Tulisa
Contostavlos has admitted to having cosmetic surgery on her lips and
cheeks - a week after she posed with a 'trout pout' at the end of her
assault trial.
The
26-year-old prompted speculation of cosmetic enhancements during
appearances at Stratford Magistrates Court, where she was found guilty
of attacking fashion blogger and new TOWIE cast-member Savvas Morgan.
Speaking
to The Guardian, Tulisa has since owned up to having various
procedures, during the protracted build up to the trial, including Botox
and injections and fillers.
Tough times: Tulisa arrives at Stratford
Magistrates Court last week, where she was found guilty of attacking
fashion blogger Savvas Morgan at V Festival last August
Radically different: Tulisa shows off fuller
flips and cheeks outside the courthouse following her guilty verdict
(L), but her appearance was markedly different days earlier, when her
trial for the alleged brokering of a drug deal sensationally collapsed
at Southwark Crown Court (R)
She said: ‘Yes, I’ve had my lips done, and I’m happy with my lips. And I also had a tiny bit of filler in my cheeks.
‘Pictures
of me where my face swelling, I had water retention – where you have
filler your face draws up loads of water. So my face began to swell like
a balloon.’
In
a candid interview the former X Factor judge admitted to having facial
boosters after dropping to 7 stone 11Ibs as she prepared to face charges
of conspiracy to supply Class A substances to an undercover reporter, who she believed to be a Bollywood producer, at a London restaurant.
She described how she was flown to Las Vegas first class before being 'duped' by Sun reporter Mazher Mahmood and his fixer.
The
N-Dubz star claimed she bragged about knowing cocaine dealers in a bid
to generate a 'bad girl' image, which Mahmood and his undercover team
said they wanted for their fake project.
All change: Tulisa's image has altered
considerably since her days as a judge on popular ITV talent show The X
Factor , with fuller features and smarter outfits replacing her previous
look
But while
she’s frank about surgery, she insists her sharply defined nose is the
result of contouring – a procedure favoured by TV personality Kim
Kardashian.
‘It
was a choice I made,’ she added. ‘I’d lost loads of weight and I was
looking at my face and felt… It really bugs me when people say I’ve had a
nose job. That’s just make-up.
‘So
losing a stone, filler in my cheeks, my lips done and the contouring –
and people do think, oh gosh, you look so different.’
During
an eventful month the N’Dubz star was cleared of brokering a drug deal
when her trial at Southwark Crown Court sensationally collapsed - but
was later found guilty of assaulting Morgan and fined £3, 020.
Sombre: The singer admits she opted for
cosmetic enhancements after her weight plummeted in the months leading
up to her drug trial
Speaking
outside the courthouse she said it had been a ‘rollercoaster week’ and
she was determined to prove her innocence once again.
She said: ‘I did not assault Vas J Morgan and I am outraged at this decision – I will be appealing it.
'There
are a number of high-profile witnesses who were there and know what
happened. I urge them to come forward and tell the truth.’
Her
ordeal in the months leading up to the drug trial was eventually
screened in warts and all documentary Tulisa: The Price of Fame – during
which she admitted to contemplating suicide.
Not guilty: Tulisa at Southwark Crown Court, where her trial for the alleged brokering of a drug deal collapsed
When
asked by the BBC reporter if she had been thinking about taking her own
life, she responded: ‘Yeah, I am being honest. I don’t care. Yeah’.
Tulisa
said her personal assistant, Gareth Varey, was the one who called the
ambulance and though she refused to go to hospital, the medics stayed
with her for a few hours to ensure she was okay.
In a later interview with Charlotte Hawkins of Good Morning Britain she said the experience had toughened her up.
'Its
been a really really hard year - the most difficult year of my life but
at the same time I always try to take a positive from a negative and
its given me the kind of life experience that you can’t buy - that it
takes some people ten years to gain, she said. ‘It’s also made me a
wiser person. Stronger.'
Harrowing: Tulisa's ordeal in the months
leading up to her drug trial was documented in warts and all documentary
Tulisa: The Price Of Fame
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