucher for HMV.

A few Saturday’s ago after a disappointing day scouting for Banksy art I came home to find an email telling me I had won a Grazia competition for myself and a friend to attend the premiere of the Sex and The City 2 movie. Not only that but we would have VIP access at the premiere and be professionally photographed to potentially appear in the magazine. As you can imagine I was beyond ecstatic and I believe so was my friend.

Having been to the Bounty Hunter premiere I kind of thought we would have our photo taken outside the cinema, perhaps get to have a drink in the roped off area where I had seen some UK celebs drinking previosuly and then have good seats for the first UK showing for the movie- boy was I wrong and in a very good way.

When we arrived at 4pm we were interviewed by a French fashion TV Channel(not planned by Grazia but they were there for the premiere and clearly wasting time) and treated to photos literally on the red carpet. I must make note that the red carpet wound all the way around a large tree in the middle of Leicester square and was very long. I believe for the photos they specifically cleared the red carpet especially for us!!!

Next my friend got the chance to meet Gok Wan and get her photo taken- which was a massive deal for her and we were then filmed in the background of his SATC2 TV special. For those of you outside of the UK Gok Wan is a very well know stylist who has multiple prime time TV shows. He is well known for giving women of all sizes the confidence to wear great clothes to suit their shape.

After the filming and photos we were put behind barriers on the red carpet positioned directly across from the paparazzi. We were then informed that we were going to be in the back of paparazzi photos of the celebrities attending the premiere- amazing!

If the opportunity arose we were allowed to talk to the celebrities and ask for autographs, photos etc- at this point I was very much kicking myself for not bringing a signing pen. How was I to know we would be positioned so close to them that we would be able to see the pores in their faces!

What was not so amazing was having to wait. We were all wearing the outfits we had posted online to win the competition (the competition entry requirement was to enter a photo of us on the Grazia facebook page in our most Sex and the City outfit. Lucky for me I had purchased a Patricia Field for M&S dress 2 years ago which was a replica of the white flower dress Carrie wears in the opening scene of the first movie and this was the winning outfit). As well as the dress I had decided to wear my very special Manolos- not so suitable for standing in the same spot for over 3.5 hours!

To say it was worth it in the end would be a massive understatement!

The first person we saw was Cynthia Nixon, she was much slimmer and taller in the flesh and her dress was stunning (royal green and not the blue colour that is shown in the photos).

The second person was Chris Noth (Mr Big for those of you who don’t know him) and I must say he is damn attractive in real life. Much to our dismay he walked straight up to my friend and I, asking how our night was going and he then informed us that he was going to stand in front of us so we would be in the back of his paparazzi shots- only if that was ok with us (hmmmm yes it most definitely was!!!!!!)

Next up was Kim Cattrall and she is just like what I imagine old screen goddess looked like, her composure is mesmerising and she is like a modern day Marilyn Monroe in the statueqise way she presents herself.

Sarah Jessica Parker looked stunning in her Alexander McQueen and she was super super sweet. She recognised all our outfits and addressed us as a group saying we looked great. And yes for those of you who are intrigued she is very very tiny and very musclely in real life.

Kirstin Davis was the one star who blew me away with her beauty and really with her physique. She is tiny and has just such a desirable figure, it’s not as curvy as the screen would portray, it’s the perfect match of curves with slenderness. She is also very sweet, she squealed with delight when she saw us all together in our outfits. She has a very American accent and it’s just damn endearing!

Together the girls seem to have a authentic bond and I could not sense any of the cattyness that is reported in the press. They seemed genuinely surprised by the turn out and interest in the film. They looked really happy to be sharing the experience together as friends.

We also got the chance to chat to the creator Michael Patrick King who took a real interest in the competition and the outfits we were wearing, he like Sarah Jessica Parker recognised key outfits (mine included) and both of them were really pleased that we had gone to such efforts to copy the movie/series!

