Gemma Clare Collins (born 31 January 1981) is an English television personality and businesswoman. In 2011, she began appearing on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex, and following further appearances on television, she became a contestant on the seventeenth series of Celebrity Big Brother and the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice.
In August 2019, she began starring in her own reality series, Gemma Collins: Diva Forever.
TOWIE fans were gobsmacked after Sam Faiers shared a snap from her holiday and many claimed she was "unrecognisable". The 30-year-old, who posed in Dubai alongside boyfriend Paul Knightley and their children, was noticeably more bronzed and her cheeks glowed.
One Instagram follower noted she had “changed so much” and another wrote: “You look so different.” And she isn’t the only one fans believe have undergone a radical transformation since the reality show first aired back in 2010.
From weight loss to plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures, the Essex lads and lasses have gone through it all. Many look very different to how they originally appeared - here, we look at their changing faces.
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