It was the undoubted highlight of her fledgling acting career, but delight nearly turned to humiliation for Jennifer Lawrence at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday.
In front of a glittering audience of stars, the beautiful 22-year-old nearly lost her dress as she stood up to collect her prize.
She had been suffering from pneumonia and was up against some of Hollywood's top leading ladies in the Best Female Actor category- and still felt bold enough to choose an unusual dress for the evening.
But when her name was read out to recognise her role in Silver Linings Playbook, disaster struck.
Shooting up from her chair and hugging people around her, the Hunger Games star did not notice someone had put the leg of their chair down on her expensive Christian Dior gown.

Keen to get on stage, the actress attempted to run off tearing her dress almost completely around at the tops of her thighs, which were left totally exposed.
The cast members of Breaking Bad turned around shocked as the stricken star realised at their table she was in trouble.

Fellow actresses Nicole Kidman and Marion Cotillard certainly felt the young woman's pain, and were caught on camera reacting to the dress' tearing.

So shocked was the French actress that her eyes popped open.
Like a professional, Jennifer quickly pushed the ripped section of dress under the gown's existing tuck and strode towards the .