WATCH: Inverness’s Miss Scotland walks the runway of one of the world’s most famous fashion shows
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Inverness's reigning Miss Scotland walked the runway in style at one of the world’s most famous fashion show’s in Canada after she took part in this year's Miss World competition.
Chelsie Allison (26) scooped the title of Miss Scotland in October.
The Tesco Mobile retail manager has spent five weeks in India as part of the Miss World competition in February as she went up against over 100 women from across the globe.
Chelsie attended the Dress to Kilt fashion show last week in Toronto. The theme of the fashion show was “Dress for Adventure – from Caledonia to Canada”. This was a tribute to the fashion of the countryside and the great outdoors.
When talking about the moment Chelsie was asked to be apart of the iconic fashion show, she said: “I felt so honoured to have been asked to take part in the show, not only because it was a worldwide known event within the fashion industry, but also because I had been given the opportunity to take my title of Miss Scotland to another country, where many people have Scottish ties and speak about the Highland Hospice.”
The runway became a stage for outdoor lifestyle fashion that encompassed hunting, shooting, riding, hiking.
Dressed to Kilt is the largest, most prestigious and exciting Scottish fashion show in the world. It is also one of the highest profile fashion shows in the United States in terms of press and media generation.
It was co-founded by Sir Sean Connery and Dr. Geoffrey Scott Carroll in 2003. Though the fashion runways of New York City are the home of Dressed to Kilt, this annual celebrity show has also performed to sold-out audiences in a castle, a cathedral, an aeroplane hangar in Houston, as well as in Los Angeles and most recently Washington DC, the nation’s capital.
Chelsie said the moment when she walked down the runway was ‘incredible’ and the Canadians were so ‘wholesome’ as an audience.
Miss Scotland modelled four Scottish dresses on the runway, to which she felt ‘proud’ to wear.
When talking about the significance of the dresses, Chelsie said: “The first dress I had worn at Miss World, by envy gowns, a local dress supplier in Falkirk.
“The next was a kilt which had been designed using the Miss Scotland tartan. Then I wore an Inverness local designer outfit, made by Prickly Thistle.
“And the final outfit was made by a fashion designer. This dress was originally made for a fashion shoot, shot at Edinburgh castle, in the style of Mary Queen of Scots.”
Life has been ‘hectic’ for Chelsie since taking part in Miss World, but she feels ‘privileged and honoured to have been given the opportunity to represent the Highland Hospice and Scotland’.
Chelsie is now set to collaborate with Millburn Academy by helping them out with their YPI project and continues to fundraise for her chosen charity, the Highland Hospice.
She said: “My fundraising for the Highland Hospice has been great so far. Everyone has been so generous in donating to such an important, local cause and I am so grateful for that.
“So far, I have raised around about £10,000 and hope to continue raising more throughout my time as Miss Scotland and beyond!”
