She completely transformed her body this summer and shed an incredible 2st – going from a size 14 to a size 10-12 in just four months – before losing another stone in October and dropping down to a size 10.
But, after Charlotte Crosby flaunted her weight loss in a red dress on a night out in London last week, she became the target of hurtful surgery rumours online and was accused of resorting to liposuction to shift the pounds.
A pal says: "Charlotte was really hurt by the comments, she thinks it's ridiculous for people to say she'd had any cosmetic work to make her thin. She says she'd never have lipo – the whole thing scares her.
"She lost weight through healthy way through dieting and eating right, not through plastic surgery."
The Geordie Shore star – who is 5ft 8 and now weighs around 9st – initially lost weight through out with a personal trainer and by having healthy home-cooked meals.
And, despite finding it difficult to maintain her healthy ways with the temptation to booze and binge inside the Geordie Shore house, friends of Charlotte's reveal she is determined to stay in shape this time round.
A source adds: "Charlotte is happy and healthier than she's ever been. She's lost weight but she's done it in a careful and controlled way with regular exercise and it's worked. She looks and feels better than ever."
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