And the next top model is... wrongly crowned

PRODUCERS of Australia’s Next Top Model have been left red-faced after supermodel host Sarah Murdoch announced the wrong winner during the live final in what newspapers said was the country’s most awkward TV moment.

Murdoch, the daughter-in-law of media baron Rupert Murdoch, was close to tears after realising she had mistakenly announced Sidney’s Kelsey Martinovich, 19, as the winner of the Foxtel series during the live finale.

Martinovich had completed her acceptance speech before Murdoch backtracked on stage to reveal the real winner from a public vote was 18-year-old Gold Coast rival Amanda Ware.