Big Brother legend Nadia Almada, 49, is unrecognisable as she appears bandaged and bruised after undergoing facelift in Turkey
Big Brother legend Nadia Almada appeared totally unrecognisable as she emerged from a Turkish hospital after undergoing a facelift.
The reality TV icon, 48, shot to fame after winning the fifth series of Big Brother UK in 2004 and being the first transgender contestant on the show.
As she emerged from the Trio Clinic in Istanbul, Nadia, who lost 6st last year after having a gastro sleeve fitted, showcased the gruelling aftermath of the surgery.
Her face was wrapped in a black support band while her nose, lips and forehead were all sealed with bandages across her bruised skin.
Last year, Nadia insisted that she’d ‘rather refuse treatment than wake up on a male ward’ as she slammed what she deemed a ‘terrifying’ Supreme Court ruling.
Nadia said: ‘It’s a terrifying times for me. It does, the whole idea that we are not a woman for that matter, based on our sex. It’s terrifying…
‘For me, for us, people from our generation who have lived with those experiences of being discriminated and now, having those protected rights taken away from us, it’s very very dehumanising. ‘It’s terrifying. I don’t even know what else to say.’
When asked about her pains, she continued: ‘It pains me that my identity is being questioned and also where the sex and gender comes first.
‘With The Supreme Court ruling, it’s making such a binary terms, it doesn’t really include non binary or recognise non binary or intersex people. Is really sex binary? I don’t think it is.
