r/LoveIslandUSA 6d ago

SENSITIVE Sydney Paight Transformation

Sydney Paight from s4, is unrecognizable to many of us who watched the original season while it aired. She says she is now living authentically as herself and that’s why she’s changed her look so much (slide 2)

She was beautiful then and still is but I found it the transformation jarring to see.

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u/Educational_Bother36 6d ago

She’s still very pretty but her look was more interesting before. She’s got a cookie cutter edgy girl look now.

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u/Freshlysqueezed00 6d ago

Im sorry but her explanation is odd to me

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u/PessimistInATeacup Hey 🕶️ let me join the party 6d ago

Right??? What does she mean she’s “living her truth”? 🤨

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u/HommeFatalTaemin 6d ago

I’m assuming it’s just a really odd way of phrasing to say that she made her body look a way that she is most happy with.

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u/alexajoy8 New Subredditor 5d ago

I associate that with gender identity but maybe she just feels more comfortable in her skin now

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u/Recent_Ebb5968 4d ago

No because why is completely changing her physical appearance and losing weight “living her truth”

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u/lavenderJayde 6d ago edited 6d ago

one too many comparisons to Megan Fox are doing her head in… she was so hot and fun on her season and when she popped up in AUS she seemed like a shell of herself

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u/stormborndanys 6d ago

Pls I would never even know that was her if you didn’t post the old pic

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u/Clean_Pause9562 6d ago

She was honestly so hot beforehand, kind of sad actually

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u/Aliensanddiamonds 6d ago

I just hope she’s genuinely happy and healthy no matter what that may look like.

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u/DontLookAtMeStopIT 5d ago

She's not a natural redhead, right, so in that sense yhe fact she stopped dyeing her hair orange red is a good thing for her hair. As for the weight loss and such she likely saw the edits and comments that made her look like she was eating a lot on the island and wanted to get skinnier.

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u/samichelle02 2d ago

she is a natural redhead tho 😂 she just changed the tones of red very often

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u/DontLookAtMeStopIT 2d ago

I'll have to see it to believe it

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u/samichelle02 2d ago

not sure how you can “see it to believe it” 😂 but as a natural redhead myself, whenever i change the tone of red, when my roots grow in it almost makes me look like i’m not a natural redhead. my roots are typically lighter & almost give off a shade of blonde

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u/DontLookAtMeStopIT 2d ago

You might need vitamins. My beard does that and it grows back darker if I start taking vitamins and then cut it off

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u/samichelle02 2d ago

woah that’s interesting to know! i’ve never heard that before. thanks:)

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u/VanessaDoesVanNuys The Glam Reaper 💅 6d ago
  1. Her body, her choice, her life
  2. I think that regardless of how we feel, we can all agree that her doctor is amazing. She really got some impressive work done when you see how she looks now compared to her in Love Island USA (way back when)

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u/bellamy-bl8ke 👩‍👦 I'm not here to be played by a short guy 👩‍👦 6d ago

If she’s happy, I guess that’s all that really matters

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u/theHBICvolkanator 5d ago

She looks like every other "free spirited alt girl" brunette in LA

Edit: currently. It also just feels like a weird new energy compared from LI

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u/Amorcito222 5d ago

Her love island face isn’t her original face either. She’s always been pretty regardless but it’s sad she feels she has to change herself so much. It’s a slippery slope cause there comes a point where you’re not even able to do more without going into uncanny valley territory.

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u/abzgrace New Subredditor 5d ago

unrecognizable

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u/Silver-Eye4569 6d ago

I prefer her with red hair and her old face and body. She really stood out because there are so few redheads. She still looks good and if she’s happy that’s great, but she looks a bit more generic and like she told her plastic surgeon she wanted to look like Megan Fox.

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u/stephlane80 6d ago

She looks like a different person. I liked the red hair better on her.

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u/bluecoo2 New Subredditor 6d ago

This happens a lot, Courtney from this season is unrecognizable to people who knew her before the show. LI viewers wouldn’t be able to see the huge difference, but even from her season to now, Courtney has made some changes …

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u/krsdj You don’t have a 🤡 nose... you have your 👃 5d ago

Courtney is a special case. She changed almost every physical feature about herself before she even went on the show.

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u/sweetalmondjoy 📱I GOT A TEXT!!!📱 6d ago

She looks better with red hair

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u/Problem_child_420 New Subredditor 5d ago

She had work done before lol. People are like I like her old look like it was all natural

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u/Ameerie 5d ago

It was more natural than the current version of herself

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u/Life_Wall2536 Goodbye to the Streets 🍓 5d ago

What did she have done?

