Grace Andrews was missing from the TOWIE Ibiza special and still hasn’t appeared in the current series of the show, but it's because she has been taking time out from the Essex reality show to focus on fashion and beauty.
Most TOWIE fans will know Grace for her dance background, after showing her moves when she debuted on the show earlier this year. But she’s also been investing her time into two other ventures – releasing her own clothing collection and working at her TOWIE co-star Chloe Sims’ salon.
We caught up with Grace at the launch of her very own collection, at Sugar Hut in Brentwood, Essex. She told us: “Fashion is something I love, so with this I wanted it to be something really Grace, something that I like and would wear. I had 100 per cent input into the designs in the Gracie Collection. I've got my own website launching on the 4 December, it's featuring the Gracie Collection, dancing, fashion, make up and everything.
“I’ve also started working at Chloe's managing the salon. I did beauty to fall back on from dancing, so now I can combine the two so it’s really good because when she’s [Chloe] got a shoot or filming you can go and come away when you need to. I do make up and nails so it’s really good meeting my fans on the TOWIE tours.”
When we caught up with Grace over the summer, she told us she planned to return to do her dance training at Pineapple Studios and now she tells us she can’t keep away from the dance studios. “Yes, I did my dance training – I'm at Pineapple all the time,” said Grace. “It's good to be back in the swing of things, doing something I enjoy daily. If I got offered the part on a West End show I'd definitely do it, 100 per cent."