The secret of Laura Whitmore's success

PERCHED on a green velvet armchair, in a boutique hotel in south Kensington, is Laura Whitmore.

Buttery-blond highlights frame her heart-shaped face.

Whitmore wears minimal make-up and has short, manicured black nails. Dressed in skinny jeans, a sheer, black shirt and rock-chick accessories, you might mistake Whitmore for a fashionista, a model, or an it-girl, and, although she is a little bit of all those, she is much more than just a clothes horse or a pretty face.