Amanda Holden denies dressing daughter up as Pretty Woman

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Amanda Holden has said a Twitter picture which suggested her daughter was dressed as Pretty Woman was a "mistake".

The tweet featured a photograph of nine-year-old Lexi wearing a red dress with the caption: "1990's day at Lexi's school today. Julia Roberts 'Pretty Woman'."

She quickly removed the post after being sent abusive messages as Roberts plays a prostitute in the film.

But Holden said Lexi actually went to school dressed as Supermodel Cindy Crawford and it was her husband who mistakenly posted the message on Twitter.

Holden claims her daughter was meant to be dressed as Cindy Crawford. Credit: Reuters

She said: "The truth is that Lexi went to school as Cindy Crawford for her school '90s Day - not Julia Roberts - as anyone who heard me yesterday at Britain's Got Talent - and indeed the teachers at Lexi's school - will confirm.

"However my husband thought she looked more like Julia Roberts, without any thought to any interpretation. Although given that she is a nine-year-old girl it seems completely unbelievable and disturbing that anyone could or would put such an interpretation on it.

"Julia Roberts is one of the most beautiful and iconic women in the world and so, as a proud father, he wanted to post the similarity on his own private Facebook account.

"He hit the wrong button and posted it on my Twitter account - but removed it as soon as he realised. The first I knew about it was as I was contacted by the media whilst filming today. Needless to say my husband is mortified.

"And just as an aside, on the school run this morning we bumped into 'Mia Wallace' from Pulp Fiction and 'Mr Pink' from Reservoir dogs!"