Big Brother legend Nadia Almada, 49, is unrecognisable as she appears bandaged and bruised after undergoing facelift in Turkey

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Nadia Almada, known for her appearance on Big Brother, looked dramatically different leaving a hospital in Turkey after having a facelift.

The 48-year-old reality TV star became famous in 2004 after winning the fifth season of Big Brother UK. She was also the first transgender contestant to appear on the show.

Nadia stepped out of the Trio Clinic in Istanbul, revealing the significant changes after losing six stone with the help of gastric sleeve surgery. Her appearance showed the challenging recovery process she’d been through.

A black bandage covered her face, and her bruised nose, lips, and forehead were all covered with additional bandages.

Last year, Nadia strongly objected to a recent Supreme Court decision, saying she would prefer to forgo medical care than risk being placed in a ward with male patients, which she described as frightening.

She went on television to talk about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that defines a woman based on biological sex.

Nadia expressed feeling deeply scared and unsettled by the idea that someone could deny her womanhood based solely on her sex. She found the concept frightening.

For many of us in this generation, having faced discrimination in the past and now seeing our hard-won rights threatened, it feels deeply dehumanizing and frightening. It’s hard to put into words how unsettling it is.

She explained that it upset her to have her identity challenged, and that she found it frustrating when discussions focused on sex and gender before anything else.

As a lifestyle expert, I’ve been following the recent Supreme Court ruling closely, and honestly, I’m concerned. It frames things in such black and white terms – strictly male or female – that it completely overlooks the experiences of non-binary and intersex individuals. It begs the question: is sex really that simple? In my view, it’s far more nuanced than that, and this ruling doesn’t reflect the reality of human diversity.

I usually see myself as a woman first, and my transgender identity as secondary. It’s about how I live my life and how I define who I am.

The way I live and interact with the world is very personal to me. It’s concerning if people try to define me as something other than female based on assigned sex at birth rather than my lived experience and identity.

Most people in the community feel the same way: the thought of waking up in a male ward is so unpleasant that they’d rather skip treatment altogether.

She explained that the Supreme Court ruling made her question her own femininity and how others would perceive her. It also led her to consider whether her ideas about how a woman should look or behave were influenced by Western standards.

‘And then I went insane about my identity.’

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2026-04-28 13:33