http://youtube.com/watch?v=4zpQJxlyvDg
NEW YORK (AP) - Fashionistas from Naomi Campbell to Carrie Bradshaw
have made embarrassing missteps on the catwalk. But model Sarah
Welch trumped them all when she fell through a hole during an
L.A. Fashion Week show.
A video of Welch's dramatic drop - a sensation on YouTube - shows
her walking the runway at last week's presentation of the fashion
line Shadang. She stares blankly ahead, not noticing the gaping
hole left where a martial arts performer had cracked open the floor
with a flip.
"As a runway model, you have to keep your head up, you know,"
Welch, a former contestant on "The Bachelor" reality series, told
KABC-TV.
"So I didn't look down for a hole, particularly."Then came the
plunge. In the video, the crowd is heard howling
with apparent shock. Welch, waist-deep in the hole, struggles to
lift herself out, and is helped by "Heroes" actor Jimmy Jean-Louis,
who modeled at the event.
She regains her footing and exits stage left, raising her fist to
seemingly signal that she's OK.
The video of the tumble, posted Thursday, had more than 1 million
views on YouTube by Monday afternoon.
Welch, now an Internet celebrity, has a good sense of humour about
it.
"It is just a really funny mishap. And I hope they're enjoying
watching it just as much as I am," she said.