Strictly’s Claudia Winkleman looks totally different before trademark haircut

Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman looks totally different in snaps before she got her trademark haircut.

The telly star, 48, is best known for rocking her glossy dark locks with her iconic fringe.

Fans may not know hold Claudia used to look before she began wearing thick eyeliner and styling her hair differently.

Old snaps of the star show her with lighter locks and pale skin before she decided to wear fake tan regularly.

Claudia defended her trademark hairstyle at the Cheltenham Literature Festival saying it was her "armour" that "desexualises" her.

She explained: "If you've got a fringe and been spraypainted, you're winning ... it totally desexualises you.

"I don't want to be sexually attractive, I don't want to be cute or sexy. I want to be Yves in Lyons. It helps with ageing.

"My face is falling off ... I don't care. I love getting old but I will still be the orange one with the fringe."

The star also revealed why she keeps her look so simple.

She continued: "I've got three pairs of the same black jeans, plain sweaters, a fringe, orange face, black eyes, white mouth like I've kissed a bottle of Tippex, and I'm good to go."

The star has once experimented with Botox and described it as "incredibly painful".

She said it was pointless as "you can't see anything because of the fringe".

However, the TV presenter believes her distinct fringe has helped her land some incredible jobs, because that's what people remember her for.

She told the Irish Daily Mail: "I genuinely think it's my fringe that's given me this career.

"In work meetings, people would go 'What's her name? Weird, ditsy little d**khead, oh yeah, the one with the fringe' and that would help me get the job. Other than that, I don't have an appeal."

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