Amanda Holden has hit out at critics who have labelled her daughter Lexi a 'nepo-baby' after being signed to Storm modelling agency and walking the catwalk at London Fashion Week

While family links in showbusiness are by no means new, in recent years the term nepo baby has taken on an unsavoury connotation of being given a handout.

Amanda Holden has hit out at critics who have labelled her daughter Lexi a 'nepo-baby' after being signed to Storm modelling agency and walking the catwalk at London Fashion Week