Page 3 star Melinda Messenger looked unrecognisable as she joined Loose Women on Friday without her signature blonde locks

Former glamour model Melinda Messenger flaunted her stunning transformation during an appearance on Loose Women after deciding to “grow old gracefully”.

The 52-year-old former Page 3 star was known for her signature blonde locks but, revealed she’s decided to embrace her natural grey roots.

When asked to explain how she came to the decision to stop dying her natural hair, Melinda said: “Why not? Why not? I might dye my hair pink, blue, green. It doesn’t matter, does it? It’s just hair.”

Melinda admitted she’s received criticism over the new look as well as plenty of admirers.

The former glamour model explained critics say she “looks old” but added she takes this as a compliment: “I”m not 27 and I don’t want to be 27.”

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Fans gushed over Melinda’s new look as one tweeted: “It was great to see @melindamessnger on loose women, she always comes across as a really nice person and her hair looks amazing #LooseWomen.”

“Melinda Messenger is one of the nicest people in the media and she still looks absolutely incredible #LooseWomen,” another wrote.

A third added: “Melinda Messenger looks fabulous with her natural grey hair, still stunning. More women need to embrace the grey.”

Meanwhile, Melinda admitted she found it hard when her three children were all suddenly grown up.

Melinda Messenger was known for her signature blonde locks ( 
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Melinda has received both positive and negative comments on her new look ( 
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She explained: “I did go through it when they got to a certain age a few years ago, and I felt that really, I was wanting to grief actually, I just found myself crying all the time. And, you know, obviously doing what I do, I have a lot of therapy and had a lot of therapy.”And so looking at it, I thought, Oh no, I’m in grief, and I’m in grief of letting go of that stage of my life that will never be there. Again. You know, and it doesn’t need honouring it does I think we do you know, we shouldn’t be afraid to honour these significant moments in life and there isn’t anything wrong and being sad or feeling that actually if anything, it can be like a recognition of what was really important and what really mattered.”