How to Look Good Naked

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How to Look Good Naked
Created byMaverick Television
Presented byGok Wan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
Executive producersRiaz Patel, Alex Fraser, Jo Rosenfelder, Jim Sayer, Chris Coelen, Greg Goldman, Carson Kressley
ProducersPaula Archer, Aja Becher, Jerry Carita, Andrea Chung, Elizabeth Davies, Diane DeStefano, David Garfield, Atousa Hojatpanah, Valana Hunn, Camilla Rahaman, Richard D. Tucci
Original release
NetworkChannel 4, Really

How to Look Good Naked is a television program, first aired on British

cosmetic surgery
or lose weight. The US format premiered on Lifetime Television in 2008 with Carson Kressley hosting, it was the #1 Unscripted Show on the network at the time.

On 27 June 2019, it was announced that the show would be revived by Really with Gok Wan returning as host. This would be the channel's first commission since its acquisition by Discovery.

Format

The format of the show is based on activities designed to build a woman's

self-confidence
. These include photographing the woman naked and then displaying a very large picture of the woman's body in a public place, such as projected onto the side of a building or on the side of a van, and asking passers-by what they think of them. Viewers typically respond very positively, which builds the woman's self-esteem. Wan burns the woman's current underwear and then replaces it with more flattering underwear, including "tummy tuck pants". At the end of each episode, Wan asks the woman to walk down the modeling catwalk showing her new nude look to family and friends.

In more recent episodes, Wan has used a variety of very personal tactics designed to encourage women to love their bodies and feel sexy. He has had women pose naked in London shop windows, stopped women on the street and asked if they have Lady Lines, published the image of a semi-naked woman on the front of a fake newspaper titled Naked News, and then handed the newspaper out on a busy London street. At the end of each catwalk show, the woman is encouraged to strip naked on stage to show how far they had come in terms of body confidence.

Catchphrases

Wan's favourite and most famous catchphrases include "bangers", which is slang for breasts, and "gorgeous", often calling the women participating in the show "girlfriend". Many of his other catchphrases are puns on his name, such as "Gok shock" and "fairy Gok mother". In his most recent series, Wan has introduced a new feature aimed at giving style and beauty advice to men, which he calls "Wan for the boys".

Series guide

  • Series 1: Eight 30 minute episodes – first shown from 27 June 2006
  • Series 2: Eight 30 minute episodes – first shown from 1 May 2007
  • Series 3: Eight 30 minute episodes – first shown from 14 November 2007
  • Series 4: Seven 30 minute episodes + six 60 minute revisits – first shown from 8 April 2008

American Series:

  • Series 1 : Eight 30 minute episodes
  • Series 2 : Eight 60 minute episodes

Versions in other countries

The

E4
in the United Kingdom.

In Belgium, there is a show called Look Good or Nicely Naked.

There is also a Swedish version called Snygg Naken, an Italian version called Nude e Belle, an Israeli version called בעירום מלא (Be'erom Mal'e), a French version, Belle toute nue, which began on the M6 channel on 9 December 2008, and Polish version called Jak dobrze wyglądać nago, which will begin on TVN Style channel in March 2009.

In late 2009/early 2010, the Canadian version of How to Look Good Naked premiered and currently runs on the W Network, on which the UK version once aired. It is hosted by Zain Meghji.

Since 2010 there is also a Czech version called Nahá jsi krásná (Naked you're beautiful) hosted by Libor Šula.

References

  1. ^ "Gok Wan's How To Look Good Naked axed by Channel 4". Evening Standard. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

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