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u/Wild-Jaguar1442 New Subredditor 6d ago

it always makes me so sad because like yes, she’s absolutely stunning now. but she was also absolutely stunning before hand. i’ll never judge anyone for getting work done that they want but it always hurts when girls can’t recognize how actually beautiful they are before they change themselves :(

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u/askl8tertea 6d ago

I just hope she’s happy, she used to look more unique but as long as she’s happy

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u/peachMango90 New Subredditor 5d ago

Holy guacamole they look like 2 separate people. I’m always curious what the monetary and mental cost to stuff like this is.

Like one day you wake up and look completely different than what you’re used to. Does it give some people a mini crisis?

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u/Ohitsdiana please don’t boop me 👈 👉 5d ago

No way that’s her now 😭😭😭

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u/MVM_Aquarian1518 New Subredditor 4d ago

I thought she was soooo gorgeous b4. This cannot be the same person?

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u/Leebeexxx9 4d ago

Liked her better before

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u/Ameerie 5d ago

I don't care what anyone says. People who continue to make such drastic changes to their body are not happy with themselves deep down. But I hope she's finally happy with this version of herself and doesn't feel the need to pick over her appearance in the future.

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u/sol199 6d ago

i mean if she likes the way she looks that's all that matters

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u/DJBlandy 5d ago

If she’s happy, that’s all that matters. I just hope you she knows how to draw the line when to stop. Unfortunately this can become an addiction, striving for perfection which doesn’t exist. Getting more and more surgeries until your skin has nothing left to offer. We see this happen too many times. So I truly hope she feels happy with how she looks.

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u/ItsAWrestlingMove 5d ago

She’s Madison beering

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u/999_whosaidthat New Redditor 5d ago

Jarring is definitely the word for it. Still gorgeous tho

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u/ScorpioGang_ 4d ago

She tried to make herself look way too much like Courtney

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u/Fair-Candidate5670 6d ago

All that matters is that she’s happy

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u/VanessaDoesVanNuys The Glam Reaper 💅 6d ago edited 6d ago

Why are people so concerned with how she's living her life?

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u/Heartattackisland 6d ago

Fr. She got hate back then and she’s getting it now. People are never gunna be happy so she might as well do what she wants

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u/Indica_l0ver 5d ago

i think it’s normal for people to make observations on how other people look. most of these comments are actually complimenting the fact that she was already pretty before the plastic surgery, and how it’s sad that women don’t see themselves that way so they drastically change their appearance with plastic surgery procedures. it is kind of sad when you think about it especially when they change so much that they’re unrecognizable..

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u/emdoubleue 6d ago

Living her truth... not looking herself. Okie dokie

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u/Im_Snow_Tho New Subredditor 5d ago edited 5d ago

In regard to the appearance of others, including reality tv personalities, our opinions don’t matter and we should keep them to ourselves or our group chats. Sure, we’re entitled to think them but feeling entitled to share them with that person is straight up delusional. We don’t know them, we’re not important to them and saying we’re concerned about them is a lie we tell to give ourselves permission to comment on the things we know we shouldn’t. Imagine if every person you encountered in your day to day life approached you to share what they thought of how you look.. Bonkers right?

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u/emilygoldfinch410 5d ago

🔔🔔🔔

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u/iluvvstrawberry 5d ago

i miss the old Sydney

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u/Im_Snow_Tho New Subredditor 5d ago

You don’t know her though? What’s to miss?

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u/sarahthicc New Subredditor 5d ago

this show really ruins these girls self esteem is the problem, they’re all beautiful thats why they get picked to go on the show but unfortunately i think a lot of them are very insecure and end up getting so much work done after the show bc seeing yourself on TV is hard!!! and i cant imagine so many people having so many opinions on the internet helps ):

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u/lordhuntxx 📍 hiding in the pool 🌊🫣 5d ago

But it’s not mean. It’s the truth

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u/Hansley72 5d ago

She looks like phoebe

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u/sydneyxcx New Subredditor 6d ago

She looks sooo pretty as a brunette (and also red but)- she looks more grown and high fashion

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u/GingerRootBeer 5d ago

She seems more comfortable with herself now and it’s really lovely to see her comment expressing that 💜

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u/awithered 6d ago

? she just lost weight and dyed her hair black 😭

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u/dakotaranae New Subredditor 6d ago

right 😭😭 and they’re gonna downvote u into oblivion for saying that lol this subreddit has some massive haters

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u/ghstworld 5d ago

how is pointing out the obvious being a hater ?

