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Pictured at the Operation Transformation 2023 finale are all the leaders (back) Lorraine Dempsey, Andrea Daly, (front) Marie Clear, Thomas Hynes and Stephanie Bowden. Picture: Andres Poveda
The five Operation Transformation leaders took to the stage on Wednesday night in the programme's much anticipated finale.
Presenter Kathryn Thomas said it was a night to celebrate "five ordinary people who took on an extraordinary journey" eight weeks ago.
For Marie Clear's story alone, this season's Operation Transformation has been a triumph.
Two months ago, Marie said: "I see my double chin. I hate looking at my own hands."
And in the RTÉ show's 2023 finale, Marie said: "I can finally look in the mirror at myself. I can finally walk down the street and look in shop windows. I have accepted myself."
And what takes Marie's transformation to another level is that she has made the world bigger for people way beyond herself.
"I'm after opening everyone's eyes to what it is like to be a little person."
The leaders also took part in Operation Transformation's 5k run in Phoenix Park last Saturday.
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