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How to Look Good Naked is a television program, first aired on British Channel 4 in 2006, in which fashion stylist Gok Wan 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 in that it never encourages participants to undergo cosmetic surgery or lose weight. The US format premiered on Lifetime Television in 2008 with Carson Kressley hosting, it was the #1 Unscripted Show on the network at the time.
2007
Gok's mission is to rescue down in the dumps ballet teacher Sonya Pettigrew, transforming her from a boob hater to a banger rater!
Gok meets Cindy, 40, a mother of three who spends so much time running around after the kids that she's forgotten to take care of herself.
Gok Wan meets Ali Birch, 25, a bride-to-be who longs to be confident and glowing when she walks down the aisle, but can't see anything beautiful about her figure.
Gok meets 59-year-old Angela Morgan, whose body confidence has hit rock bottom after her husband left her. Can he restyle her and get her confident enough to get back on the dating scene?
Even after a triumphant weight loss of six stone, Debbie, who is a slimming club instructor, hates her body, and still sees herself as she used to be. Gok to the rescue!
Gok Wan meets 26-year-old community worker Alison Howard. This body loather has got such a poor body image that she hasn't looked at herself in the mirror for years. Expect a lot of nudity.
In the first of two New Year's specials, Gok meets Lydia Rullow. Can he show her how to make the most of her best body assets to increase her body confidence for the new year and beyond?
One girl, Andrea Perrett, desperately needs a new look for 2008 but doesn't know how to get it. Gok's New Year's resolution is to get Andrea back on track.
2007
Gok meets 29 year-old midwife Liz Marlow, a working mum-of-two whose curvy size 16 figure is sending her self-esteem plummeting to rock-bottom.
Gok meets business woman turned frumpy mummy Helen Thompson. A former power-dressing career girl, Helen's confidence took a turn for the worse after she gave up her job to start a family.
Stylist Gok Wan turns his attention to 28-year-old mum Vikki Brace who loathes her post-baby body.
Gok Wan tests anti-wrinkle creams to find out which one works best, and he meets 36-year-old Lisa Mayall, whose self-esteem is in serious need of boosting.
Bottoms are the order of the day, and Gok Wan celebrates delicious derrieres of all shapes and sizes. His mission is to make Becky, a mum-of-one, feel sexy in a bikini this summer.
Stylist Gok Wan offers the definitive guide to looking good with your clothes on - and off. Gok meets Leanne who hates her legs so much she wears tights come rain or shine.
Stylist Gok Wan Gok meets Lucy, a 25-year-old struggling actress whose heart is set on Hollywood, but who thinks her big-boned body holds her back.
Gok checks out anti-ageing moisturising creams and meets 41-year-old Essex girl Michelle Gower who needs to start appreciating her perfect hourglass figure.
2006
Expert stylist Gok Wan tries to convince 46-year-old, size 16 Susan Sharpe from Yorkshire that her body isn't as bad as she thinks and to take part in a naked photoshoot!
Fashion stylist Gok Wan is on a mission to bring some loving to a body-loather. His challenge is to get 29-year-old mother-of-two Claire Green to look and feel good naked.
In episode three, Gok's challenge is Roberta Fox-Braddock. Roberta lives in South Wales and works in a steel works. With her tough job and masculine clothes she has perfected a cover-up job that not only masks her personality but also hides her body. She can’t even get undressed in front of her husband of 20 years and the only time she leaves the house is to go to work. Her body image has reached rock bottom, and that’s her main problem - she thinks her backside is huge. At the end of the show Roberta has to strip off completely for all the world to see. Is Roberta finally going to look good naked?
In the fourth of the series, Gok is on a mission to show 25-year-old Rubie Poonia that she really can look good with her clothes on, and off. Rubie, who hates her size 18 body and thinks it’s too big to be beautiful, is a PR girl living and working amongst the blonde and the beautiful of Bournemouth. By day she hides in baggy clothes while skinny blondes hang out on the beach. By night she works in bars and clubs and while everyone else wears short skirts and tiny tops, she covers up. Rubie wants to look good and feel good with her clothes and without them. She won’t even get changed for a night out in front of her friends. It’s Gok’s mission to give Rubie the style and confidence to work her body and show her how to dress it. But will she look good naked?
Gok meets Zoe Cobden, a 27-year-old London girl and a fine figure of a woman, but like most females she just can’t see it. She hates her size 12 body so much that she tries to make herself invisible by wearing clothes as camouflage. And although she hates her whole body, it’s her love handles that are simply too much to handle. It’s Gok’s mission to give Zoe the style and confidence to work her body and to show her how to dress it. And he's not holding back this week - ‘You look 104 years old and like you’re going camping,’ he says, berating her for beige attire. And when he slips her into a bustier and pencil skirt combo he says, ‘Now it’s more Monaco and less Streatham.’ Zoe has officially been Gok’d. But will she look good naked?
Leana Grech, a 33-year-old single mum from Wallington, feels she’s lost her sex appeal. Since becoming a mother she’s forgotten what it’s like to be a woman and she hasn’t had sex for four years! Leana is ashamed of her barrel-shape body and non-existent waist - she covers it up in a wardrobe of shapeless clothes. She’s afraid of communal changing rooms and when Leana does go shopping she cuts the labels out of her clothes so she doesn’t have to be reminded her size. It’s Gok’s mission to give Leana back the style and confidence to work her body - showing her how to look good with her clothes on. But can he get her to look good naked?
