Strictly's Kevin Clifton turns heads as he arrives in towering platform heels at the WhatsOnStage Awards

Kevin Clifton turned heads as he made a unique arrival at the WhatsOnStage awards at the London Palladium on Sunday.

The Strictly Come Dancing star, 41, made a statement in black high-heels as he proudly posed for snaps on the red carpet – making it one of his most daring public appearances.

Kevin oozed confidence in his towering platform heels, while donning a trendy black suit, a white T-shirt and high-waisted trousers.

He joined celebrities including Nicole Scherzinger, James Norton and Aimee Lou Wood at the star-studded ceremony.

It comes after Kevin and his partner Stacey Dooley celebrated their daughter Minnie’s first birthday last month.

Kevin Clifton turned heads as he made a unique arrival at the WhatsOnStage awards at the London Palladium on Sunday

The Strictly Come Dancing star, 41, made a statement in black high-heels as he proudly posed for snaps on the red carpet – making it one of his most daring public appearances

Kevin and the TV presenter, 36, gave a glimpse into the lavish day spent with family and friends via their respective Instagram pages.

Marking the occasion in style, Stacey wore an eye-catching leopard print blazer and matching wide legged trousers.

Kevin looked smart in a grey crew neck jumper, which he teamed with a pair of matching trousers and boots.

The couple treated their little girl to an incredible three tier pink cake with ‘Minnie is one’ written across the top.

Stacey and Kevin couldn’t contain their smiles as they held Minnie while the guests sang Happy Birthday.

The ceiling of the room was covered in pink, silver and white balloons and in one corner Minnie’s name was written in silver metallic balloons.

Guests were also treated to a huge table of food, as well as champagne complete with pretty pink bows tied onto the glass stem.

Alongside a gallery of pictures, Stacey said: ‘Spent the entire weekend celebrating our baby g. My best best little pal is ONE.

‘To all our dearest pals and fam who made such an effort…what can I say? We are v v lucky. So touched.

‘Kev, first year? COMPLETED IT MAAAAATE.’

Kevin oozed confidence in his towering platform heels, while donning a trendy black suit, a white T-shirt and high-waisted trousers

Matt Cole and Kevin Clifton posed in the Winners Room at the event

Kevin was all smiles as he left the event in London

Stacey also uploaded a sweet snap of the couple posing in front of a silver tassel backdrop and gushed how much she loves her partner Kevin.

She penned: ‘The blurriness is V V V representative of the last 12 months. WELL DONE US. LOVE U KING KEV’.

Kevin uploaded the same cosy photo of the couple and also celebrated the first year of being parents.

He added: ‘Shout out to my girl who has been an absolute Superhero for Minnie’s first year. What a mum’.

It comes after Stacey marked her daughter Minnie’s birthday with a sweet throwback snap and admitted she was ‘feeling sentimental’ as she celebrated a year since becoming a mother.

She shared an intimate photo of herself breastfeeding her baby daughter, who lay tucked up in a blanket, cradled in Stacey’s arms .

Captioning the heart-warming shot, Stacey wrote: ‘My GOD I’m feeling SO sentimental this morning. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOML.’

She also took to her Instagram grid on Tuesday to pen a touching message to her little girl ahead of her milestone birthday.

She wrote: ‘MY BABY IS ONE TMRO! One?! Minnie, we are FOREVER OBSESSED with u. The love of our lives. My best best little pal.

‘Keep shining showstopper……. LOVE U ENDLESSLY. Let’s spend your birthday running directly towards every sharp edge in every room. YOUR FAVE PARTY TRICK’.

Alongside the sweet words, she shared a video of a hand-stitched birthday card that read: ‘Minnie Dooley happy 1st birthday our showstopper’.

Stacey and Kevin don’t show their daughter’s face on social media, but have proudly shared snaps that show Minnie has inherited her mother’s fiery red hair .

The couple announced they were expecting their first child in August 2022 and welcomed Minnie in January last year.

The TV star and professional dancer shared an insight into their family life in a one-off special of Stacey’s series Stacey Sleeps Over in August 2023.

It comes after Kevin and his partner Stacey Dooley celebrated their daughter Minnie’s first birthday last month

Kevin and Stacey met while competing on Strictly Come Dancing in 2018, going onto win the show, and their romance came to light several months later (pictured on the show)

They have sparked speculation of a secret wedding in recent months after Stacey was referred to as Kevin’s ‘now wife’ during an interview on Simon Mundie’s podcast Life Lessons

In the raw documentary, Stacey reflected on whether she’d like to have another child, while still getting to grips with the challenges of becoming parents, including raging hormones and lack of sleep.

She candidly admitted motherhood is her ‘hardest gig ever,’ saying she and Kevin have ruled out another baby at the moment as they’re ‘failing’ at being parents.

She confessed: ‘I don’t know how people have four children. I’ve had one and am completely failing.’

In June 2023, Kevin revealed that after wrapping the Strictly Ballroom tour, he was taking a break from all of his work to focus on caring for baby Minnie.

Kevin and Stacey met while competing on Strictly Come Dancing in 2018, going onto win the show, and their romance came to light several months later.

They have sparked speculation of a secret wedding in recent months after Stacey was referred to as Kevin’s ‘now wife’ during an interview on Simon Mundie’s podcast Life Lessons.