Inside Nadia Bartel and Ellie Pearson’s very different Melbourne Cup

They were partying on the dance floor at the Melbourne Cup Carnival in 2019.

But two years on, Nadia Bartel and Ellie Pearson are celebrating the race that stops the nation in a very different way.

Nadia, 36, revealed on Instagram she was spending the day relaxing by the pool, after she was quietly scrubbed from the Victoria Racing Club website in the wake of her white-powder scandal.

Similarly, her BFF and business partner Ellie posted a photo to her Instagram Stories while enjoying a relaxing day in the sun.

Two years ago, the pair were partying it up on the dance floor at the Melbourne Cup, with Nadia turning heads in a quirky yellow ensemble.

They later made a dramatic exit from Flemington Racecourse, leaving in an Uber helicopter with friends.

Once on board, Nadia shared a number of videos alongside Ellie as they soared above Melbourne.

While Nadia filmed from her sky-high vantage point, she captured Ellie displaying the shaka hand sign.

She then turned the camera back to herself, beaming as she documented her glamorous ride home.

Nadia has had a spectacular fall from grace since she was busted snorting white powder at an illegal party during Melbourne’s lockdown on September 2.

She and three other women were each fined $5,452 after footage from the party was accidentally posted on Instagram by Ellie.

But the most humiliating part of the scandal was seeing Nadia, once known for her impeccably clean-cut image, snorting the white substance off a $1.50 Kmart plate.

She wasn’t charged with drug offences, however, because Victoria Police couldn’t prove what she was snorting.

Nadia, who was a Melbourne Cup ambassador last year, was later wiped from the official Victoria Racing Club website.