Strictly's Toyah Willcox reveals exactly what surgery she's had done including 'life-changing' lift

Strictly Come Dancing’s Toyah Willcox has opened up on her “life-changing” facelift after enduring horrible sexist abuse.

The 66-year-old wowed fans with her youthful looks on Strictly's launch show last week.

The 80s punk princess first underwent cosmetic surgery in the early 2000s, after “feeling like a victim” as she saw her features begin to age. The singer shared details of her operation in her 2005 book Diary of a Facelift, and admitted it has changed her life. After being thrilled with the work, Toyah has got more work to have her appearance nipped and tucked.

However, it was her stint in the jungle on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here in 2003 that prompted her to finally go under the knife, as she was horrified at the sexist abuse she received from male journalists and TV stars. “On returning home [from I'm a Celeb], I read various derogatory newspaper articles about my jungle experience, and listened to hurtful comments being made about me on a variety of TV and radio programmes,” she wrote.

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“Jonathan Ross on his Radio Two show, which has around eight million listeners, said I looked so awful I shouldn't be allowed to be seen on TV, and that I should go away and do something about it,” Toyah sadly recalled. “Various male writers in a number of tabloids backed up this view. The worst thing was that even though I found opinions such as these little more than an expression of body fascism, secretly I agreed with them.”

Toyah did extensive research into having a facelift, and said she was so pleased with the results that she would go under the knife again. “Without any shadow of a doubt, my life has changed completely. In addition to the fact that the surgery has physically altered my 'outer shell' for the better, significant positive changes have also occurred within,” she proudly shared.

The singer confessed she “couldn’t put a price” on her happiness and wellbeing following the operation, and said she had “inner peace and confidence”. “My mind, personality and psyche are totally different,” she wrote, adding that she had been offered a better “calibre of work” since showing off the results of her facelift. Toyah has proudly spoken about her cosmetic surgery, and said she “wasn’t ashamed” of going under the knife to reverse the ageing process.

“When considering whether I would follow this path again, the answer would have to be 'yes'. We shouldn't feel pressured into hiding the results of our surgery; there is no shame in wanting to show the world your true face, who you feel you truly are and how you should really look,” Toyah explained. “My journey is now complete, I no longer feel a victim of the ageing process and I am more secure in my workplace. The lifelong burden of my tired eyes has been lifted and my face has ceased to wear a permanent expression of stress and exhaustion.”

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