By Jason Chester
Published: 18:03 EST, 29 April 2014 | Updated: 19:08 EST, 29 April 2014
Her appearances on ITV2 staple The Only Way Is Essex has introduced her to a younger generation of fans, but those with longer memories can no doubt remember a rather different looking Lauren Pope from her glamour modelling heyday in the early noughties.
The 31-year-old has come a long way, in terms of appearance, since bursting onto the London club scene as a busty Page 3 fixture with a penchant for cleavage revealing crops, low-slung jeans and Day-Glo spray-tans.
On the pre-TOWIE party circuit her image and looks were markedly different – but she readily admits to having veneers, undertaking rhinosplasty and a going under the knife for a potentially disastrous breast augmentation and subsequent second breast enlargement procedure in 2012.
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Looking good: But Lauren Pope's appearance has radically changed since her glamour modelling heyday in the early noughties
Lauren was stunned after discovering she was one of 40,000 women affected by the faulty French Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) when she initially had her breast size boosted.
'The lady that works for my surgeon rang me quite late at night, it was about ten o'clock when I got the call,' she said at the time. 'Her phone number came up on my phone and I thought, "Oh God, it's not going to be good news.'
The operation had helped her sustain a successful glamour modelling career, and she admits she was initially confused after being told the faulty implants needed to be removed as soon as possible.
Blast from the not so distant past: Lauren shows off a significantly smaller breast size as she and fellow glamour model Kayleigh Parsons attend a promotional event on behalf of Playboy TV channels Climax3 in July 2004
All change: The results of Lauren's initial breast enlargement procedure was evident on the red carpet in 2006 (L) a marked difference to her smaller breast size at a film screening three years earlier, in 2003 (R)
Don't mind me: A fuller faced Lauren enjoys a night out in 2005. Experts believe the TOWIE star has since had Botox to give her a defined jawline and fillers in 'her lips and nose'
'She said, "Just to let you know, you have got those implants, the English government aren't saying you have to have them out yet, but the French are,' she recalled.
'Because I hadn't really paid attention, I didn't know whether it was really bad, and so straight away my gut feeling was like, "Oh my God, I'm going to have to have another boob job!".'
The difficult procedure to have them removed was documented on TOWIE in 2012, but while she was initially afraid of having the operation Lauren took the opportunity to slightly increase her bust size.
Raunchy: Lauren, seen here in 2005, made a name for herself on the glamour modelling circuit long before her TOWIE fame
Quite a transformation: But it's not just her looks that have changed - Lauren's styling has also been given a major overhaul over the last ten years
Blonde ambition: It's a different hair colour for Lauren in 2007
She explained: 'They do tell you you might have to have another boob job after 15 or 20 years just for safety reasons, but I always said that I would never have it done again, I'd rather let them rot inside me, I do not want to go through that again.
'So I thought, "Oh my god, I'm going to have to have it done again", but then my next thought was, and this probably sounds really bad, that I could actually get a new pair of bigger boobs.'
In 2011 Lauren was joined by then boyfriend Kirk Norcross for a 'his and hers' nose job – and she was delighted with the results.
She told Heat magazine: 'I was like, "Oh, it looks the same! What can I have done next?" I think people will look at me and think, what was the point? But it got rid of the bump I hated.'
Painful: Lauren and then boyfriend Kirk Norcross after joint rhinoplasty procedures in 2011
Nose job: Lauren was unhappy with the bump in her nose (L), but corrective surgery in 2011 gave her the sharper profile she showed off in Romford earlier this month (R)
Big Break: Lauren's role in TOWIE gave her greater exposure and helped introduce her to a younger audience
While the surgery banished her bump she had hoped that surgeons could change the shape of the end of her nose, but was told they couldn't because it was so fragile following previous operations.
'I wanted the tip of mine shaping as well,' she said. 'But it was so weak, where I've had work before, the surgeon said I'd run the risk of it collapsing.'
But it doesn't stop there - cosmetic experts believe the TOWIE star may well have had further work to give her previously fuller face greater definition
Corrective surgery: Lauren was seen recovering on the ITV2 show after having her PIP breast implants removed
Bosom buddy: The glamour model was happy with her new implants after getting the PIP implants removed but had been scared before the operation
'I would say she's had Botox to give her a more defined jawline and in her forehead, creating a smooth and line-free area,' Annemarie Gillett, non-surgical Director at Transform Cosmetic Surgery, told Heat. 'It also looks like she's had fillers in her cheek and nose-to-lip lines.'
Her comments corroborate remarks made by Facial Plastic and Laser Surgeon Dr Ayham Al-Ayoubi in 2012.
He said at the time: 'Lauren Pope appears to have had several cosmetic procedures including Botox and fillers throughout her face and clearly her nose and a Breast Augmentation.'
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