Sharing the spotlight with a rose-and-crystal prop horse at the exquisite Crown Resorts Autumn Ladies Luncheon at Seven, at David Jones on Friday, Gomes had only one thing on her mind - babies.

The 28-year-old beauty from Perth, who represents DJs, candidly shared with S that while she is ''privileged'' that modelling and acting is her day job, family and kids will always be her dream.

Gomes modelled autumn racing fashion alongside Jordan and Zac Stenmark at the elegant luncheon, hosted by three generations of Packer women - Rosyln, Gretel and Francesca Packer. Special guest, actress Rachel Taylor, also raised awareness about domestic violence, and Anthony Callea performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Gomes revealed she can't wait to settle down and have her own brood, hopefully twins, if her mother's predictions come true!

''I know I'm young, but it's definitely something I want soon - I don't want to wake up at 40 and go, 'Where did that time go? What did I do? Can I have babies?' And some women do, and that's amazing, but for me I've always wanted to do that in my 30s,'' she said of her plans for the next decade.

''I want to have that family when I find the right person. I want a travelling family! I'm the youngest of four; I love my whole family and I'm really close to my sisters who are in Perth - Giselle and Bianca, and all of their kids. Truthfully, if I think about who I look up to, it would be my sisters, because they have kids and they're happy and they're married and they love parenthood, and that's something I've always wanted.''

Gomes, whose background is Chinese and Portuguese, says her nieces and nephews have made her clucky and that every year the whole family plan a big Christmas holiday together. ''My older sister, who was like a mother to me growing up, is a midwife, and she has three kids, and her births were easy and she took to motherhood so easily. I was recently asked at a conference in LA who my role models are, and I started saying Lucy Liu, because as a Eurasian girl wanting to act and watching Charlie's Angels I resonated with her, but when I thought about it I realised my sisters were my role models, as well as my mum, who had four kids and worked full-time as a nurse and carer for the elderly when I was growing up. My mum taught me about work ethic, and my parents' relationship taught me about commitment and building a foundation.''

She is hoping to find a man who shares those same goals. ''I guess you just have to find someone that fits with you and wants the same things.''

Meanwhile, the jetsetter - who flew from her LA base to Sydney for the lunch - is focusing on her modelling and acting. ''It's so great to be part of this event, it's a real treat. DJs is Australia's top place to shop, and with them teaming up with Crown, who are such a world-class entertainment group, it is a logical fit.''

Underbelly star reforms

House Husbands star Firass Dirani has bravely revealed he was in a ''vortex'' of all-night partying and drug-taking, and on a dangerous path of ''fast, manic and catastrophic'' self-destructive behaviour with a wild crowd.

He was only shocked to his senses and forced to change his ways when a good mate, believed to be hotelier James Miller, died of a drug overdose last year.

The hugely popular Underbelly star tells this week's TV Week in an explosive interview he was staging all-night parties and mixing with a wild crowd following his meteoric rise to stardom after his award-winning role playing John Ibrahim in Underbelly: The Golden Mile.

''His name was James and he accidentally overdosed on a concoction of drugs,'' Firass, 29, tells TV Week, on sale on Monday. ''It was a massive shock to my system and opened up my eyes. We were in the same lane, doing the same things, hanging out with the same people.''

Popular Sydney publican Miller, whose funeral Dirani attended, was found by his flatmates in their Elizabeth Bay apartment on January 13 last year after a suspected drug overdose. He was 38.

Firass says he ''can't even remember'' that period of his life, in his 20s. ''I was caught up with partying my ass off,'' he says. ''I was a weekend millionaire and then a midweek homeless man!

''Looking back, I don't know who that guy is. He had fun and he had friends, he was a great dude, but … wow! What a piece of work!'' he says of his former self.

Now with a Logie under his belt and a nomination for most popular drama for the hit Nine show at this year's TV Week Logie Awards on Sunday, April 27, Dirani says he has come to his senses. ''Something drastic was happening and I had to tend to it,'' he says. ''My partying days are over. I'm enjoying the change!''

Prevention is better than cure

Magazines on a mission with a message have become the new catchphrase, with Prevention magazine heralding National Prevention Week - aimed at increasing awareness of preventative health - and Marie Claire's Stroke Solidarity String campaign taking place in their May issues, on sale tomorrow.

