Mrs Hinch’s incredible transformation from girl-next-door to glam cleaning superstar with 2.1m fans
SHE’S the cleaning sensation that has swept the nation and her home isn’t the only thing that Mrs Hinch has transformed. Social media star Sophie Hinchliffe, 29, has had an incredible journey over the past few years with her look changing from a girl-next-door to a glam scrubbing superstar. Mrs Hinch launched her Instagram account […]
SHE’S the cleaning sensation that has swept the nation and her home isn’t the only thing that Mrs Hinch has transformed.
Social media star Sophie Hinchliffe, 29, has had an incredible journey over the past few years with her look changing from a girl-next-door to a glam scrubbing superstar.
Mrs Hinch launched her Instagram account back in 2016 to share keepsake pictures of the gorgeous home she scraped to buy with now-husband Jamie.
From picture-perfect shots of the home’s interiors to her daily “Hinching” cleaning tips, Sophie quickly gained a legion of fans.
Now she has 2.1million followers, has appeared on This Morning and is even launching her debut book, Hinch Yourself Happy, next month.
While Sophie’s appeal is her down-to-earth personality, recent shoots show Mrs Hinch looking every inch a glamorous star – with pencilled brows, manicured nails and voluminous locks.
However she didn’t always look this way, as she revealed to fans in a very candid and inspiring post.
Back in January, she shocked fans by revealing her dramatic weight loss as part of the 10 Year Challenge that was sweeping social media.
The decade-old image she used as the before shot revealed the stunning star with a more natural look when she was anxious about her weight at 19.
Alongside the images, she wrote: “The #10YearChallenge pics I’ve seen across social media must have taken a lot for some people to post.
“It’s not something I would EVER usually do, or have done. But I’ve realised there’s a really strong message behind them all.”
The Queen of Clean told The Mail on Sunday’s You magazine how she piled on the pounds in her late teens.
She said after leaving home and passing her driving test, she’d regularly hop in the car to get takeaways at McDonald’s Drive-Thrus.
She said: “Before I knew it, I was eating for what felt like eating’s sake. I was getting pizzas and deliveries. I love food, even now.”
Mrs Hinch revealed that shopping became a struggle, and she wore baggy clothes as much as possible to “fit in”.
She ended up hitting rock bottom when she couldn’t fit in a ride at a fairground and said: “It hit me… the stares, the way people look at you.”
Desperate to change the way she looked, the part-time hairdresser took out a loan for £6,000 and got the gastric band fitted at the age of 21– but it ended up being disastrous.
Two years after it was inserted, she was left in crippling pain after it slipped and ended up being lodged in her oesophagus.
Sophie revealed she was admitted to hospital and underwent an emergency operation to move it back up.
The cleaning whizz says the gastric band is still inside her, but is now unclipped so doesn’t work.
Sophie regrets having done it in the first place, and said: “The surgery works for some people. But for me, if I had known the complications and the risks, I wouldn’t have done it.”
Although she did experience a dramatic eight-stone weight loss while the band was fitted correctly, she was left with excess skin on her arms, and had an operation in 2016 to remove it.
She added: “Body shaming angers me, because even if you lose the weight you never forget the comments. I’m still not 100 per cent confident with my body but I’m getting there.”
Alongside her cleaning posts, she regularly aims to boost the confidence of her followers and promote the idea of self-acceptance.
On a recent caption, she wrote: “To anyone reading this right now I hope you can take one very strong message from today … do not body shame anybody! Never judge a book by its cover!
“Everyone’s cover is their own and that is what’s so amazing!”
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