Other stars from the movie we got to see included Samantha's yummy new love interests, Anthony (Charlotte's gay husband) and the new nanny (who was modesty covered for the premiere).

After the stars of the movie left the carpet we were treated to a bevvy of UK celebrities from models Daisy Lowe and Penny Lancaster, actress Emma Roberts, Singers Alexandra Burke and Emma Bunton, TV stars- Alan Carr and many which I didn’t know, general socialites- Peaches Geldoff etc and various WAGS.

By this stage it was almost 7.30pm and my feet wear KILLING, I was whinging to my friend that I thought we had seen the best of the best and that we should make our way in to watch the movie. Then the greatest moment of my life happened- I turned around to see Kylie Minogue standing right in front of me on the red carpet- my heart skipped a beat and I literally threw down everything I was holding in my hands minus my camera!

I then proceeded to literally become a crazy person in my determination to a) speak to her and b) have a photo with her.

She came over to 4 of us girls and pointed at each of us whilst saying 'you guys look amazing.' The word 'amazing' and final point of the 4 was at me! All I could say in response was 'I love you' before she turned around to have her photo taken.

CAN YOU BELIEVE KYLIE MINOGUE TOLD ME I LOOKED AMAZING!!!!! Well yes me and a few other people but I never thought the day would come where I would literally be face to face with my idol and there I was standing in my Manolos desperately telling her I loved her.

I have thought about what I would do if I met her one day and I always thought it would be a calm moment of me telling her how much her music has influenced me and how special she was in my life. Calm I was not, expressive, most definitely.

As my friend and I were positioned towards the start of the red carpet I then proceeded to push the other competition entrants out of the way (sorry ladies!!!!) in order to follow Kylie along the red carpet and hopefully get my photo taken with her.

Alas at this point in time my screaming was overshadowed by one Louie Spence. A brand new reality TV star in the UK famous for being on a show called 'Pineapple Dance Studios'. The show is a fly on the wall documentary focused on a well known dance studio located in Convent Garden- studios that Kylie had rehearsed at a long time ago!

Ever since the show has taken off in the UK Louie has done many interviews saying that he and Kylie were friends. Kylie recently did a radio interview and said that whilst they were Twitter friends she had never actually met him in the flesh.

So on the night of the premiere when they spotted each other it was an over the top and fabulous union. Louie has some trade mark poses that he pulled with Kylie and I could hear her telling him how much she loved him and how impressed she was with his rise to fame- glad to know it’s not just us every day people that are fascinated with other celebrities.

As a result of this hilarious union the paparazzi went crazy and I was in the back of many many photos the next day not only in the UK press but in my home country (friends and family informed me I made it onto the Australian news and the newspaper- how crazy!)

Meeting Kylie was everything I thought it would be, she is in person genuinely really sweet, bubbly and just stunning. Her skin is flawless and she is tiny tiny tiny. If I didn’t love her enough in the past I love her even more now for her charm and beautiful demeanor.

After she left the red carpet I was quite shaken up and beyond elated. We moved off the carpet and into the cinema where we were treated to mini bottle of Moet, water and special SATC2 magazines.

The SATC girls then came on the screen (broadcasted from the special celebrity cinema- we were in a different cinema, I'm guessing for security reasons) and they introduced the film. I was in such a haze from the events of evening that I didn’t take the whole movie in (I actually went back and saw it twice more within the week- obsessed a little!) but I can say that I loved loved loved it.

Please ignore the reviews, the movie is fun and it centre’s on the friendships of the girls which is what I loved the most about the TV series. The movie addresses some key issues about marriages and having children in a way that moves the characters forward in their lives from the TV show and the first movie.

The fashion is outrageous and some of the script is crazy but overall it’s a thoroughly enjoyable movie and makes me miss my own SATC girls in Australia

The one piece of advice I would give from this whole experience is never give up on your dream and enter competitions people- it’s the only way to win anything!

x

p.s I have attached a photo of Kylie and Louie and you can see me in the background!