Among the celebrities wearing the newest fashion statement - blue strings around their wrist - to highlight that a stroke occurs every 10 minutes, are Jackie O, whose grandmother had a stroke, and Chris Bath, who has been vocal in sharing her father's story, alongside Danielle Spencer, Kris Smith and James Tobin.

''I really didn't know anything about stroke when dad had one. His probably wasn't preventable, but for 80 per cent of people it is. I kept thinking, 'Why aren't we doing something about it so other families don't have to go through what my family has been through?'. Buy the [National] Stroke Foundation's solidarity string and help start a conversation around stroke in this country,'' says Bath, who attended the official Australian launch at the Overseas Passenger Terminal on Wednesday night along with Prue MacSween.

Meanwhile Prevention Magazine's fitness ambassador, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, gives surprising insight into how even Olympic athletes can become unmotivated in their new campaign to inspire women. When she retired from athletics in 2002, she did very little exercise, and after having her children - Nicholas, 11, and Gabriella, 8 - she put on a lot of weight.

''I was lethargic and lacked confidence in even going to the beach with them,'' Gainsford-Taylor tells the magazine. ''It was the idea of going to the beach and people thinking, 'Oh my gosh' when they saw me.''

It was a mirror moment of horror of ''How did I let this happen?'' that prompted Gainsford-Taylor into action. ''You've got to just throw yourself in the deep end and give it a go.''

She now runs and chats with a group of girlfriends - which she says is ''good therapy on so many levels''.

Meanwhile, preventative health ambassador Melissa Doyle talks in the magazine about her dad Robert, who has survived two bouts of cancer, and how this was a big ''wake-up call for me''. Being a shift worker on Sunrise for 14 years affected her health. ''I'd get tired,'' she says. ''I'd be run-down and overwhelmed by everything.''

Doyle lost a few kilos last year and now has a trainer and a second-hand treadmill for home, and goes to the gym in the mornings while her 10-year-old daughter, Tahlia, does swim squad. ''Now I have no excuse.''

Edelsten's lifestyle barely pauses

While managing to evade his United States creditors by filing bankruptcy in the US - not to mention an expensive and pesky divorce with his much younger wife Brynne - life doesn't seem too hard for scandal-plagued Geoffrey Edelsten.

The deregistered doc has ensconced himself in the famous Beverly Hills Hotel with a buxom woman, we hear. S operatives bumped into the infamous businessman dining there on Wednesday night with his new paramour, a lookalike of his ex-wife. It is the same hotel at which James Packer held a soiree last week.

Meanwhile, the property settlement is yet to be finalised. Negotiations are ongoing but S understands Geoffrey will now be paying Brynne a monthly allowance.

S was told they had not settled but Brynne had sought, and been granted, an order for Geoffrey to pay her a monthly allowance. Subsequently, Brynne has moved out of the matrimonial Melbourne home they were still sharing last month (she was in the bedroom, he was on the couch).

''There's good days and bad days,'' she told S of their awkward living arrangement last month. ''There are days we want to kill each other and days we're civil.''

Fashion Week's big glam night

One ticket worth its weight in diamonds and one-of-a-kind sparkly jewels (the most important collection of high jewellery ever brought to Australia, we're told) is the exclusive 130th anniversary of the Bulgari Gala Dinner to be held at Darling Point.

With Fashion Week starting today, the Thursday night dinner has become the talked-about event of the week, being the second stop, after Rome's bash last week (attended by Carla Bruni and Adrien Brody), to host the celebrations. Those who have been granted admission to the highly coveted event - and many have been turned away - include Eric Bana, Jean-Christophe Babin (Bulgari CEO) and Sabina Belli (VP), as well as four Vogue editors-in-chief, including Angelica Cheung (China) and Yolanda Sacristan (Spain).

The menu is by Maurizio Bombini of the Bulgari Resort Bali, who is flying in for the occasion.

Meanwhile, fashionable peeps looking to rest their pedicured tootsies and enjoy a Mumm champagne, San Pellegrino or Lavazza espresso martini can enjoy the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia After Hours Bar at Darlinghurst den Tatler, from Monday to Thursday, hosted by Tatler Sydney and Russh Magazine. It, too, is invite-only. Naturally!