The
Britain's Got Talent judge tweeted the photo of her child next to the
caption: '1990's day at Lexi's school today. Julia Roberts 'Pretty
Woman'.'
However,
within minutes the star had received a large number of comments from
her stunned followers, prompting her to quickly remove the image.
Her
bizarre move has now been criticised by a parents' group, who warned of
the dangers of posting 'inappropriate' and 'sexualised' photos of
youngsters on the internet.
Holden
later released a statement insisting the youngster was dressed as Cindy
Crawford but Holden's husband, Chris Hughes, mistook her for Roberts
and posted the picture.
Outrage: Amanda
Holden has received complaints on Twitter after she posted a picture of
her nine-year-old daughter Lexi dressed up as a prostitute for a school
fancy dress day
Criticism: The TV star's daughter was dressed as the lead character from Pretty Woman
In
the picture, the little girl is dressed in a red, strapless gown,
imitating Julia Roberts' famous on-screen character in the 1990 movie.
She posed next to a piano and looked down at her feet in the photo, which showed her fancy dress costume for school.
Holden,
a 43-year-old mother-of-two who is married to record producer Chris
Hughes, deleted the image from her timeline after eight minutes.
Cathy
Ranson, editor of parenting site Netmums, branded Holden's actions 'a
step too far' and warned the star of the dangers of posting such
pictures online.
She
said: 'Amanda Holden is famed for selfies, such as the recent bum flash –
but posting sexualised pictures of your junior school aged daughter is a
step too far.'
'Most
parents wouldn't consider it appropriate to dress their daughter as a
film prostitute for a school project and certainly wouldn't want to
plaster the picture on the internet.
'Amanda
has been very open about her battle to become a mum and clearly loves
her kids - but although she had the sense to take down the image
quickly, it could still be shared and used inappropriately.'
The inspiration: Amanda's daughter wore a similar outfit to that of Julia Roberts' character Vivian
Cuddle time: Amanda has previously been pictured posing with her eldest daughter at film premieres
Holden
later released a statement which reads: 'The truth is that Lexi went to
school as Cindy Crawford for her school '90s Day - not Julia Roberts -
as anyone who heard me yesterday at BGT - and indeed the teachers at
Lexi's school - will confirm.
Amanda is famed for selfies - but posting sexualised pictures of your junior school aged daughter is a step too far.
Cathy Ranson, editor of Netmums
'However my husband thought she looked more like Julia Roberts, without any thought to any interpretation.
'Although
given that she is a 9 year old girl it seems completely unbelievable
and disturbing that anyone could or would put such an interpretation on
it.
'He hit the wrong button and posted it on my twitter account- but removed it as soon as he realised.'
Pretty Woman tells the story of a woman - Vivian - who falls in love with a wealthy businessman, Edward, played by Richard Gere.
However, although the Cinderella story has a happy ending, it begins with Vivian working as a prostitute on the streets.
Fans were quick to criticise Amanda's choice of clothing for her young daughter, with many branding her irresponsible.
One
Twitter user wrote: 'Amanda Holden dressed her daughter up as Julia
Roberts in Pretty Woman? A woman who had sex with an old man to get
money and nice things.'
Under fire: It wasn't long until followers reacted to her image on Twitter
Time scale: Another pointed out the amount of time it took for Amanda to remove the picture of her daughter
Sarcastic: One person was quick to quip to the Britain's Got Talent judge
Unimpressed: Swathes of Twitter users reacted negatively
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