Megan McKenna looks a million miles away from her days appearing on The One Way is Essex thanks to a dramatic physical transformation.
The reality TV star, 29, has unveiled a brand new platinum blonde do on Instagram with a snap taken during her recent trip to Los Angeles, California.
While her new hair colour may not be natural, Megan's face was free from any artificial tweaks - thanks to the singer doing a u-turn on lip fillers and branding her past love of plumping up her lips "dangerous".
Megan - who recently opened for Simply Red during their London gig - shared the stunning snap and clip with her fans on Instagram on Monday, as she prepares to release her new album at the end of the week.
" I design my life and write my own story… you should try doing it. Girls compete… woman empower. BABY TALK is out Friday," the one-time Celebrity X Factor winner told her 2.5million followers.
Megan went on to compare her current look to her image from her early days of fame, when she first appeared on The Only Way is Essex in 2016.
Sharing a snap of her recent blonde snap in L.A alongside a screenshot of a cameo on the ITVBe show from back in the day, the star jokingly wrote: "I personally think my backcombed Mohawk was a vibe back in the day."
Megan's hair makeover comes just months after the reality-TV-star-turned-singer opened up about her decision to ditch lip filler in a bid to be taken seriously in the music industry.
"I feel happier, more natural," the star explained to Closer magazine last year when discussing her new toned down pout.
"It got to the point where my lips were the only thing people talked about when I was on TV. I wanted to be known for my voice not my trout pout."
A physical makeover isn't the only transformation the Ex on the Beach star has gone under recently.
Once known for her fiery temper and on-screen kickoffs, Megan has calmed down since first becoming a household name - chronicling how she went from "Mental Megs" to an accomplished recording artist.
Reflecting on her complicated relationship with fame and her journey in October, Megan told her TikTok followers her story to stability - dubbing it a "messed up fairytale".
Captioning the post, "It’s a messed up fairytale… My shows are being announced sooner than you think", the 29-year-old star can be seen in the clip mouthing along to lyrics from Mika's smash hit single, Grace Kelly.
The text displayed over the audio begins with: "The story of Megan McKenna. Originally known as 'Mental Megs'. Got known from a bunch of reality TV shows 7 years ago on MTV and Big Brother screaming my head off."
Wearing a velour Juicy Couture cropped boob tube, the former TOWIE star then goes on to claim that was "judged badly" during that era of her life - when in reality, she was just a "young heartbroken mess".
Megan - who is now dating London businessman Josh Riley - then goes on to reference her time on the hit Essex reality TV show - a series that documented her often tumultuous relationship with then co-star Pete Wicks.
She reveals that her time on The Only Way is Essex lasted a "hot minute" as she couldn't cope with the constant arguments before the clip changes tone and discusses her more recent successes.
The former reality TV star then reveals that she "zenned" herself via attending therapy sessions and removing herself from what she deemed to be bad environments.
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