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Celebrity Big Brother’s India Willoughby unveils her new face after surgery overhaul
The transgender newsreader, 51, said she went under the knife to get a more feminine look following abuse from trolls
INDIA Willoughby has unveiled her new face after a surgery overhaul to get a more feminine look following abuse from trolls.
The transgender Celebrity Big Brother star showed off her dramatic new look on This Morning today.
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India, 51, flew to Spain to undergo a raft of procedures to make her features more feminine.
The operations included contouring her forehead, upper eyelid surgery, a face lift , lip lift and having her hair line redefined.
On This Morning, the former Channel 5 presenter said the online abuse she received following her stint in CBB earlier this year convinced her she needed to change her face.
She opted for a radical feminisation procedure and declared: "I'm doing this to fit in."
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After unveiling her new look on This Morning, she explained her reasons for having such drastic surgery.
She said: "I liked my old face if I'm honest, the words online really cut deep to me.
"That level was really tough, the first time I encountered misgendering [in the CBB house].
"When I went into the house I was perfectly happy with how I looked, but the sheer volume of trolling - I stayed in bed for three days."
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However, India is adamant that she won't be going under the knife again.
She added: "There's no more surgery for me. Surgery can be additive, some people fall into that hole but I'm positive I won't.
"My prerequisite for the surgery was that I still look like me.
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India was previously known as Jonathan Willoughby when she presented the news in the North East and Cumbria on ITV Border.
In 2010, she quit her regional job in Carlisle, Cumbria, after 10 years of the presenting its news show.
Five years later, she returned to TV and announced that she had transitioned to female and was now named India.
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