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Jennifer Hawkins’ secret past

The truth behind her $6million makeover!

She’s one of Australia’s most successful models, an A-list celebrity, a TV presenter and the face of Myer. But Jennifer Hawkins never expected her life to become such a fairytale. In fact, she almost ended up an anonymous legal secretary, making a bit of extra cash by cheerleading at weekends for the Newcastle Knights Rugby League team.

She’s a multimillionairess now, but life wasn’t always so glamorous for the former Miss Universe. She once struggled to scrape together enough work to pay the rent on a tiny apartment in Bondi, and she came close to giving up on her modeling dream before her sudden and unexpected rise to fame after winning the title of Miss Universe 2004.

See this week’s issue of Woman’s Day (on-sale May 14) for all the details about her secret past, plus shock photos from before she was famous.

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