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Stars who stacked it: The biggest red carpet and catwalk falls

Navigating a red carpet or catwalk in treacherously high heels is no easy feat, as these celebrities have shown
Petra Nemcova

Navigating a catwalk or red carpet in high heels is no easy feat, and sometimes, there’s nothing you can do but try to recover gracefully from a little stumble or full-on fall. Even the celebrities are only human!

As these stars show, even the best glam squad in the world can’t prepare you for the occasional trip in front of the paparazzi. From Jennifer Lawrence at the Oscars to Helen Mirren at the Cannes Film Festival this year, it seems no one is immune. And who could forget South African supermodel Candice Swanepoel’s nasty tumble at the Givenchy SS16 runway last year?

“Thank you to who ever picked me up off the runway tonight. Left with little scratches but mostly a bruised ego #ohwell,” she tweeted shortly after the mishap, which saw her towering heels get the better of her before an audience member sprang forward to help her back up.

However, Candice needn’t worry too much as she’s definitely not the first celebrity to stack it while in front of the cameras.

Click through the gallery to see more red carpet and catwalk falls

Petra Nemcova

Czech supermodel Petra Nemcova took a mighty tumble on the Cannes red carpet but judging by the grin on her face, it didn’t phase her too much.

Helen Mirren looked elegant as always at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of The Unknown Girl this week.

While the star suffered a momentary stumble on her way up the stairs, she recovered gracefully!

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Helen Mirren in Cannes

Victoria’s Secret stunner Candice Swanepoel shows us even angels fall from the heavens sometimes!

The 27-year-old suffered a spectacular tumble at the Givenchy SS16 runway at New York Fashion Week last year.

But like a true professional, she was straight back up and strutting her stuff again in no time.

In 2010, British model Agyness Deyn was defeated by her chunky kicks during Naomi Campbell’s Fashion For Relief Runway in New York.

The 32-year-old had a quick fix and thought on her feet – quite literally – simply removing her shoes, and getting on with it.

Sometimes, you’ve got to embrace it… Just ask this beauty, who totally owned her tumble at the Raffles International Showcase show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia in Sydney this year.

It might be a fictional fall, but who could ever forget Carrie’s terrible trip in the much-loved 2001 episode of Sex and the City, The Real Me. If we only everyone had a fairy godmother like Heidi Klum to pick them up.

Although this isn’t technically a catwalk catastrophe, surely the Oscars are the world’s biggest runway? Jennifer Lawrence’s 2013 stack as she made her way to the stage to accept the Best Actress Academy Award for Silver Linings Playbook will go down in the history books…

As one of the most graceful and humble moments in showbiz! “You guys are only standing up because I fell and you feel bad. That was embarrassing,” she quipped during her acceptance speech.

At the Oscars the next year, the star tripped again while walking the red carpet.

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Jennifer Lawrence takes a tumble on the Oscars red carpet

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