Beauty News: Woman spends $50,000 to look like Melania Trump

A cancer survivor who was bullied throughout childhood has transformed herself into a replica of Melania Trump.

The First Lady was 42-year-old Claudia Sierra’s inspiration for her new look which cost a total of $50,000 (£37,000).

Texan native Claudia said she suffered from low self-esteem after being bullied about the size of her nose, her hair and her darker skin from the age of seven.

After a date told her that she looked a lot older than her age (she had just beaten breast cancer, give the woman a break!), Claudia decided to undergo a number of procedures. Breast augmentation, a tummy tuck, liposuction, an eyelid lift and a Brazilian bum lift turned her into a Melania copy.

“Since I was a young girl, I was made fun of for the colour of my skin, nose, hair and everything. I remember as a child, I would scotch tape the tip of my nose to my forehead because I wanted a nose like all of the other girls,” she told the Daily Mail. 

 

“Despite my parents telling me I looked beautiful, I would get into the bathtub and try to lighten my skin by scrubbing it with a loofah, because all the girls I knew had lighter complexions.”

“This year when I was dating a man, he asked me for my driver’s license. When I gave it to him, he told me I looked a lot older than 41-years-old and that was the last straw. That was the first date I had since cancer’ it broke me apart. I knew I wanted to change everything about myself and have had around $50,000 worth of surgery now.”

Claudia believes that the First Lady has gone through similar struggles, describing Melania as a “strong, powerful and glamorous woman.”

“I wanted to have a polished structured look like Melania Trump. She is very glamorous and I like that,” she continued. “I didn’t want to appear as a frumpy, typical soccer mum like before.”

“I feel like the First Lady and I are very alike too, everyone puts her down yet she remains a powerful, strong woman and that’s what I want people to see in me.”

She now plans to start an anti-bullying movement; an issue that Melania has said is close to her heart. ‘I’m very happy with how I look now. When I stare at myself in the mirror I can’t believe it’s me and when I walk past windows, my reflection catches me by surprise.”

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