Big Brother star Nadia Almada looked unrecognisable as she continued to show off her new look while recovering from her facelift surgery in Turkey this week.
The reality personality, 49, who has lost an incredible 10 stone, was seen in the Bakirkoy area of Istanbul with her face covered in bandages after surgery.
It has been just 10 days since Nadia went under the knife again, following her 2024 gastric sleeve operation which saw her drop 10 dress sizes.
Nadia, who made history as the first transgender contestant on the show, was still bruised from her facelift at the end of last month.
During her outing in the shopping district, Nadia showcased her slim figure in a form-fitting black T-shirt and skinny jeans with thigh-high boots.
Nadia was wearing a silk headscarf, covering much of her face, while her nose was covered in a plaster.
Big Brother star Nadia Almada looked unrecognisable as she continued to show off her new look while recovering from her facelift surgery in Turkey this week
The reality personality, 49, who has lost an incredible 10 stone, was seen in the Bakirkoy area in Istanbul with her face still covered in bandages after surgery
It has been just 10 days since Nadia went under the knife again, following her 2024 gastric sleeve operation which saw her drop 10 dress sizes
The Portuguese-born winner of series five was sipping on a juice through a straw while strolling around the area.
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.
She appeared on TV to discuss the Supreme Court announcing that the definition of a woman is based on biological sex in a landmark judgement.
Nadia said: ‘It’s a terrifying time 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.
‘For me, it’s about my identity, the most of the time, people identify me as transgender, but I believe in my way, of how I carry my life, I’m a woman first and a second of trans identity.
Nadia is pictured in her Big Brother promo shot
Nadia, who made history as the first transgender contestant on the show, was still bandaged and bruised from her facelift earlier in the week
During her outing in the shopping district, Nadia showcased her slim figure in a form-fitting black T-shirt and skinny jeans with thigh-high boots
Nadia was wearing a silk headscarf, covering much of her face, while her nose was covered in a plaster
The Portuguese-born winner of series five was sipping on a juice through a straw while strolling around the area
She was seen typing away on her phone from a bench
‘This is how I live my life and how I navigate through society. This is quite important to me, if I’m going to be classified anything other than female because of certified sex versus birth sex, it’s troubling times.
‘Generally speaking with the community, we all express the same sentiment. The idea of waking up in a male ward – I would rather refuse treatment than have to be subjected to that…’
She continued: ‘Once this happened [the Supreme Court ruling], it triggered the whole idea of how feminine I am, how are people going to see me, do I have the right westernised views of what a woman should look like or present as.
‘And then I went insane about my identity.’
Earlier this year, Nadia appeared on the Remember Me? podcast and was asked by Maisie Adam: ‘What’s a common misconception that people might have about fame?’
She said: ‘The fame equates to happiness. It does not. That [fame] equates to money. It may come with that, but fame doesn’t necessarily equate to having like seven figures. It does not equate any of those things.’Fame is actually the worst side of being a public person.’