2009
Gok transforms mum and daughter Margaret and Maria from Derbyshire. Can Gok help both women with their negative body issues, which they worry about passing down to Maria's two young daughters?
Gok meets bride-to-be Claire from East Sussex. Claire's an air hostess, but she doesn't feel at all glamorous. Can Gok help this natural redhead feel ready to march down the aisle with confidence?
Gok meets Sharon from Derbyshire, a 52-year-old grandmother who runs a livery yard, and only feels comfortable with her body when out with her horses, dressed in her scruffy, baggy clothing.
Gok meets 37-year-old Karen, who might be super confident in her job as a paramedic, but is very insecure when it comes to her body. And her hang-ups are affecting her love life.
Gok meets Jane from Birkenhead who lost her curvy hourglass figure after having kids, and isn't happy about it. And Gok shows the lads of Bromsgrove Rugby Club how to improve their pants.
Gok revisits Kelly whose breast cancer had previously shattered her self-esteem. Now Kelly is an ambassador for a leading breast cancer charity. And a married woman too.
Gok revisits Rachel in Doncaster, and discovers that the nurse who once hated her figure is now a changed woman, and has not only taken control of her own wardrobe, but her friends' too!
Gok revisits Claire Osgood to see if the former beauty queen is still in love with her big boobs. As a test, Gok sends Claire to get trained up for her very own burlesque show.
In a bid to make the women of the world over 60 see that they can still love their bodies, Gok meets 72-year-old Sue, who lost confidence when her husband died three years ago.
2010
Gok meets single mum Tracy Warren from Leicestershire, who has been using a wheelchair since 2007. Tracy hates her stomach and legs, and thinks she can never look sexy in a wheelchair.
Gok meets 44-year-old mother-of-three Clare Smith, who had her leg amputated four years ago following a motorbike accident. Can Gok help Clare to love her body as it is?
Gok helps Di Cram, a 54-year-old blind magistrate, to get a better sense of her body shape through touch. But will Di feel ready to bare all for a photo shoot?
2008
Style maestro Gok Wan is faced with a different and difficult task this week, as identical twins Jeannie and Suzy present him with a body-hater and body-rater with the same face!
Rachel is the ultimate body hater and feels more like a bloke in drag than the buxom beauty that she is! Can Gok get this nurse to love her sexy shape and turn her attitude around?
Nicki has been single for over two years, and hasn't let anyone see her naked for just as long. Will Gok ever be able to convince her of the naked truth?
Gok meets former beauty queen Claire Osgood. Back in the early 80s Claire used to strut her stuff in front of hundreds in nothing more than a skimpy swimsuit - but not any more...
In a first for How to Look Good Naked, style guru Gok Wan surprises unsuspecting Jenny with her shock nomination. This gal has a size 8 figure that most women would kill for, but she hates her body...
In this episode, Gok meets 33-year-old wannabe actress Clare Coxon, whose low body confidence is holding her back from pursuing her dream of appearing on stage.
In the most emotional How to Look Good Naked to date, Gok meets 32-year-old Kelly Chamberlain whose self-esteem has been shattered due to cancer.
Gok looks at some of his favourite How to Look Good Naked transformations. Here he catches up with Lucy Govan.
Gok catches up with Lisa Mayall and it turns out she's still buzzing.
Gok Wan returns to see whether the women whose confidence he boosted are still riding high a year on. In this How to Look Good Naked revisit Gok hooks up again with Helen Thompson.
Gok Wan meets up again with former bouncer Alison Howard. He helped her find her feminine side, but some time down the line is she still tending to her girly grooming?
Gok revisits teacher Becky Newman who hated her big bum. Gok got her shaking her booty down his catwalk, but will Becky still be loving her derriere?
Gok hooks up again with ballet teacher Sonya Pettigrew. She hated her body and it was ruining her relationship until Gok encouraged her to love her shape, giving her the confidence to go naked.
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2010
Gok meets social recluse Simon Wainwright who became repulsed by his body after an operation to correct curvature in his spine. Can Gok get Simon onto the catwalk, and naked too?
Gok meets former flight attendant and figure skater Adele whose confidence has dropped since leaving the profession and starting a family. How will she fare?
Gok meets 34-year old mother-of-one Charlotte, who put on weight following major spinal surgery. Can Gok persuade Charlotte to bare all down the catwalk?
Gok meets fitness fanatic Elanda, who after seeing an unflattering picture of herself felt ashamed of her ageing body. With her self-esteem at an all-time low, can even Gok help her?
Gok meets 38- year-old mum April Jewkes, a part-time ballet dancer who's far from impressed with the state of her body.
Gok meets Ruth, who has grown up being told she's 'big' and hates her height. She thinks she looks like a man with no waist or boobs. Can Gok peel off years of self-hate - and dowdy clothes?
Gok meets young mum Sarah Myers, who's struggling to come to terms with her post-birth body.
Gok meets 32-year-old Antoinette, who has become shy, introverted and insecure since being diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago.
Gok catches up with twins Jeannie and Suzy to see how they are getting on two years after their fashion makeover. Jeannie was envious of her sister's body, while Suzy lacked confidence.