TOWIE’S Lauren Pope spent her evening at Scotland’s Hair and Beauty Awards at Glasgow’s Hilton with an inspirational cancer patient. 

Former beauty queen Melissa McNaughton, 29, is now a hair stylist at her own Mac Hair salon in the city. 

But, just weeks ago, Melissa was diagnosed with leukaemia and is now undergoing chemotherapy treatment. 

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Melissa, who undoubtedly is still in shock about her diagnosis, said: “Lauren and I have known one another for years and I’ve worked with her hair extensions before. We’ve become friends over time and our relationship is very natural.”

Lauren, who was a guest of SHABA organiser Joanne Reid and Hair Rehab London, who she works with, invited Melissa to the event as her guest. 

We’ll be seeing more of Melissa as she takes part in the Carry On Prancing charity dance contest with Gok Wan. 

Lauren, who was being wooed by a variety of eager Scots men on the night, told me: “The hair stuff takes over my life 24/7, so that’s what I’m mainly doing. Also I’m filming TOWIE at the moment and everything’s very busy but it’s how I like it.

“TOWIE is good, but I have a very different group of friends I spend most of my time with when I’m not filming, so I like to keep that separate and have a bit of normality. You can go through the filming, have the dramas and go back to reality, I guess.”