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Lucy Thornton

Transgender Lotto winner splashes out ANOTHER £15k for cosmetic surgery

Transgender lottery winner Melissa Ede has booked the “next phase” of her rejuvenation.

The former taxi driver, who won £4million on a scratch card, is about to splash out £15,000 on a nose job and facelift.

The 58-year-old has spent £50,000 on teeth, lip-fillers, cheek-fillers and botox.

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Mel said: “I nearly feel like a new woman. I’m more confident – but I want to be even more feminine.

“There is such a change in how I look already.

“I looked older than my age when I announced my lottery win in 2018.

“But now I think I could pass for being in my 30s.

“A lot of people have said how refreshed I look.” Mel spent nine hours in the dentist chair having 23 teeth out and replaced with implants to give her a new smile.

She has also had lip-filler twice to get “poutier lips” and cheek-fillers “to add to perfection”.

Melissa Ede is undergoing a major cosmetic rejuvenation (Daily Mirror)

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But Mel said: “I have a nose like Concorde, skiers would pay good money to come down this slope.

“Yet this surgery is going to get rid of the ridge on my nose and pull my nose up.

“I was told I have amazing cheekbones and my chin is not masculine at all. But once I do the facelift, you will see my chin more.

“Before, I got looked at because I was transgender.

“I used to get called names. People used to say that my teeth looked like gravestones.

“Now I get a lot more affection. I get looked at because I’m Melissa.”

Yet, despite spending thousands on cosmetic surgery and a new home near Hull, Mel takes it easy with her winnings.

She said: “I’m the worst multi-millionaire ever.

“I still shop at Primark and refuse to buy designer clothes.”

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