REALITY television star went back to her old school to inspire the next generation of girls.

Hanna Miraftab, known for her appearances on The Real Housewives of Cheshire, spoke to Bolton School's Year 11 girls.

The Old Girl, who is a dentist, was a pupil at the school from 1999 to 2006.

She graduated from the University of Liverpool Dental School before studying for a Masters in prosthodontics and in March of this year, at the age of just 30, opened her own private dental practice in St Helens.

Hanna said she was proud to be portraying her self-made success and "representing the modern day woman".

She enjoyed a tour of the school and met up with many of her old teachers before speaking to Year 11 about their futures.

The star of the hit ITVBE show spoke about her time at Bolton School, in further education and her career path to reach where she is now with her own private dental practice.

A spokesman for the school said: "She told the girls that Bolton School gives you a fantastic head start in life and will imbue you with an excellent skillset beyond the purely academic, including how to present yourself, respect for others, good timekeeping and discipline.

"She lauded the Sixth Form where, she said, teachers have the knowhow to help you get to where you want to go next and said that during these two critical years, the school will provide you with an excellent platform. Talking about the world of work, she told girls to be well prepared for interview and to do your research on the employer beforehand. As an interviewer herself, she is looking for someone who is well presented, articulate, passionate and well prepared with questions."

GHanna said the interview is the candidate's five minutes to shine.

The spokesman said: "She also reminded girls that the school will give you some good friendships which can provide you with valuable networks in later life. That very day she had ‘bumped into’ an old school friend, Hannah Bradley, in reception who was also presenting to students and just months ago had helped her with her house purchase."

Her parting advice to girls was "not to be scared but to think about who you want to be and how to attract things to yourself that will help you in realising those dreams".

Writing on Twitter, Hanna said: "I loved visiting my old stomping ground yesterday @BoltonSchool The memories came flooding back! Great to see such an enthusiastic group of girls with their whole lives ahead of them, so exciting. I hope they learnt something from my careers talk, go get ‘em girls."