Ruth McEneaney
A local hairdresser is in the running to feature in the new series of Operation Transformation on RTÉ in January.
28-year-old Ruth McEneaney weighs 21st 9lbs, making her the heaviest of this year’s finalists hoping to become a leader on the show.
Ruth has some self-confessed bad habits, including drinking four or five bottles of Lucozade a day because water makes her gag.
She is determined to lose weight though and said: “I am here because I want to start enjoying my life again.”
More than 500 people applied to take part in the programme before it was finally whittled down to 20, who all met up in the Sportslink Gym in Santry yesterday to be physically and emotionally assessed.
Show host Kathryn Thomas will be travelling to the homes of the five selected leaders next week to let them know they have been chosen.
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