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.
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
She was surrounded by aides who assisted her in her departure
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 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.
She stepped into a lavish waiting car while showing off her painful image
Nadia was casual in jeans as she stepped out amid her recovery
Nadia appeared to be steadily making her way into the car following the surgery
Last year, she spoke about her heartache over a High Court ruling about transgender laws
‘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.
‘This is how I live my live 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 then 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.’
She appeared downcast in the wake of the gruelling surgery
She also wrapped her neck in a scarf while emerging from the hospital
