Freelee The Banana Girl: My Most Controversial Moment Yet

Freelee Became known for her '51 Bananas a day' diet-but now she's on a brand new mission.

- Emma Levett

Think about how much money you spend on beauty products and makeup.

What about the time spent running to hair appointments or shaving your legs? It was a life the woman Australia once knew as Freelee the Banana Girl was all too familiar with.

But last year the 38-year-old from Queensland says she decided it was time to give it all up. “I had reached my beauty duty threshold,” she tells New Idea. “My closets were full of pretty stuff that I purchased out of insecurity and boredom.”

The vegan, who shot into the media spotlight in 2014 with her 51 Bananas a Day diet, was tired of a life that involved fake tanning, hair dyeing, uncomfortable fashion, facial injections and mountains of beauty products. She says it didn’t make her happy.