About this season
How to Look Good Naked is a television program, first aired on British Channel 4 in 2006, in which fashion stylist Gok Wan encourages women and men who are insecure with their bodies to strip nude for the camera. The programme is unique among other similar makeover shows in that it never encourages participants to undergo cosmetic surgery or lose weight. The US format premiered on Lifetime Television in 2008 with Carson Kressley hosting, it was the #1 Unscripted Show on the network at the time.
Episodes (13)
1. Jeannie and Suzy
Aired 8 April 2008 • 49 min
Style maestro Gok Wan is faced with a different and difficult task this week, as identical twins Jeannie and Suzy present him with a body-hater and body-rater with the same face!
2. Rachel
Aired 15 April 2008 • 49 min
Rachel is the ultimate body hater and feels more like a bloke in drag than the buxom beauty that she is! Can Gok get this nurse to love her sexy shape and turn her attitude around?
3. Nicki
Aired 22 April 2008 • 49 min
Nicki has been single for over two years, and hasn't let anyone see her naked for just as long. Will Gok ever be able to convince her of the naked truth?
4. Claire
Aired 29 April 2008 • 49 min
Gok meets former beauty queen Claire Osgood. Back in the early 80s Claire used to strut her stuff in front of hundreds in nothing more than a skimpy swimsuit - but not any more...
5. Jenny
Aired 6 May 2008 • 49 min
In a first for How to Look Good Naked, style guru Gok Wan surprises unsuspecting Jenny with her shock nomination. This gal has a size 8 figure that most women would kill for, but she hates her body...
6. Clare
Aired 13 May 2008 • 48 min
In this episode, Gok meets 33-year-old wannabe actress Clare Coxon, whose low body confidence is holding her back from pursuing her dream of appearing on stage.
7. Kelly
Aired 20 May 2008 • 47 min
In the most emotional How to Look Good Naked to date, Gok meets 32-year-old Kelly Chamberlain whose self-esteem has been shattered due to cancer.
8. Lucy Govan (Revisited)
Aired 21 August 2008 • 48 min
Gok looks at some of his favourite How to Look Good Naked transformations. Here he catches up with Lucy Govan.
9. Lisa Mayall (Revisited)
Aired 28 August 2008 • 49 min
Gok catches up with Lisa Mayall and it turns out she's still buzzing.
10. Helen Thompson (Revisited)
Aired 2 December 2008 • 48 min
Gok Wan returns to see whether the women whose confidence he boosted are still riding high a year on. In this How to Look Good Naked revisit Gok hooks up again with Helen Thompson.
11. Alison Howard (Revisited)
Aired 9 December 2008 • 47 min
Gok Wan meets up again with former bouncer Alison Howard. He helped her find her feminine side, but some time down the line is she still tending to her girly grooming?
12. Becky Newman (Revisited)
Aired 16 December 2008 • 48 min
Gok revisits teacher Becky Newman who hated her big bum. Gok got her shaking her booty down his catwalk, but will Becky still be loving her derriere?
13. Sonya Pettigrew (Revisited)
Aired 23 December 2008 • 48 min
Gok hooks up again with ballet teacher Sonya Pettigrew. She hated her body and it was ruining her relationship until Gok encouraged her to love her shape, giving her the confidence to go naked.