Mama June Shannonis virtually"unredneckonizable" from herHere Comes Honey Boo BooandToddlers and Tiaras days.
The37-year-old mother of four lost more than300 poundsover the past year and her weight loss transformation was documented onWE tv's Mama June: From Not to Hot.
The show showed not only the process of June'sphysicaltransformation but also her family's reactions toher new look and lifestyle. June, who weighed 460 pounds at her heaviest, gotgastric sleeve surgery in 2016. With the help of personal trainer Kenya Crooks, she also begana new diet plan, with the goal of fitting into a red, long-sleeve size 4 dress she planned on wearing at her ex Mike "Sugar Bear" Thompson's wedding to his new girlfriend.
Crooks helped June lose 84 pounds over the course of three months, according to his Instagram posts.
June also underwent a breast augmentation, had excess skin removed from her neck and got veneers.
June debuted her slimmer look for the first time exactly four months ago, in lateMarch.
After her mom's makeover was revealed in thepenultimate episode of From Not to Hot, her daughterAlana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, 11, said her mom resembledMarilyn Monroe.
"She looks great," she said. "I'm really proud of her."
This past May,Juneshowcased her slimmer figure in a bright red halter gown with a keyhole neckline at her first red carpet event since her dramatic transformationWE tv'sGrowing Up Hip Hop: Atlantapremiere in Atlanta. That month, it was revealedJune weighs137 pounds.Sheattended the event with Alana.
Both the childand sister Lauryn "Pumpkin" Shannon initially did not support their mother'sweight loss efforts.
"At first, we didn't want to participate in the fact that she was eating healthy and things like that," Lauryn told E! Newsin March. "But as I went along, we could tell that she really needed the support so me and her both decided that it was just something that we needed to do what support her. So we did the meal plans with her."
Alana said her motherlooked "fine" before and emphasized that she herself did not plan on following in her footsteps.
"I'm not jumping on any bandwagon, unless it has like, cheeseburgers and stuff," the childsaid on the show.
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