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Love Island's Claudia Fogarty was unrecognisable with red hair years before she rocked up on the ITV show.
The daughter of Superbike star Carl Fogarty, 28, made quite the debut in the villa with £2.5k of cosmetic procedures and bleached-blonde hair.
However, eight years ago the boutique owner was a redhead - and later a brunette.
In some of her first ever Instagram posts, Claudia poses with friends, sporting red, curly hair.
It's hard to recognise her at first, but even harder in other pics in which she's a brunette.
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In a photo taken in 2015, the boutique owner poses with her mum, sister and Declan Donnelly after Carl won I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!
Claudia's chestnut brown hair is in stark contrast to her mum and Danielle, who are both blonde.
Love Island's Claudia Fogarty was unrecognisable with red hair years before she rocked up on the ITV show (Insatgram)The fashionista, who now also sports blonde hair, was dumped from Love Island last week along with Keenan Brand.
Claudia didn't have the easiest time on the show having been rebuffed by Casey, who chose to couple-up with Rosie.
The celebrity offspring was chosen by Olivia Hawkins and Maxwell Samuda to be dumped from the Island following a public vote on the ITV2 reality show – after she was left single.
She was also a brunette (Insatgram)Speaking after her elimination, Claudia admitted her time in the villa had been hard.
Taking to her Instagram Story, she said: “Hi everyone, I just wanted to say a quick thank you to you all for the such amazing support.
“Honestly like the messages, the love I've had, it's just been unreal. I've had the most amazing experience in there.
“It's been hard but it's the best thing I've ever done.”
Claudia with her mum and sister (Insatgram)
She's quite the chameleon (claudiafogarty / Instagram)Claudia continued: “I just wanted to say a massive thank you, it really does mean the world.
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Some fans thought she was unfairly treated on the show, saying Casey messed her around.
Claudia's sister Danielle appeared to agree with the feeling, shared a sassy message for the boys in villa.
Posting a picture of a heart-shaped bake with the words: "You can't have your cake + eat it", many viewers clocked.
Fans are used to Claudia as a blonde (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)Captioning the pic and tagging the bakers, she penned: "Thank you guys for the most amazing cake for our girl on such short notice."
Claudia then panned the camera round so fans could see a shiny pink home coming banner and some gorgeous pink flowers on display.
Speaking about her ongoing quest for love, she said she wasn't worried because she knew there was someone out there who was 'worthy of her'.
•Love Island is on ITV2 on Monday at 9pm