Model Picks Up '6-Year-Old' On Red Carpet Only to Realise He's NOT a Child

Lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone probably had her most embarrassing moment ever when she picked up a cute Vietnamese 'child' in front of 3,000 people only to them discover he was actually a 46-year-old married man.

Mone was speaking at an entrepreneurs’ conference in Vietnam when the ‘boy’ ran up to her with flowers. 

She picked him up for a cuddle and a selfie.

'I thought something was wrong – his teeth were bright yellow from nicotine.’

Later, the man’s wife asked Lady Mone whether it was simply ‘British custom’ to pick people up in that way.

She revealed her mistake on Twitter where she tweeted her embarrassment: 

Most embarrassing moment.Speaking in Vietnam to 3,000 people,thought this was a 6 year old,picked him up,he's a MAN🙈 pic.twitter.com/VqNR86dsUi

— Lady Mone (@MichelleMone) May 7, 2016