I was shamed for wearing a miniskirt – but I won’t stop wearing revealing dresses, says Carol Vorderman

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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.

Chatting on the Netmums podcast, Carol spoke about a moment that stuck in her mind and spurred her on to keep wearing revealing clothes.

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!

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