BARELY able to walk and terrified of dying, plastic surgery addict Jennifer Pamplona says she is ditching expensive body-altering operations for good.
The former Versace model, 30, is beginning to reverse the nips and tucks she spent a whopping $1million (£800,000) on over 13 years.
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Jennifer Pamplona has spent £800K on surgery in a bid to become famousCredit: instagram/jenniferpamplona
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Jennifer before going under the knife at around 17 years oldCredit: supplied – Jennifer Pamplona
She claims it follows having “risked death 30 times” from a plethora of surgeries – including removing four ribs, 10 operations to enlarge her bum and three boob jobs.
Now Brazil-born Jennifer, who struggles to walk due to botched filler in her buttocks, speaks to The Sun ahead of the release of her documentary ADDICTION in August.
She tells us: “Seriously I don’t know how I am alive. I put myself in dangerous situations more than 30 times and almost died from different things.
“I wanted to be the curviest woman in the world and have a butt bigger than Kim Kardashian but my life became a rollercoaster, a living hell.
“Injections that I had in my bum damaged my blood circulation and now I’m suffering so much pain in my leg.
“It’s no joke, on a scale of one to 10, the pain is 11. I will take painkillers and medication every day for the rest of my life.
“Sometimes I struggle to walk and I can no longer wear high heels.
“If I get an infection it could be really dangerous and so if I have any concerns I race straight to the hospital for tests.
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Jennifer now struggles to walk due to botched filler in her bumCredit: instagram/jenniferpamplona
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The ex-Versace model has altered nearly every inch of her bodyCredit: Caters
“There needs to be tighter rules in on plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures, I was used like a money machine.”
Jennifer says her compulsion to change her appearance, despite people warning her against it, stemmed from childhood bullying while growing up in Sao Paolo, which “destroyed her life”.
She tells how she was mocked for her appearance in school and claims even her family made cruel remarks.
Without that trauma, Jennifer believes she could have lived “a different, happier life”.
‘Chopstick body’
“The horrible words made me want to disappear, I wanted to die,” she says.
“They would call me ‘chopstick’ and all sorts of terrible names because I was tall and skinny compared to typically curvy Brazilians.
“My first boyfriend said I had ‘a beautiful face’ but my body was ‘meh’, which made me really angry and want to change everything.”
Jennifer had her first surgery, a boob job, at 17 years old.
Three years later she fell in love with her future boyfriend Celso Santebanes, known as “the Brazilian human Ken Doll”, on a reality TV show.
In December 2014, one year and four months into their romance, he was diagnosed with leukemia and died six months later.
Jennifer describes finding out about his diagnosis as “the worst day my life” and saw their dreams of moving to Hollywood to become actors “fade away in that instant”.
Shortly after Celso passed away in June 2015, Jennifer was invited onto a TV show to have nine surgeries in 24 hours.
Seeing it as her opportunity to become famous, she accepted and had four ribs removed, the first of three boob jobs, liposuction, rhinoplasty and bum fillers.
Jennifer recalls: “Celso’s last words to me were, ‘You’re the most beautiful person I’ve met in my life, both inside and out. If something happens, promise me you’ll make all your dreams come true.’
“This boy left a huge space in my heart and life that nothing can fill – no money, no surgery, nothing has ever come close.”
Jennifer’s decision to go under the knife went against Celso’s wish that she would not alter her appearance.
In a bid to dissuade her from having surgery, she claims he told her: “You’re beautiful, you’re already like a Barbie Doll.”
‘Ticking time bomb’
Jennifer explains that she tried to emulate Kim Kardashian for fameCredit: supplied – Jennifer Pamplona
Jennifer continued to have many more surgeries and cosmetic procedures, leading to her being compared to Kim Kardashian which she embraced, hoping it would help her acting career and bring her dreams of fame to life.
“I’ve worked to make mine and Celso’s dreams come true. I believed I was keeping him alive by being famous, just like the Kardashians,” Jennifer says.
“But comparing myself to Kim Kardashian fuelled this self-destructive cycle that was literally poisonous to me and my body.”
The turning point that ended her body transformation journey came after Jennifer’s health problems got significantly worse last year.
She previously described her butt as “a ticking time bomb” – due to the number of fillers and fat she had injected to it – and was losing the ability to walk.
Multiple doctors had warned Jennifer against continuing to increase the size of her bum but she found others who willingly carried out ops.
She also believes her “dangerous decisions” were caused by bipolar disorder and body dysmorphia, both of which she was diagnosed with last year.
‘No one else saw imperfections’
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Jennifer says childhood bullies made her insecureCredit: instagram/jenniferpamplona
Despite having sculpted a 21-inch waist, 43-inch hips, a 34D bust and a super-sized butt through countless operations, she remained deeply unhappy with her appearance.
Jennifer, who now lives in Dubai, claims the anxiety from her insecurities led her to isolate herself for months at a time and to barely leave her apartment.
She says: “I saw myself outside of reality. For example, I had a perfect nose, so why did I have so many surgeries? I was seeing imperfections that no one else could see.
“I had very low self-esteem and no matter how many surgeries I had within two months I was back in that dark place with even higher anxiety.
“Since starting medication for bipolar disorder my life has changed so much, I don’t have those inner fights with myself, the loneliness or anxiety.
“I was always scared medication would take away who I am or my creativity but that has not happened.”
Jennifer is now petitioning the Brazilian Government to raise the age of plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures to 21 years old.
She says: “A friend was in a coma and nearly died because of having injections in her butt, they are very dangerous.
“I’m suffering so much pain in my leg that I’ve decided to remove all of the fillers from my butt before it gets any worse.
“I want to warn all the women in the world not to get filler injections, silicon injections, PMMA injections. I have friends who are dying. It’s very scary.”
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Jennifer claims the anxiety from her insecurities led her to isolate herself for months at a timeCredit: instagram/jenniferpamplona
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Jennifer now wants to undo the surgery she’s had and is campaigning for greater awareness of its dangersCredit: Caters
