A TRAITORS legend has shown off her incredible weight loss after her £7.5k facelift as she posed in a figure hugging dress ahead of the new series.
The 57-year-old won the nation’s heart as the “loveliest yet most fierce competitor” in the debut season of the Bafta award-winning programme.
Amanda Lovett was a stand-out success during the first series of the BBC show The Traitors.
But in a new snap, the self-styled Welsh “dragon” looks barely recognisable from her time on the show.
Amanda wore a stunning green dress that showed off every inch of her svelte new figure after her dramatic weight loss.
And if that was not enough of an incredible transformation – her £7.5k facelift made the star look years younger than she did on the show.
The mum-of-five and grandmother-of-six had always been dedicated to caring for her skin, investing in expensive creams and undergoing facial threading – a non-surgical procedure designed to lift sagging, ageing skin and stimulate collagen production for a more youthful appearance.
Yet, despite spending £500 to £650 per session on the procedure, as well as splashing out on high-end creams, Amanda found that the effects were only temporary.
Within a couple of months, gravity would take over, and her face would begin to droop again – so, she decided to do something about it.
And while she was on The Traitors, no matter how much her character triumphed over the rest in the series, there was one thing Amanda couldn’t take her eyes off – her jawline and “sagging” skin.
Amanda, who lives with her husband, Justin Jones, in Swansea, Wales, opted for a neck and lower facelift.
She explains: “I was looking at myself on the camera, and I kept seeing myself at all these different angles that I had never seen before, as it’s so different to having a picture taken.
“I noticed my face and neck were just getting saggier and saggier.
“I started to think about needing to wear a scarf or polo necks just to hide this area of my body that I didn’t like.
“But then I thought, why should I do that when there is help out there that can sort this issue out and take the years back a bit?”
The cosmetic procedure cost £7,600 and took between four to five hours to complete – all while Amanda was awake under local anaesthetic.
Amanda recalled: “I was a bit apprehensive at first – I wondered how bad it would be choosing to be awake rather than asleep, but it really wasn’t that bad. It felt like a lot of tugging, pulling and tugging.
“I found it comforting – I even dozed off at one point.”
It took three to four weeks for the swelling to go down for Amanda and three months to fully recover from surgery.
She says: “It takes time to heal, but I was back going out with friends after three weeks.
“Now I haven’t got a scar or anything. It’s absolutely amazing.”
From the moment Amanda became one of the Traitors in the BBC show, fans loved her – thanks to her devious gameplay yet cheerful and friendly accent.
However, she didn’t manage to make it to the end of the series, thanks to fellow Traitor Wilfred Webster turning on her so close to the final.
Fans of the BBC series will know that the fourth series of the civilian smash hit of murder and mayhem was due to return in 2026.
However, as a treat for fans, host Claudia recently revealed that the new series will start New Year’s Day at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
