The unfortunate fashionista hit the deck in front of a crowd of photographers at a show in Nigeria.

Having made her way successfully down most of the catwalk, the Kinabuti model went flying after misjudging her footing.

And to add to her misery, a waiting snapper captured the dramatic moment she fell to the floor.

The incident mirrors the infamous catwalk fall suffered by Naomi Campbell at the Paris Fashion Week.

Diva Naomi donned huge heels at the Vivienne Westwood show when she fell to the floor in 1993.

But it will come as little consolation to the latest catwalk casualty that even the best can’t always stay on their feet.

Heels were the undoing of the foolhardy Nigerian model pictured at the Lagos show yesterday.

After realising she couldn’t stay on her feet, she flayed her arms to attempt to regain her balance.

But it wasn’t to be and the model who was showing off a brightly-coloured dress crashed to the floor.

Following the model’s mishap, the rest of the Carnival in the Desert show went without incident.

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