As our astonishing picture shows, she sported flabby arms, a double chin and bloated hips and stomach making her almost unrecognisable from her toned figure on the reality show.

Tormented Lea battled the bulge with a string of failed diet regimes. In a last bid to get the body she had always dreamed of, she turned to cosmetic surgery - and got HOOKED.

"She has become hooked on surgery and now that she has seen what it can do for her, she just wants more and more." Lea, 35, lost an amazing 10st to join BB as its oldest housemate.

She started with a series of liposuction sessions to get rid of the fat. But once the flab was gone, Lea was left with layers of saggy skin all over her body. So she embarked on a new course of surgery, starting with LEG lifts and TUMMY tucks. She followed it with BOOB ops to boost her bust from a petite AAA cup to a monumental 30M. She also had her NOSE fixed, collagen filler in her LIPS and implants in her droopy BUM.

"She will eventually come to a point when she'll realise surgery isn't getting to the root of the problem and that therapy is more important for someone like this with such big insecurities.

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