As a former Miss United Kingdom, Rachelle Noon is well used to revelling in the spotlight.

But last week, she came under its glare for a far less glamorous reason – after a court ruled she had tried to cheat her way to compensation by faking sickness on holiday.

The 28-year-old model was ordered to pay thousands of pounds to tour operator Thomas Cook after a judge ruled her ‘dishonest’.

She and her partner Karl, 31, had claimed food at their hotel in Protaras, Cyprus, made them so ill they were virtually unable to leave their room.

Yet photographs posted online showed the couple laughing and smiling aboard a ‘party bus’ on their way to her cousin’s wedding on the sunshine island.

At Liverpool County Court, District Judge Jenkinson said she had been acting like a ‘party animal’, despite her claims of suffering debilitating illness.

Mrs Noon, who was crowned Miss United Kingdom Supranational in 2011, alleged that food in her hotel gave her stomach cramps, nausea, diarrhoea and vomiting lasting three days.

But Thomas Cook uncovered the photographs on Facebook. Mrs Noon’s mother, Denise Perez, had uploaded them with the caption ‘Party bus’, adding: ‘Had the most amazing time with all the family. Love this lifestyle.’

In one image, Mrs Noon, who was pregnant at the time, is wearing a tight white outfit exposing her midriff and hanging out of the open-top bus with two thumbs in the air.

The judge at Liverpool County Court dismissed the couple’s £4,000 claim and ruled they had been guilty of ‘fundamental dishonesty’ – ordering them to pay Thomas Cook’s £2,278 legal costs.

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