Megan Barton-Hanson has admitted transforming her look with plastic surgery made her "happier" as she finally addressed her pre-op throwback snap.
The Love Island star, 25, shot to fame on the ITV dating show last summer, and viewers were baffled by an old picture that showed Megan before her multiple operations.
She's now spoken about the image, saying her hair and outfit "weren't cute" but insists she didn't "look in the mirror and think I was hideous".
Speaking on the Victoria Derbyshire show today, Megan said: "I had procedures done solely for me and my first was at 17, I had my ears pinned back. Then at 19 I had a boob job and rhinoplasty. It was all for me...
"Then when I was on TV, everyone were like "this is her before, this is her after. She's so fake!"
"Plastic surgery has made me happier. Obviously it didn't fix all of my problems and I had to work on myself...
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"I wasn't aware of the fact that I was being trolled because I had so much plastic surgery. I think its sad.
"That's the kind of attitude that makes young people not do their research and rush into it because they're scared to tell their family and friends that they want to go and get this procedure done in fear of bring judged."
She was then presented with the snap which showed her before her surgery, Megan admitted she wasn't a fan of the photo.
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The former stripper said: "No one likes looking back at a picture of them when they were young.
"The scarf and the hairstyle wasn't cute but I didn't look in the mirror and think 'OMG I was hideous'.
"But that was what I was faced with when I came out. People saying 'Look at you before. See this is what she actually looks like!'"
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