Bottoms up: Tara Palmer-Tompkinson makes an undigified exit

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Tara Palmer-Tomkinson was elegant in a pristine white blouse, pencil skirt and wasp-waisted belt.

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Proud Brit: Tara Palmer-Tompkinson waves the flag at the Pride of Britain awards yesterday, before making a somewhat undigified exit a few hours later (see below)

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Tara Palmer-Tompkinson, seen right, and Samantha Janus, left, both appeared slightly worse for wear following the Pride of Britain awards but managed to find their way back to their car

Her exit from ITV's London Television Centre on the Southbank, however, was less distinguished.

Tara lay giggling facedown, legs akimbo on the back seat of her car, after apparently enjoying the event's free-flowing champagne.

And she was joined by a similarly intoxicated EastEnder's star Samantha Janus who looked a little worse for wear as she tumbled into a waiting car.

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Pride before a fall: A glamorous Tara poses on the red carpet before tumbling headfirst into a waiting car, and Hell's Kitchen runner-up Adele Silva also in attendance at the popular awards

Fortunately Tara's unladylike behaviour didn't detract from the event, at which celebrities pay tribute to a host of real-life heroes.

WAGS Carly Zucker and Alex Curran managed to stay upright, and looked suitably glamorous for the red carpet in their minidresses.

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WAG glamour: Newlywed Alex Curran, wife of Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard, and Carly Zucker, fiance of Chelsea's Joe Cole appear in fashionable minidresses and platform shoes

Prime Minister Gordon Brown presented four men who helped to stop a suspected terrorist attack at Glasgow airport with an Outstanding Bravery award.

John Smeaton, 31, from Renfrewshire, Michael Kerr, 40, from Denny in Stirlingshire, Stephen Clarkson, 41, from Penilee, Glasgow, and Alec McIiveen, 45, were among the first people on the scene after a flaming Jeep was driven into the airport's main terminal.

Girl band the Sugababes presented delighted six-year-old Lydia Cross with her Child Of Courage award.

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The colourful Sugababes were in attendance to present an award

A glamorous JK Rowling collected an award in recognition of her charity work, and Strictly Come Dancing star Kelly Brook looked elegant in her Audrey Hepburn style gown

But there was also an award for glamorous Harry Potter author JK Rowling, who was given a Special Recognition award for her charity work.

The award winners were chosen from thousands of nominations by a panel of judges including Gordon Brown's wife Sarah, Simon Cowell, GMTV's Fiona Phillips, British Medical Association chairman Dr Hamish Meldrum, ITN anchorman Mark Austin and Greater Manchester police chief constable Michael Todd.

The awards, held at London Television Centre, are now in their ninth year and will be broadcast at 9pm tonight on ITV1.