Kym Marsh, Helen Flanagan & Nikki Patel You've spent hours glamming yourself up ready for the paps.

Then your mates go and ruin your carefully-composed look.

By landing face-first in your rear.

This trio of soap starlets must be red-faced today - literally.

Kym Marsh and her Corrie co-stars Helen Flanagan and Nikki Patel started off their night out in Manchester looking sultry and sophisticated.

But as they tottered down the wet pavements in their mega-heels they set in motion a series of disastrous events.

Like a chain of human dominoes, Hel suddenly slipped and took a tumble, bringing down a flailing Nik in the process.

In a desperate bid to save themselves from face-planting the cold hard pavement, the two young actresses made a sudden lunge in an attempt to land somewhere a bit softer.

Unfortunately they landed head-first onto Kym's leather-clad buttocks.

Kym looked more than a little surprised as she hugged a nearby wall for support.

Not exactly graceful, girls, but top marks for being inventive.

Judging by our gallery below, more stars should carry crash-mats on nights out...