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Terrible toll: Brazilian TV
presenter Andressa Urach, a runner up in Brazil's Miss BumBum
competition, has revealed the terrible damage wreaked on her body by
plastic surgery after wounds in her thigh were infected
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Taped up: The presenter spent a month in intensive care and reportedly feared she would lose her leg
Miss
Urach, who once made hotly-contested claims that she slept with
footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, has reportedly undergone at least nine
cosmetic procedures in the past five years.
They
were said to have included a nose job, a bioplasty facial 'correction',
jaw reduction, breast enlargement, liposuction and even vaginal lip
reduction.
Most
important of all was her prized rear. It won her the runner-up title in
the 2012 Miss BumBum contest, which aims to find Brazil's most
attractive bottom.
She reportedly had injections of two filers, hydrogel and PMMA, to make it larger and more plump.
But in July she began complaining of discomfort and had 400ml of hydrogel drained from each of her upper thighs.
She told Brazil's R7 website at the time: 'The hydrogel was not absorbed by my body and started to harm me.
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Damage: The sobering, graphic photos show gaping holes in Miss Urach's thighs, all in the name of beauty
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The 27-year-old suffered from septic shock after wounds from a procedure last July became infected
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As Miss Urach lay in hospital, her mother Marisete De Favari asked her 220,000 Twitter followers to pray
'Now I've discovered that the PMMA is sticking to my muscles and causing the tissue to rot.
Despite
the operation, she continued to be in pain and in November she was
taken to the Conceicao Hospital in Porto Alegre with an advanced
infection of her left leg.
She
underwent two unsuccessful drainage procedures, according to reports,
before suffering from septic shock and being moved to intensive care.
At one point her life was in danger and it was claimed her leg could have had to be amputated.
Her
mother Marisete De Favari logged in to her Twitter account, asking the
model's 220,000 followers to pray for her as she remained on the ward in
a serious state.
'I would ask for prayers from friends and people who wish for the recovery of my daughter,' she wrote on December 10.
'She's
starting to walk, put her foot down and sit. After all this time lying
down, she expected it would be painful. She has been taking morphine
since entering the hospital, but now they are taking the drugs away from
her gradually.
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The model wrote on December 26: 'My loves, thank you for the affection and chains of prayers'
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Slow going: The recovery from sepsis acts as a warning to the millions of Brazilians having plastic surgery
'As
she had sepsis, healing will be slow, because it has to happen in a
natural way so that it is not subject to a new infection.
'This
takes time and she is assisted by doctors all the time. She has had no
contact with anyone but the doctors and her mother.'
The
model added on December 26: 'My loves, thank you for the affection and
chains of prayers. God is great and is taking care of me.'
Miss
Urach hit headlines around the world after claiming she had had an
affair with footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, a claim the Real Madrid
striker strenuously denied.
She
said the footballer slept with her in a hotel just 48 hours before a
Champions League semi final which his team lost 4-1 to German side
Borussia Dortmund.
The Portuguese winger, 29, took to his Facebook page to say he was 'deeply outraged.'
He
accused Andressa of 'pure fiction and forgery' and 'seeking the
limelight on my account' and insisted he was at the Madrid hotel where
she claimed they made love for a media interview.
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Miss Urach featured in the Miss BumBum contest in 2012 and claimed she slept with Cristiano Ronaldo
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