One of the original hosts of The View, which she hosted for nine years, Star Jones also appeared on the fourth season of The Celebrity Apprentice. She came in 5th place on the show. She holds a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, and has worked in women’s advocacy her whole life. Jones decided to undergo surgery in order to help her shrink to less than half her original size of 307 pounds. She lost over 200 pounds and looks absolutely incredible.
Talk show host and actress Ricki Lake had her show broadcast from 1993 until 2004. In addition to her work on her show, she appeared in many films, including the new Hairspray film, after also appearing in the original film. She has also starred in Cry-Baby alongside Johnny Depp. Once she reached 260 pounds and was no longer receiving job offers, Lake decided to make a permanent change. She started to cut down on portion sizes and slowly adding more physical activity to her routine and lost 130 pounds.
Nicole Polizzi, aka “Snooki,” is best known for appearing on The Jersey Shore. She was the crazy party girl who didn’t care about what people thought of her and drank like there was no tomorrow. She later starred in the spinoff reality show, Snooki&JWoww. After announcing that she was pregnant, there was much speculation that the show would end, which eventually ended up happening. Once she gave birth to her two children, Snooki focused on health and fitness and lost 42 pounds total.
Former Playmate and reality star Anna Nicole Smith was Playmate of the Year in 1993, which gained her fame and allowed her to model for major companies such as Lane Bryant, H&M, and Guess. She reached 225 pounds before becoming the spokeswoman of TrimSpa pills and dropping down to 155 pounds, supposedly from taking the diet pills, though this is unconfirmed. Smith struggled with a lot of personal problems in addition to her weight. She sadly passed away at only age 39 from a drug overdose.
Former Mr. Spears, Kevin Federline gained fame when he married Britney Spears for two years. After their marriage dissolved, the two became a part of a famous child custody battle over their two kids. After the two broke up, KFed began to gain weight and went through a yo-yo dieting phase. After deciding to become serious, he began to get up at 6am in order to run and cleaned up his diet. He has now lost 50 pounds and is back to his fit backup dancer days.