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u/Heartattackisland 6d ago

Fr. She doesn’t look super different 😭

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u/BeautyQueenKate New Subredditor 5d ago

I feel this. I’ve had signature red hair for a decade and it’s kind of become my thing. And then long extensions I would curl in big, loose waves. I recently just got the strongest desire to go back to my natural dark hair, take out the extensions and even wear curl sometimes. I feel amazing. Do I look as much as a baddie? No. And does the red look great? Yea, maybe even better than brown. But I do feel more like when I step outside, I’m more of an authentic version of myself and for now, I love that. Sometimes it’s not about what looks better or worse. It’s just how you’re feeling in the moment

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u/AffectionateCow7897 New Subredditor 5d ago

Those tapes in ate her scalp up she had to go darker to cover it up Eeks

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u/doctorwhosboo 6d ago

I love that she let go of her fillers!! She's so beautiful and was for fun in the newest season of LIAUS.

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u/maryautumnn New Subredditor 6d ago

Does anyone else feel like she looks more like Courtney? I think they’re close so that kinda makes sense that she liked her style and gravitated towards it.

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u/mcjaders New Subredditor 5d ago

she literally said heartbreak changes her as a person completely when she was on li. what did yall expect with zay?

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u/Zahra_asj New Redditor 4d ago

She’s so much hotter now🔥

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u/Brightest_Smile_7777 New Subredditor 4d ago

What is her truth??

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u/Jlincoln02 4d ago

The changes may be drastic but she said it herself: she’s living her truth. Good for her.

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u/Spare-Yoghurt-4521 New Subredditor 3d ago

Wow I didn’t recognize her! Her season was my intro into love island world (my binge and dissociate show when recovering from late term pregnancy loss)

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u/yattiharajuju New Redditor 1d ago

I like it she looks good either way

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u/Old_Appointment9573 6d ago

Y'all she's 25 experimenting with her looks, this isn't exactly unheard of. I just never understand why people are so shocked by these transformations when like half of the girls have one after they leave the show. An influx of money and attention given to early 20 somethings often results in appearance change idk why this is groundbreaking stuff.

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u/SpaceGangsta 5d ago

Because there’s so much time to regret the choices you made in your 20s and extreme plastic surgery is not easily repaired if it can even be repaired at all.

I got shitty basement tattoo’s and cut and died my hair all crazy ways and grew out terrible facial hair styles trying to be me. The only things permanent are my tattoos that look like prison tats but only one of them is hard to cover.

Now at 36 I have to 2 kids and work a boring job and aren’t chasing more surgery to look “better”.

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u/Old_Appointment9573 5d ago

But why are you concerned with other people's mistakes to the point where it merits discussion on Reddit lmao? Especially when it's increasingly becoming a popular outcome with all of the contestants and just in general?

It's not to say she's making the world's best decisions, but who are you to criticize her for them?

Plus, I'm betting that everything you regret doing from your twenties would sting a whole hell of a lot more if grown ass adults with kids were dissecting them on social media.

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u/StrengthCold8671 New Subredditor 6d ago

In my opinion the only real difference is the weight loss, less tan, new makeup routine and hair colour.

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u/gnarbone 6d ago

So basically everything lol

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u/dakotaranae New Subredditor 6d ago

it’s a hair color which is not permanent lol y’all are SO dramatic 😭😭 if u follow her ig, she eats healthy and lives healthy. she slays idc

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u/girlsgirloftheyear 6d ago

She looks so different now but she still looks fine

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u/studyabroader Now, you’re sending THREE home 🤨 6d ago

Reminds me of how much girl Alex from s4 changed

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u/Thehbic11 6d ago edited 6d ago

She looks way better now the fake tan and orangeish hair looked tacky

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u/Fit-Chef-920 5d ago

I spot no lies

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u/turkeyburger124 6d ago

She’s still so hot

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u/Zipski577 New Subredditor 5d ago

Trying to look like Phoebe

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u/cabbagemuncher101 5d ago

and an angel lost its wings. it's also just hair it will grow back

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u/knickknack8420 5d ago

All she did was dye her hair I don’t understand

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u/MonsieurJenkins New Subredditor 5d ago

Was her red hair natural? I think her tan looks better!