How to Look Good Naked is a television program, first aired on British Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 in 2006, in which fashion stylist Gok Wan

Gok Wan

Gok Wan is a British fashion consultant, author and television presenter of British Chinese heritage. He is known for his appearances on many television programmes , for providing fashion advice to celebrities and for contributing his views to fashion magazines published internationally.-Early...

 encourages women and men who are insecure with their bodies to strip nude for the camera. The programme is unique among other similar makeover shows

Makeover reality television series

Makeover reality television series are television series which focus on makeovers.Long an element of daytime talk shows, they have recently moved into the limelight in television shows such as Queer Eye. Other popular makeover shows include What Not to Wear, Extreme Makeover, Ambush Makeover and...

 in that it never ever encourages participants to undergo cosmetic surgery or lose weight.

Format

The format of the show is based on the self esteem building exercises that Wan guides the woman through. These include:

• Showing a large picture of the woman in question semi-nude in a public place (e.g. projected onto the side of a building, or on the side of a van), asking passers-by what they think. The response shown is positive, thus building the self esteem of the woman.
• Wan burns the woman's underwear, replacing it with more flattering items, including 'tummy tuck pants'.
• The woman is photographed naked.
• In the emotive finale, the woman parades down the catwalk with her new look in front of family and friends.
• More recently Wan has used different shock tactics to encourage women to love their bodies and feel sexy. He has had women pose naked in London shop windows, had a semi-naked woman on the front of made-up newspaper 'Naked News' handed out on a busy London street, and stopped women in the street to ask if they have 'Lady Lines'.

Catchphrases

Wan's favourite and most famous catchphrases include 'bangers', which is his pet name for women's 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 : 8x30' first shown from 27 June 2006
• Series 2 : 8x30' first shown from 1 May 2007
• Series 3 : 8x30' first shown from 14 November 2007
• Series 4 : 7x30' + 6x60' revists - first shown from 8 April 2008

• How to Look Good Naked USA
• Series 1 : 8x30'
• Series 2 : 8x60'

Versions in other countries

The U.S.

United States

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 version of How to Look Good Naked airs on Lifetime Television

Lifetime Television

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, and is hosted by Carson Kressley

Carson Kressley

Carson Lee Kressley was the fashion expert on the American television program Queer Eye, where he was one of the show's "Fab Five" members. He is also the motivational host of the TV show How to Look Good Naked.-Biography:...

. The show was promoted on The Oprah Winfrey Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show

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, in addition to receiving rave reviews from the New York Times and the L.A. Times. Its premiere was the biggest in the network's 24-year history. The US version also airs on Channel Ten

Network Ten

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 in Australia

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 and E4 in the UK.

In Belgium

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, there is a show called "look good" or Nicely naked.

There is also a Swedish

Sweden

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 version called Snygg Naken, an Italian

Italy

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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 on March 2009.

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

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

External links

• How to Look Good Naked on Lifetime Television
• How to Look Good Naked Canada on W Network