Jennifer Love Hewitt was once voted as one of the world’s most sexiest women.
The Hollywood star went from child actress to household name after her famous roles on the 90s TV series Party of Life and horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Behind the glamour and success, the actress has undergone a major transformation after struggling with years of fluctuating weight.
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Here, 7Life looks back at how the now-44-year-old transformed herself over the decades.
In 2008, Hewitt shed more than 8kg in just 10 weeks in a dramatic weight loss.
“I am in a pretty good workout regimen that I like, so it inspired me to keep it up. The energy level and the way I feel now is great,” she told a US magazine.
Her personal trainer Stevie Santangelo shared the motivation behind Hewitt’s weight loss.
“With Jennifer, it’s not, ‘I want to look good in that dress’. She wanted to start moving around because she thought it would make her feel better,” Santangelo said.
“She told me, ‘They said some rude, mean things, but that’s not why I wanted to change’.”
Despite gracing the covers of magazines wearing bikinis and lingerie, Hewitt once detailed how she experienced the same insecurities as every other woman.
“I’m a girl, after all,” the then-30-year-old told Shape in September 2009.
“For the most part, yeah, I’m happy with my body, but there are days when I’m like, ‘Ugh! Really? Why is it so hard to fit into my jeans?’
“That’s when I say to myself, ‘I look this way because I’m supposed to. If we all looked the same, we’d be boring’.”
To keep herself fit, healthy and happy, Hewitt said her strategy was to do her grocery shop every two days.
“Instead of piling up food in my fridge that says ‘Come eat me’ I keep enough for only a couple of days,” she explained.
“And I rarely have treats around that might tempt me late at night, which is when I usually crave something really fattening.
“What am I going to do? Drive out at 11 at night just to satisfy a craving? No, that’s crazy.”
At the time, she had a healthy diet which consisted of a salad with every meal, lots of fish, fruits and vegetables.
According to Jacked Gorilla, Hewitt fuelled up on organic foods every Saturday and Sunday.
When she was dating her Ghost Whisperer co-star Jamie Kennedy, the pair ran together for 40 minutes through the streets of Monte Carlo during their Monaco trip.
“It was an amazing way to see the city. When we travel, we try to explore the places by running,” she said.
In 2013, Hewitt spilled details on how she stayed in shape with regular Pilates, yoga and “plain old walking”.
“I try to switch it up a bit,” she told Okay! magazine.
“I’ve found that if every week I do something different it tricks my muscles into not getting used to doing any one thing.
“I wear 10 pound (4.5kg) weights on my ankles while I’m working just so that as I’m moving during the day I’m constantly building muscle.
“It’s not great for your back but I’m doing it anyway.
“And I do Zumba. I have DVDs and I dance around like a crazy person in my house.”
Hewitt, who’s famously known for her natural curves, previously spoke out about Hollywood’s obsession with slim figures.
“I’m an actress, I live in LA, I work in Hollywood,” she explained.
“But I’ve learned that if you’re too skinny, they’ll say something about it. If you’re not skinny enough, they’ll say something about it.
“I just try to feel good in my own skin as much as I can.
“I do find that as a curvy girl, as I guess I’ve sort of been deemed, I don’t think you want to run your curves off, because then you’re just not yourself.”
But she noted she enjoyed regular running because it “definitely helps your butt, that’s for sure”.
She made her feelings very clear after she was criticised for her “curvy” physique when unflattering paparazzi photographs emerged in December 2007 showing the bikini-clad actress swimming in the ocean.
“This is the last time I will address this subject,” she wrote on her blog.
“I’ve sat by in silence for a long time now about the way women’s bodies are constantly scrutinised.
“To set the record straight, I’m not upset for me, but for all of the girls out there that are struggling with their body image.
“A size 2 is not fat! Nor will it ever be. And being a size 0 doesn’t make you beautiful.”
Hewitt was celebrating her engagement to actor Scott McCall in Hawaii when the photos were taken a month earlier.
“What I should be doing is celebrating some of the best days of my life and my engagement to the man of my dreams, instead of having to deal with photographers taking invasive pictures from bad angles,” she said.
“I know what I look like, and so do my friends and family. And like all women out there should, I love my body.
“To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini – put it on and stay strong.”
Earlier this week, Hewitt stunned fans with her “unrecognisable” look after sharing “before” and “after” pictures of herself.
Her transformation left some “unsettled”.
“But… I remembered you with a different face! Beautiful all the same… but different,” one said.
Another asked: “Who is this person? Like honestly, is this Jennifer Love Hewitt? Because it doesn’t look like her.”
One suggested: “More like Jennifer Love Who-dat?”
Another added: “Completely unrecognisable.”
While one confessed: “I had to run to the comments to see if this is her. Okay, glad it isn’t just me!”
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