Tiger King's Carole Baskin unveils dramatic transformation ahead of dance debut

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Carole Baskin looked unrecognisable as she revealed a slimmed down figure ahead of her debut on Dancing with the Stars.

The 59-year-old Tiger King sensation, who shot to fame in the Netflix phenomenon alongside Joe Exotic, left fans stunned by her recent weight loss.

Ahead of her first appearance on the dance floor this evening, Carole caught the attention of fans when she was pictured next to Selling Sunset's Chrishell Stause.

In the snap, that Chrishell shared on her social media, Carole unveiled her shrinking frame alongside the fellow reality star.

Sticking to her fashion favourites, the Tiger King sensation opted for a floaty animal print top and wide-legged print trousers.

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Carole Baskin showed off her shrinking frame after a two-year weight loss journey

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She also added a black face mask that had cat whiskers printed on the front.

The elegant-looking Chrishell also modelled her signature elegant style with a pale pink dress and white handbag.

Their unlikely friendship appears to have been formed because both Netflix stars are appearing in the upcoming series of Dancing With The Stars.

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Carole has reportedly been following a vegan diet (Image: Bauer-Griffin / SplashNews.com)

Carole has since explained that her weight loss journey in fact spanned across two-years, and wasn't directly linked to her dancing rehearsals.

She reminded journalists that Tiger King was filmed in 2018 and her fitness journey began back then.

"The stuff that people saw in Tiger King was filmed in 2018," she told reporters, according to Us Weekly.

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The Netflix star is about to make her debut on Dancing with the Stars (Image: Bauer-Griffin / SplashNews.com)

"This has been a two-year process, it wasn't just from this."

She added: "[Rehearsals] made me aware of muscles that I didn't have. There's an awful lot of things that ache!"

Her epic transformation came days after TMZ revealed that Carole has been doing plenty of exercise and "lost 20 lbs" thanks to a strict vegan diet.

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Carole Baskin shot to fame for starring in Tiger King (Image: ABC, @GMA/Twitter)

Much to the excitement of her fans, Carole also told the US Weekly journalists that her first performance will be alongside quite the statement tune.

“I will be dancing to ‘Eye of the Tiger,'” she said.

“It’s the paso doble. For costumes, I gave instructions for no fur, no feathers — but just have a blast.”

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