Spanx? Need to know stuff about Spanx

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Whoops! Now we know what's Holden Amanda in... a pair of Spanx

After flashing her enviable bottom in her new TV show Amanda Holden's Fantasy Lives last week, you wouldn't think Amanda Holden would need any support.

But as she arrived at the Britain's Got Talent auditions in Birmingham today, the actress unwittingly flashed her control pants.

Looking svelte and toned in a fuchsia mini-dress, the 38-year-old didn't realise her hemline had caught on her Spanx pants, exposing them to photographers as she stepped out of her car at the city's Hippodrome.

Summery brights: Amanda Holden looked summery in a fuchsia dress as she arrived at the Britain's Got Talent auditions in Birmingham today

Flasher: Holden ends up flashing her Spanx control pants

Pert: Holden showed off her bottom when she played a Parisian showgirl in her TV show last week

Holden's use of the pants is surprising given her bottom-flashing in her TV show last week, when she stripped down to a revealing outfit to play a Parisian showgirl.

While Holden may be embarrassed to realise they were showing, she's made no secret of her love for control pants.

She said last year: 'On fat days, I wear Spanx. When I'm working I wear Spanx control knickers to smooth things out.'

The Spanx range of body forming stockings and control pants, which sell for between £20 and £50, hold in the bottom, thighs and stomach, are virtually undetectable.

Spanx, invented by American entrepreneur Sara Blakely, promise to 'flatter your figure from top to bottom'.

Other celebrity fans of Spanx include Beyonce Knowles, Tori Spelling, Girls Aloud, Tyra Banks, Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, Katie Holmes and Jessica Alba.

And flashing her control pants weren't Holden's only wardrobe malfunction this week, yesterday her perfectly coiffed haircut was ruined by the strong winds as she posed for a photocall in London.

The Britain's Got Talent judge was helping friend Gina Hemmings open her new health and beauty salon in Kew, south west London, when she was got caught out by the weather.

Not such a secret: Holden has spoken openly about her love of Spanx

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Sleek silhouette: Holden's pants help her achieve the right look in her dress

Dressed in a dark grey jersey dress, light grey cardigan and knee-high boots, Holden looked well-groomed as he posed alongside a tree outside Hemmings' new business.

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Nature lover lost in North Sea saved by woman who spotted his camera flashing... 350 miles away

A German man owes his life to a woman who rescued him from 350 miles away – thanks to his camera.

The man lost on a frozen stretch of the North Sea was facing almost certain death when he flashed his camera in the hope that someone might be out watching the same beautiful sunset he had set out to witness.

Luckily the camera flash off the coast of St. Peter-Ording near the Danish border was witnessed by a female nature lover sitting in front of her computer in the Westerwald region near the Rhine hundreds of miles away in southern Germany.

Eagle-eyed: An observation base near the stretch of the North Sea the woman was viewing via a webcam when she spotted the lost man

She was monitoring a camera set up on the beach to record the vivid sunset.

Seeing the camera flashes she alerted local police who in turn sent through an emergency call that resulted in a patrol rescuing the man as temperatures plunged to -20c.

Police spokeswoman Kristin Stielow said: 'He was walking on the ice, got disoriented and would probably have either fallen through the ice or succumbed to the cold.

'He was very lucky that this lady was sharing the same natural phenomenon but from the warmth and safety of her own home.'

The man in his 40s was treated for mild exposure after his ordeal.

He is planning a visit to the woman he owes his life to when he has recovered.

The man was stranded near St Peter-Ording, while his 'rescuer' was 350 miles away in Westerwald