I was 25 and had never kissed, then I had pounds 100k plastic

A WOMAN so shy and plain she has never been kissed has undergone a pounds 100,000 makeover to make her more sexy.

Even after an incredible head-to-toe transformation, the only man Christina Pelletier, 25, has snogged so far is a male model hired to show her how to kiss -at a cost of pounds 3,000.

But Christina is hopeful she will now met a real Mr Right.

She said: "I've spent years hiding myself away, far too shy to meet people. Now I look this good I can't lock myself away any more. I've a lot of kisses to make up.

"I went from a very plain mousey blonde to this amazing beauty. I still have to pinch myself to believe it is really me."

Bank clerk Christina, of Sarasota, Florida - who was teased and bullied at school because of her dowdy looks - was given the life- changing chance by America's shock plastic surgery show Extreme Makeover.

In 10 hours of surgery, she had a nose-job, brow-lift. eyelid- lift, had her ears pinned back, liposuction to her abdomen, hips and thighs, laser eye surgery, skin and lip treatments and teeth whitening.

She was also given medical help to stop excessive sweating under her arms - and slimmed down by 22lb by doing two hours on a treadmill every day. She said: "It's hard to believe now I look this good that I've never had a real boyfriend.

"I did want to kiss guys, but with my sticky-out ears and long pointy nose no one wanted to kiss me. Now I get noticed on the street and people like what they see." She admits the best thing about her new look has been getting kissing lessons. She said: "I told my coach: 'I'm 25. I have never been out on a date and I have never been kissed. I think it is about time we changed that'. I got to practise with this gorgeous male model called DJ. My first kiss was just great and I just wanted to do it again. I now hope I can find a guy as good as him to practise with some more.

"Before I was a hopeless romantic - now I am a hopeful romantic!"

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WHAT SHE HAD

THIS is how Christina's amazing makeover bill breaks down:

NOSE JOB..........................pounds 4,000

BROW LIFT........................pounds 5,000

EYELID LIFTx 2................pounds 7,200

LIPOSUCTION(thighs, hips, abdomen)..........................pounds 5,000

LASIK eye surgery............pounds 3,000

FACIALSKIN PEEL............pounds 3,000

LIP SHAPING......................pounds 1,000

DENTAL WORK(fillings, veneers and whitening)....................pounds 7,000

NON-SWEAT TREATMENT...pounds 1,500

FITNESSTRAINING ..........pounds 17,000

DIET ADVICE....................pounds 5,000

FASHION ADVICE (and new clothes)............................pounds 12,000

HAIR AND MAKEUP..........pounds 2,000

COACHING IN KISSING......pounds 3,000

SIX-WEEK STAY IN A LUXURY MANSION ........................pounds 25,000

TOTAL......................pounds 100,700

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