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TOWIE's Lucy snubbed by Tulisa at FHM party

She may have been named the 67th sexiest woman in the world according to FHM but it seems that Lucy Mecklenburgh lost all importance when it came to keeping the winner of the award, Tulisa Contostavlos happy.

Apparently the TOWIE star was banned from attending the glitzy afterparty because Tulisa was inside. According to reports, the N-Dubz singer's management had given strict instructions to security that they wouldn't allow Tulisa to attend if anyone from The Only Way Is Essex was allowed in, and organisers were said to be keen to follow orders so they could secure her attendance.

Apparently, Lucy was even prevented from walking the red carpet!

Lucy was then told that she could attend the party once Tulisa had decided to call it a night and leave - ouch!

A source said: 'She was told if she turned up Tulisa wouldn't be allowed to and they really needed their winner at the event...

'It was a massive slap in the face seeing as she had made their list.'

Lucy had only tweeted earlier that day about how excited she was for the night ahead. She wrote: 'So flattered that I'm in #FHM100sexiest in the world !!!! I can't believe it !!! Can't wait for the party tonight!!xx.

'Just got the most beautiful Haute Hippie nude feather dress from @Vanilla_Style ! Can't wait to wear it later #FHM100sexiest.'

However, a little while later she seemed to take a swipe at the winner while admitting how upset she was. She wrote:  'People need to remember where they come from !!!!! I'm soo upset.'

Lucy's boyfriend Mario was obviously irritated by the situation as he made his own dig at the X Factor judge. He tweeted: 'Do not understand how Tulisa won FHM 100 sexiest women.... Must be a fix!!!'

Organisers of the event were said to be embarrassed about the snub and even told Lucy to 'go to any hotel, stay the night, enjoy room service and FHM would pick up the bill'.

But another source is blaming FHM for the mishap because 'they wanted to raise the profile of the event by having Tulisa and other top stars show up'.

And Tulisa's representative, Simon Jones from Hackford Jones PR, has cleared up the events surrounding Lucy's snub, revealing FHM had said they were putting a ban on TOWIE members but had accidentally still invited some of them.

He said: 'FHM came to me a while ago asking me to invite my clients to their annual party. Their pitch to ensure some of our clients attended was that they were 're-branding' FHM's image and they were enforcing a ban on the TOWIE cast to up the level of celebrity attending.

'I agreed for some of our clients to attend, but I believe there was some mix up by FHM accidentally inviting some TOWIE cast members, who then had to be uninvited.'