Mom-Of-Two Spends $50,000 On Surgeries To Look More Like Melania Trump

A woman who went through nine plastic surgeries and spent a total of $50,000 to look like Melania Trump is proudly showing off her new appearance, after weeks of recovery.

Claudia Sierra (above), who is 42, believes that the First Lady, 48, is ‘the most beautiful woman’ on Earth, and was determined to become the former model’s lookalike. The divorced mother and cancer survivor, from Houston, Texas, underwent a breast augmentation, a tummy tuck and a butt lift among other procedures.

“I definitely want to look like Melania Trump,’ she told Inside Edition before her drastic makeover. ‘What is there not to like? She’s perfect to me. This is the perfect woman.’

Claudia works as an interior designer in her career, but her latest makeover has been focused on her own body. Dr. Franklin Rose, who worked on Claudia’s transformation, used pictures of Melania as inspiration during the process.

It took weeks for Claudia to recover from the extensive surgeries, but she seemed thrilled as she revealed her new appearance in front of several television cameras.

‘I absolutely love my transformation,’ she told the program, which is set to feature her full makeover on Thursday.

Claudia revealed that she previously had suffered years of cruel taunts over her appearance before deciding to go under the knife, and feels as though she’s been ‘reborn’ since having her surgeries done.

She suffered with a low self-esteem her entire life after being bullied about the size of her nose, her hair and darker complexion, from the age of seven. It’s clear that this psychological damage stayed with Claudia, but it seems that she couldn’t be happier with her new look.

“Since I was a young girl, I was made fun of for the color of my skin, nose, hair and everything, I was different from everybody else,” she said.

She even took drastic measures back then to change her appearance, although obviously not as drastic as $50,000 of surgery:

“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.”

“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.”

The mother of two was plagued with confidence issues due to the torment, peaking this year, when a date told her she looked ‘much older’ than her age—shortly after she beat breast cancer.

‘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,’ she said.

Since completing her new look last month, Claudia says she feels ‘beautiful’ and is ready to leave the emotional problems behind.

She believes that Melania is a ‘strong, powerful and glamorous woman’ who has faced many similar struggles to herself, and looked to the First Lady for inspiration as she wanted to step away from her typical ‘mom’ image.

‘I wanted to have a polished structured look like Melania Trump, she is very glamorous and I like that, I didn’t want to appear as a frumpy, typical-soccer mom like before,’ she said.

‘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.

‘It’s been both a mental and physical battle, I’m never going back to how I used to be, I am the new Claudia Sierra now and I will not be haunted by anything in my past, I won’t live there anymore.’

It’s great that Claudia feels so much more confident in her new body. Claudia had a lumpectomy and radiation treatment two years ago after being diagnosed with breast cancer, which she says left her emotionally drained and 17 pounds heavier from medications, leaving her self esteem at an all-time low.

However, since her surgeries, Claudia believes she looks very similar to the First Lady and says she has people constantly staring at her because of her glamorous new look.

In fact, those same bullies that tormented Claudia in the past have come crawling out of the woodwork to marvel at her beauty, she revealed:

“The boys at school who used to bully me are now the ones who are asking me out on dates and trying to make marriage proposals,” she said.

“Their horrific treatment affected me up to 42 years of age, I remember their horrible put downs which I couldn’t forget until now.”

“I have so much more confidence and self-esteem now, I feel like I could approach anyone to talk to them, especially those who used to insult me.”

Now that she is happy in her own skin, Claudia says she wants to empower other victims of verbal abuse with a national awareness campaign.

‘Now I’m going to show the world who I am and I’m starting an anti-bullying movement to speak to children, parents and people to help them overcome it,’ she said.

‘Whether it’s bullying face to face or cyber-bullying there are a lot of people hurt by this, with some taking their lives, it has to stop.’

The plastic surgeon who worked on Claudia’s transformation says he is delighted with the process and knows it will continue to further her self-confidence and help her appreciate own beauty.

“From Claudia’s preoperative images she was a very pretty girl, if the patient is very attractive to start with after surgery she will still be very attractive looking a little closer to Melania,” Dr. Rose said.

“Claudia was always a very beautiful girl, now she’s extremely beautiful and sought after.”

I’m so glad Claudia is happy with her new look! Best of luck to her for the future. AAx

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