Coleen Nolan was left annoyed and open mouthed over a comment made by co-star Janet Street-Porter, as the two clashed on Tuesday's Loose Women in a debate about beauty contests.
Both Janet and Coleen sat on the panel of the ITV discussion show, as Ruth Langsford once again took the reins as host. The trio were joined by Loose Women colleague Frankie Bridge for the shortened episode, as The Saturdays made her return after a break of extended absence.
With just half an hour to cram everything in, most of the debates were kept relatively short and, after the show started with updates on the search mission for the missing Titanic submarine, talk moved onto whether or not there is still a place in beauty pageants for a swimwear round.
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In recent years, the round, which involves contestants strutting up and down a catwalk in their swimming costumes and bikinis has been condemned, with some contests axing it entirely.
Janet went first with her opinion, saying she thought the idea of a swimwear round had always felt 'pointless' to her, remarking: "How do you judge a woman in a swimsuit? Do you say 'oh I'm giving her 10 out of 10 because it fits really well or 'I'm giving it 10/10 because it's a lovely colour?'"
Coleen admitted she used to be as sceptical about beauty contests as Janet, until he got to know her now daughter-in-law Maddie Wahdan, the former Miss Manchester, who married her son Shane Jr last year. The former Celebrity Big Brother winner explained that, as well as Maddie telling her about the 'amazing camaraderie' between the girls, the Miss GB hopefuls alone raised £60,000 last year, before arguing that the contestants see the swimwear round as 'promoting body confidence.'
Presenter Ruth then mentioned the fact that one former contestant she'd read about, who'd been in an abusive relationship, said getting to walk down a catwalk in a swimsuit was empowering, as Coleen added: "They do a lot of charity work for really good causes, all around the world."
Not stranding down from her point of view, Janet retorted: "I absolutely don't think that is the best way to raise money for charity," as Coleen responded: "Well it is, because they've raised a lot."
And The Nolans star was definitely not prepared for what came next, as Janet fired back: "They've raised £60,000 - that's not that much," prompting Coleen's jaw to drop and boos to echo out from the studio audience.
