Joey Essex stepped onto the red carpet at the 25th anniversary of the National Television Awards with a beautiful lady in tow, who turns out to be the stunning Lorena Medina.

The 27-year-old brunette bombshell was pictured arm-in-arm with TOWIE star Joey Essex after the glamorous pair met on the latest instalment of Ex On The Beach – but who exactly is Lorena Medina?

Finding fame as a model

Before starring on the 2020 edition of Ex On The Beach, Lorena worked, and still works, as a singer and budding clairvoyant. She’s originally from Mexico but since moved to Los Angeles.

Lorena’s fame kicked into action after she was scouted for a modelling agency whilst working as a waitress. Now, she’s represented by Elite Model Management Miami and No Ties Management.

Her shoots include ones with Playboy and Victoria’s Secret.

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Lorena has 130,000 Instagram followers and regularly shares modelling shots on her feed. The beauty is evidently well-travelled, snapping photos in the likes of Venice, Mykonos and Ibiza, and is often posing in a bikini or lingerie.

During the NTAs, Lorena stepped out in a sensational mermaid-style Finique London green dress for her red carpet debut with beau Joey.

Ex On The Beach

Lorena starred alongside her now boyfriend Joey Essex on Celebrity Ex On The Beach, which is airing this year.

It didn’t take the couple long to find love on the show with Lorena and Joey hitting it off from the start and now the pair are in a long-distance relationship.

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Joey recently showed Lorena around Essex, including a stop-off at his favourite restaurant, Sheesh.

Reality star Joey shared a video to his 1.6 million Instagram followers of the first day he met Lorena, captioned "love at first sight".

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“So tell me about you,” Lorena says, and Joey replies: “Like I really, really feel that I want to commit someone now and share my life with someone. I want to find someone and I’ve just found you babe. I think this date has gone pretty well.”

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Joey continues: “Do you know what’s really mad about me and you? It’s so crazy that we only met about five hours ago. It’s just obviously meant to be.”

The couple then shared a passionate kiss, despite meeting only a few hours prior.

Joey told OK! online that he's "in love" with Lorena, saying: "We fell in love at first sight. Did you not watch the first episode? That was it. Game over… Except I won."

When asked whether he's in it for the long haul now, The Only Way Is Essex star replied: "Well yeah, I guess so."

Looking around, Joey emphasised how serious their relationship is by adding: "[We're] on the red carpet at the NTAs."

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