I stayed firmly out of the way while my curiosity about the behind the scenes process of running a fashion show got the better of me, though I had to admit as I lurked and watched the models doing their catwalk best while being berated and sometimes belittled by their handlers, I found myself becoming rapidly disillusioned by the whole thing.

Sure, I'd had kind of the same experience last winter when my mother had been purposely sabotaged by a fellow contestant on Bake ...