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    Gaunt Lady Gaga's shocking promo picture revealed

    The Born This Way songstress has released a brand new snap on Twitter

    By Eleanor Young
    Published 22 March 2011 In News

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    The Born This Way songstress has released a brand new snap on Twitter

    She’s no stranger to a spot of controversy, but Born This Way songstress Lady Gaga has released what is already being branded her most shocking picture yet, as she gears up to promote her brand new album.

    SEE GAGA’S SHOCKING STYLE TRANSFORMATION HERE!

    Earlier this week, Gaga revealed she had finally finished work on her hotly-anticipated second offering, to follow up her latest single.

    ‘In Nebraska, finishing up record today. I'm so proud of the album: I keep dancing+drinking: metal/techno rock journey of a woman on the run,’ she told fans on Twitter.

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    And yesterday, she took to the social networking site once again, to post the grainy new promotional snap, alongside the caption: ‘BORN THIS WAY’.

    The digitally altered new image – the first album artwork to be released - reveals Gaga looking seriously gaunt, with hollowed cheeks, sunken eyes, and an unusually thin frame.

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    This is just the latest in a long line of attention grabbing new looks showcased by the songstress.

    Last month, Gaga stepped out sporting bizarre facial horns and peaked shoulders, a signature Gaga-ism, first spotted on the cover of her new single, Born This Way.

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    Yesterday, the outlandish Lady admitted she was losing her hair, after dying it blonde too often.

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    The starlet told told American magazine People that she's planning to 'get a chemical haircut because my blonde hair is falling out'.

    She also revealed in the interview she sleeps 7 days a week in her make-up, and follows a ‘drunk diet’ of whiskey and hung over gym sessions.

    What are your thoughts on Gaga’s gaunt new look? Let us know in the comments box below.

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