TMZ's Before and After Beauties -- WINNER!!!

31. Her nose is different and look- her ear lobe is even different! The prize money should go to someone who didnt lie to win the money!

Posted at 5:21PM on May 12th 2009 by Carolynn

32. Wow
She looks gorgeous! Congratulations !

She also has a lovely personality.....

This contest really got me thinking about superficial judgement.
-peace and love

Posted at 7:38PM on May 12th 2009 by amanda

33. I doubt Ms. Hedges will waste her time continuing to read the comments on this since many are hateful. But if she does return:

Good for you Julie! You look fantastic! Congratulations!

Posted at 5:45PM on May 12th 2009 by You Look Great Julie

34. She is cute and the rest of yall who are hatin need to get a life and quit being so jealous of her cus yall r ugly as hell. Ok? Alright then.

Posted at 5:53PM on May 12th 2009 by Starbrite17

35. Way to go, Julie! And ignore all the haters. Losing weight ANY WAY YOU DO IT is difficult and I think you definitely deserve the prize. Good for you!!! Oh - and you were definitely beautiful before and after. People who say you were or are ugly are just pathetic haters and should be ignored. :)

Posted at 5:55PM on May 12th 2009 by Birchness

36. Some people have nothing better to do but put people down. Regardless of how she lost the weight, I am sure it was very tough. Even gastric bypass isn't a walk in the park, it is major surgery and you have to dramatically altar your eating habits which takes a lot of getting used to. You just don't go in and out of surgery and then suddenly lose weight. I think she looks good and I am glad she won the money!

Posted at 6:10PM on May 12th 2009 by Bren

37. ok, TMZ, you guys must have proof on this.
1. she is photoshopped her photo OR
2. it isn't her.
When you lose that much weight, especially girls, there is an a lot of skin let over. If you have surgery to have it removed, the scarring from the surgery is actually permanent. There should be scarring, a lot of it.

you just paid someone $250 who tricked you. either your to stupid to know or you guys just dont know anything about weight lost.

Posted at 6:11PM on May 12th 2009 by bob

38. Julie you look AMAZING! I am so glad you won! Screw those haters. You have inspired me! And for the jerks out there..being overweight and or having food issues is much like being an addict to any other thing, People slip up now and then! So what if she has gained back a few. She will get into the groove again, It takes ALOT of work to look that fit ALL the time. What do you people look like? Are you in top shape? Probably no. Plastic surgery or not, I am SURE that took a ton of effort and Julie is awesome!!!

Posted at 6:23PM on May 12th 2009 by Average Housewife

39. She looks great!

All you obese Americans, has to be 90% of you now, just continue eating your pound of Doritos a day. It's impossible to get in shape and if you do manage to lose any weight no one will find you attractive anyways.

Posted at 7:28PM on May 12th 2009 by aaron

40. Hate to disappoint you haters out there, but Julie is for real. This is not photoshopped and she has NOT had plastic surgery. She commented already and if you Google her name (it looks like the link to her site has been removed - I think it was getting swamped with hits), you'll see a month by month progression following her gastric bypass surgery. This was one determined lady who transformed herself. Just because you have bypass surgery doesn't mean you'll be thin - you DO have to still work at it and completely change your lifestyle. We should all have the same determination. Here is her comment, search on her name and you'll find her site:

9. Sono... if you'll click on my name in the paragraph... it will pull up my website and show you that I am a real person. Why must you have so much hatred?

Posted at 3:22PM on May 12th 2009 by Julie Hedges

Posted at 7:39PM on May 12th 2009 by SheIsForReal

41. And another thing.... She had this surgery in her mid/late 20's. At that age, and with some good genes, her skin rebounded beautifully. Just look at her pictures. She does indicte on her website that she has SOME saggy skin in a couple of areas, but nothing like you would see on someone who has been obese for most of their life and then lost the weight.

Posted at 7:43PM on May 12th 2009 by SheIsForReal

42. I think she looks great!! A real inspiration. The negative sayers on here have severe self esteem issues.

Posted at 8:40PM on May 12th 2009 by Hobbes

43. Looks more like an after and before.

Posted at 8:54PM on May 12th 2009 by Tim

44. This is awesome and an inspiration. Good for her! I know what it's like to try and lose weight. I lost 47 pounds in 6 weeks using the Rapidthin diet at www.rapidthin.com. Good luck to all. Use what works for you.

Posted at 9:13PM on May 12th 2009 by samdrone

45. I love how these matronly fat cows mock blondes with boobs, then lose weight and bleach their hair and buy boobs. What an FUGLY BROAD and a hypocrite.

Posted at 10:36PM on May 12th 2009 by ham-a-rama