The party actually began on December 27th so that celebrations could really start as midnight struck.

Arriving in style in a white Rolls-Royce wearing a spectacular spangled dress, Aisleyne showed that, 40 or not, she still had "it".

Aisleyne was joined by her immediate family plus close friends and celeb pals including Nicola Mclean, The Valleys' Lateysha Grace, ex Towie star Abi Clarke, Big Brother's Charley Uchea, EastEnders' Mo George, and Love Islanders Marcel Somerville and Rykard Jenkins.

Live Music came from The Heartless Crew and MC DT

Just before the Big Event Aisleyne had given an exclusive interview to The Sun in which she spoke of how positive she felt about turning 40 - and why she had marked the event with a nude photoshoot!

"I feel this is going to be the best time of my life. I want to empower other women", she said.

The Sun kindly included some example pics in their report!

Happy 40th Aisleyne!

Then just before the final there was a special celebrity charity match for HoopsAid, to help raise awareness of the work done by Sports Traider.

Other stars playing included Dan Osborne and Paul Danan.

We are pleased to report that "Queen Aisleyne" (to quote HoopsAid) scored a basket, though sadly her team lost the match.

Of course the REAL winners were all the disadvantaged children and young people who will benefit from HoopsAid/Sports Traider's work.

All agreed that her pink mini-dress (from Top Shop advised the Femail's Fashion Finder) was exactly the right colour for the charity occasion.

Many other stars attending included Nadia Essex, Nell McAndrew and Lizzy Cundy. Aisleyne was also happy to meet recently evicted BB housemate and fellow Camdenite Lewis G.

Aisleyne is of course especially keen to support any breast cancer charity, in memory of her mum, so she decided to launch a sponsored "Sober October" to coincide with this event.

She was also once again being filmed for an upcoming TV programme.

The event has grown in scale and importance year-by-year and so has the attendance. This year saw an impressive roll-call of celebrities such as Susanna Reid, Stanley Johnson, Debbie McGee, Samira Mighty and Joe McFadden, to name just a few.

Such a star-studded turn-out naturally created some very crowded media photo-galleries and strong competition for headlines.

But Aisleyne (and her stylist!) rose magnificently to the challenge and she attracted much favourable comment from both mainstream and social media.

The Sun described her as "sizzling in a black dress with thigh slit" adding that she "looked dazzling in the chic outfit"

The Daily Star loved her "one-shouldered black dress, which featured a daring high-slit design" and enthused about her "golden locks in a statement updo" accessorised with "long-drop silver earrings".

Typically, The Sun, Daily Mail and OK! Magazine wove together some "hearsay" with what they could deduce from the paparazzi pictures. Drop in some hot gossip involving current CBB housemates Gabby Allen and Dan Osborne, and voila, a story!

What they DIDN'T seem to notice was that Aisleyne was "wired for sound" with a personal microphone. She was actually filming for an upcoming Channel 5 show.

So we guess that we'll learn a little more of what ACTUALLY happened when that programme hits the airwaves!