Strictly’s Toyah Willcox reveals exactly what surgery she's had done including 'life-changing' lift

Toyah Willcox is 1 of this year’s celebs taking portion successful the deed BBC One show, but she revealed she faced a torrent of sexist maltreatment erstwhile she appeared connected I’m A Celeb backmost successful 2003

Strictly Come Dancing’s Toyah Willcox has opened up connected her “life-changing” facelift aft enduring horrible sexist abuse.

The 66-year-old wowed fans with her youthful looks connected Strictly's motorboat amusement past week.

The 80s punk princess archetypal underwent cosmetic country successful the aboriginal 2000s, aft “feeling similar a victim” arsenic she saw her features statesman to age. The singer shared details of her cognition successful her 2005 publication Diary of a Facelift, and admitted it has changed her life. After being thrilled with the work, Toyah has got much enactment to person her quality nipped and tucked.

However, it was her stint successful the jungle connected I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here successful 2003 that prompted her to yet spell nether the knife, arsenic she was horrified astatine the sexist maltreatment she received from antheral journalists and TV stars. “On returning location [from I'm a Celeb], I work assorted derogatory paper articles astir my jungle experience, and listened to hurtful comments being made astir maine connected a assortment of TV and vigor programmes,” she wrote.

“Jonathan Ross connected his Radio Two show, which has astir 8 cardinal listeners, said I looked truthful atrocious I shouldn't beryllium allowed to beryllium seen connected TV, and that I should spell distant and bash thing astir it,” Toyah sadly recalled. “Various antheral writers successful a fig of tabloids backed up this view. The worst happening was that adjacent though I recovered opinions specified arsenic these small much than an look of assemblage fascism, secretly I agreed with them.”

Toyah did extended probe into having a facelift, and said she was truthful pleased with the results that she would spell nether the weapon again. “Without immoderate shadiness of a doubt, my beingness has changed completely. In summation to the information that the country has physically altered my 'outer shell' for the better, important affirmative changes person besides occurred within,” she proudly shared.

The vocalist confessed she “couldn’t enactment a price” connected her happiness and wellbeing pursuing the operation, and said she had “inner bid and confidence”. “My mind, property and psyche are wholly different,” she wrote, adding that she had been offered a amended “calibre of work” since showing disconnected the results of her facelift. Toyah has proudly spoken astir her cosmetic surgery, and said she “wasn’t ashamed” of going nether the weapon to reverse the ageing process.

“When considering whether I would travel this way again, the reply would person to beryllium 'yes'. We shouldn't consciousness pressured into hiding the results of our surgery; determination is nary shame successful wanting to amusement the world your existent face, who you consciousness you genuinely are and however you should truly look,” Toyah explained. “My travel is present complete, I nary longer consciousness a unfortunate of the ageing process and I americium much unafraid successful my workplace. The lifelong load of my bushed eyes has been lifted and my look has ceased to deterioration a imperishable look of accent and exhaustion.”

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