A trangender woman from Colorado has reportedly spent $75,000 in plastic surgery to resemble reality star and makeup mogul Kylie Jenner. Kyleigh Potts, who refers to herself as King Kyleigh, has undergone hormone treatments, countless rounds of lip fillers, a nose job, a chin job and a breast augmentation, all inspired by Kylie. "Kylie Jenner has always been my ultimate goal and inspiration, I feel like I have always emulated her and like her I didn't start out beautiful, I built myself beautiful," Kyleigh explained.
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"When I saw her come into herself and transform from the ugly duckling to the [expletive] everybody wants to be – every girl wants to be her, and every guy wants to sleep with her," Kyleigh elaborated. "I resonated with that, I always thought I was unattractive, ugly and never enough." Take a look at Kyleigh's transformation, it's amazing. She looks great, but more than that, we hope she feels great.
She's had more than 40 procedures.
Kyleigh–born Kyle Leigh–says she always felt like an "ugly duckling" or "outcast," which led her to relate to Kylie Jenner who has often said similar things about how she felt growing up around her gorgeous older sisters. Kyleigh started her transformation with lip fillers and hormone treatments to achieve a more feminine look.
Just like Kylie, it started with the lips.
Kylie Jenner has yet to admit to any surgeries beyond lip fillers, which she has done on a regular basis. Kyleigh has lip fillers done every three months or so in order to emulate Kylie's infamous pout.
She also underwent a major physical overhaul.
Kyleigh took her transformation to the next level by getting a nose job, chin implant and breast enlargement. "Kylie Jenner has always been my ultimate goal and inspiration, I feel like I have always emulated her and like her I didn't start out beautiful, I built myself beautiful," she said.
It must have taken a while to save up for all that work, especially since she was selective about who did the work. Kyleigh tracked down singer Dolly Parton's surgeon to perform her latest procedures.
She hasn't shied away from sharing the processes behind her journey.
Back in 2017, when she had her nose done, and perhaps some other work done, she had no problem sharing a picture of herself post procedure. "I think it’s funny how people are so afraid to share their experience, for me it feels good to be open. Maybe it’s a coping mechanism? ♀️" she wrote.
Here she is serving up some Kylie-esque vibes.
She's got the raven hair we're most used to seeing on Kylie and is giving Kylie a run for her money in terms of posing for the camera. There's a lot of glamour going on in this picture that was shared back in 2018, but most of the time Kyleigh actually has blonde hair.
Even though King Kyleigh has Kylie Jenner aspirations, she remains herself.
King Kyleigh has admittedly taken a lot of inspiration from Kylie Jenner, but on a daily basis she sports a short, wavy, blonde bob and doesn't wear much makeup, unlike the famous raven-haired Kylie.
Oh, and Kyleigh doesn't plan on ever having sexual reassignment surgery. She says she's proud of her male parts and doesn't feel the need to conform to traditional gender norms.
Nowadays, Kyleigh isn't looking all that much like Kylie.
On November 19, 2020, Kyleigh posted this picture of herself and as you can see, she really doesn't look much like Kylie at all in it and that's OK. She may have started out on her transformation journey with Kylie as her inspiration, but that doesn't mean she has to look like Kylie.
