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Tziporah Malkah unveiled her trimmed-down figure on A Current Affair

Two years after returning to the spotlight, Tziporah Malkah has debuted her incredibly body afer losing 50 kilos from a tummy tuck.

Tziporah Malkah's new trimmed-down figure (ACA)

Former covergirl Tziporah Malkah has debuted her jaw-dropping bikini body on A Current Affair, welling up on the program as she revealed her diet struggles.

The 90s It-girl formerly known as Kate Fischer sported a bold new orange hairstyle, grinning and giggling as she flaunted her slimmed-down physique — the result of an incredible 50-kilogram weight-loss and skin fold surgery.

“I’m down 10 dress sizes — from 24 to 14,” Malkah had said in a previous interview on the program. “This is the lightest I’ve been since I was 35 — more than a decade!”

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Tziporah Malkah said she’s in the best shape she’s been in for a decade. Picture: A Current Affair
Tziporah Malkah said she’s in the best shape she’s been in for a decade. Picture: A Current Affair
Tziporah shows off her new body. Picture: A Current Affair
Tziporah shows off her new body. Picture: A Current Affair

Having lost the weight with the help of a hypnotist and personal trainer, Malkah said she had noticed a drastic improvement to her mental health, too, explaining: “I no longer hate myself, I actually really like me.

“I’m proud, I love myself right now,” she added.

Malkah had a tummy tuck and 'Brazilian Butt Lift' to get her bikini body-ready. Picture: Channel 9.
Malkah had a tummy tuck and 'Brazilian Butt Lift' to get her bikini body-ready. Picture: Channel 9.

She said she “owed her life” to hypnotist Mark Stephens for helping her lose the weight, adding that for the first time in a long time, she’d managed to keep it off.

“For so long I’ve struggled to lose weight and keep it off, it’s just this vicious cycle that goes around and around.

“We can all take it off. It’s the taking it off, I just keep it off now, it’s absolutely great.

“In the last six months, I have not put on any weight, not a kilo or two. In fact, I may have even lost more,” she said.

Tziporah recreated her famous Dolly cover shoot. Picture: A Current Affair
Tziporah recreated her famous Dolly cover shoot. Picture: A Current Affair
Malkah’s 1988 Dolly cover.
Malkah’s 1988 Dolly cover.

While she’s spreading her message of positivity to others, appearing in support groups with Stephens around the country, she had one wish.

“I want to wear a bikini,” she told host Brady Halls.

The former model was then filmed undergoing mini tummy tuck, and a ‘Brazilian Butt Lift’, unveiling her bikini body exclusively to the current affairs program.

“I got into my bikini and not everybody around me is throwing up,” she laughed and she skipped along the beach.

Malkah pictured in July 2019. Picture: Diimex.
Malkah pictured in July 2019. Picture: Diimex.
She’s lost a whopping 50 kilos since appearing in the jungle. Picture: Channel 10
She’s lost a whopping 50 kilos since appearing in the jungle. Picture: Channel 10

Malkah has been candid about her mental health struggles over the years, a direct correlation to her initial weight gain, she revealed.

“The mental anguish … It’s just not there anymore, and that’s the greatest gift,” she said of her new-found focus on her health.

Earlier this year, Malkah sparked concerns with a series of worrying photos on Instagram, one which depicted the former model with a black eye, posted with a caption about an unnamed “abuser”.

Tziporah Malkah posted an image to Instagram in August with a black eye. Picture: Instagram @teezee613
Tziporah Malkah posted an image to Instagram in August with a black eye. Picture: Instagram @teezee613

“You wanna take me on? So take me on!” Malkah captioned the post. “I’m OK! I have magnificent mates that are always around me! Please don’t be alarmed.”

Malkah went on to criticise “the cops that don’t act. That laugh along matey matey with the abuser whilst the abused sits alone crying.

“Time we females did a GoFundMe to get us out of here..... the cops fail us, the lawyers fail us, our families fail us........ let’s buy an island for just beautiful lovely ppl,” she concluded.

Malkah’s followers flooded the post with concerned comments, one asking “Who did this?????!”

“Okay … what the f**k happened??? Do you need help??” wrote another.

Malkah was emotional during a video she recorded talking about her weight. Picture: Nine
Malkah was emotional during a video she recorded talking about her weight. Picture: Nine

When she appeared on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! in 2017 — her return to the spotlight after a decade of privacy — she weighed more than 120kg and said she was in “bad shape, mentally and physically”.

Tziporah Malkah appeared on season three of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. Picture: Channel 10
Tziporah Malkah appeared on season three of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. Picture: Channel 10

“The producers would never pick me for anything too physical like bungee jumping back then, and I don’t really blame them, I was too big and unhealthy. But now … well it’s a different story,” she told New Idea earlier this year.

Malkah appeared in 1993 film <i>Sirens</i> with Elle Macpherson, Portia De Rosse and Hugh Grant. Picture: Getty.
Malkah appeared in 1993 film Sirens with Elle Macpherson, Portia De Rosse and Hugh Grant. Picture: Getty.

Malkah was one of Australia’s most successful models during the 1990s, appearing on the cover of numerous magazines and overseas campaigns.

She began dating Packer in 1992 with the two later becoming engaged before their split in 1998.

Kate Fischer changed her name to Tziporah Atarah Malkah in 2008. Picture: Getty.
Kate Fischer changed her name to Tziporah Atarah Malkah in 2008. Picture: Getty.

At the end of her appearance on A Current Affair, she promised “not to party too much” on returning to Sydney from Melbourne, where she had her surgery.

“I just can’t wait to get back to Sydney so I can show it off,” she said.

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