You can’t keep a good woman down!
Susan Lucci opened up about the exhilarating emotion that caused her to fall onto her backside at the American Heart Association Runway on Feb. 7 at New York Fashion Week‘s annual Go Red For Women Red Dress fashion show.
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“I was asked to twirl and the dress lent itself to twirling but unfortunately I twirled myself right off my feet in my excitement,” Lucci told PEOPLE exclusively at the Woman’s Day 16th Red Dress Awards on Tuesday night at the Lincoln Center in N.Y.C.
What was the 72-year-old thinking last week as she fell while modeling a Rubin Singer ballgown at the event? “I felt ridiculous and all that went through my mind is you have to get up now, get up!” Lucci said.
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The actress gracefully handled the tumble this past Thursday night by laughing before returning to her feet and walking down the rest of her catwalk.
The resilient national volunteer told PEOPLE that the runway snafu will not prevent her from future catwalk spins because she’s mastered the technique. “I’ve learned that when you twirl, you still have to walk backwards to be careful not to catch your heel on the back of your hem as you’re walking the other way,” Lucci said.
The 41-year veteran of All My Children is using her voice to raise awareness as a spokesperson for the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women campaign. Following her emergency heart surgery in October, the legendary soap opera star revealed two stents were inserted into her arteries to increase blood flow back to her heart.
“I’m not a nurse or anyone who can help in any real way,” she told PEOPLE, fighting back tears. “This is the way I can help. I can tell my story. Everyone’s symptoms are different but I felt compelled to share mine. Even if it’s one person I help. That is someone’s life.”
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