Courage on the Catwalk showed that size DOES matter on Sunday night as it roared into its new, bigger home at P&J Live. After a decade at Aberdeen Beach Ballroom, the annual charity fashion show packed even more emotion into the larger venue, with tears, laughter and a whole lot of dancing. The 24 Courage on the Catwalk models — all women from the north-east with their own history with cancer — put on a fabulous performance in front of more than 900 people.
Following an equally sold-out show on Saturday, there was hardly a moment’s rest as the models strutted their stuff to a cavalcade of pop hits from mainly female artists including Beyonce, Girls Aloud and Madonna. Courage models trained hard for their big moment All 24 models had put in months of practise to perfect their catwalk walkdowns , meeting every few weeks for training sessions with seasoned professionals. There was also a friendly rivalry with their male fashion show counterparts, who The P&J can reveal that the women of Courage even sneaked in a few unofficial practise sessions to make sure they were ready for the spotlight.
But all was forgiven on Sunday night as a group of the Brave models showed up to cheer on the women. “It was just phenomenal,” said Mark Stephen, the who lit up the Brave show when he gave a . “You could just feel the love in the room.
” He added: “We thought Thursday and Friday were incredible but the atmosphere has been amazing and the girls just rocked the place.” A hoedo.