Montana Cox and Rozalia Russian lead the famous faces at G.H. Mumm’s lavish Melbourne Cup event

With celebrities emerging from a long lockdown, there were no shortage of famous faces on display at Melbourne Cup parties on Tuesday.

And leading the pack at G.H. Mumm’s lavish Cup day party were model Montana Cox and influencer Rozalia Russian.

The all-star event was held at The Commons at Ormond Collective, St Kilda.

Cox, an ambassador for the popular Champagne brand, sizzled in a red and white mini dress.

The garment’s high hemline gave onlookers an unimpeded view of the statuesque beauty’s long, lean legs.

Montana’s brunette tresses were held back from her fine features with a crimson headband.  

The 28-year-old Glamazon is best known for being the winner of cycle 7 of Australia’s Next Top Model. 

Rozalia meanwhile turned heads in an off-white dress with a deep, plunging neckline. 

The former ballerina is best known for being the wife of nightclub owner and one-time Melbourne lord mayor candidate Nick Russian, who also made an appearance. 

Also at the event were stylist Elliot Garnaut and businessman Lewis Romano. 

Verry Elleegant was ultimately the winner of the day, taking out its first Melbourne Cup. 

Jockey James McDonald boldly predicted the horse would win, as his partner, a fellow jockey, said he’d fulfilled ‘every jockey’s dream’.

In a pre-race column for the Herald-Sun, McDonald described the mare as ‘definitely one of my best chances’ to win the race, having finished second on Fiorente in 2012 and third on Hartnell in the 2016 cups.

‘I galloped her on Saturday and she is absolutely humdinging,’ McDonald wrote of the New Zealand-bred and Sydney-based mare.

Verry Elleegant distanced the field over the 3,200m on Tuesday leaving hot favourite Incentivize and Irish horse Spanish Mission in its wake in second and third.