Julie Goodwin reveals her shock weight loss amid rumours she will be replacing Poh Ling Yeow as judge on Masterchef following rumoured exit

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Julie Goodwin has lost even more weight following her dramatic 'accidental' transformation, which saw her drop a whopping 20kg almost a decade ago.
Taking to Instagram, the 54-year-old had fans doing a double take as she shared a selfie of her looking thinner than ever following an appearance on Sunrise.
Julie let her greys grow and flaunted a more au natural colour for her locks while showcasing her weight loss since winning the cooking show in 2009.
The kitchen extraordinaire looked slimmer than ever as she encouraged fans to try her chicken pie with potato bake topping.
Despite her makeover, Julie still donned her signature wide-frame glasses in the post, while wearing a black and white striped shirt.
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Taking to Instagram, the 54-year-old had fans doing a double take as she shared a selfie of her looking thinner than ever following an appearance on Sunrise
Back in 2016, Goodwin revealed that her dramatic weight loss had nothing to do with dieting and it's certainly no cause for celebration.
'It's not that I've gone on some stupid, sad diet and dropped a whole heap of weight in a hurry. It's not anything like that,' she told Women's Weekly at the time.
'I am running a business and running around like a mad thing, and sometimes I forget to eat, none of which is healthy.'
Julie reprised her MasterChef appearance in 2012 for the MasterChef All Stars series before appearing on Ten's I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! in 2015.
More recently, Julie appeared on the 2024 season of Channel Seven hit Dancing with the Stars.
During her stint on the series, the show's judges called her 'a sexy vixen,' 'a sassy minx,' and even a 'dominatrix'.
The MasterChef winner revealed what she really thinks of the stunning response to her makeover for the dance competition in an interview with Daily Mail Australia.
'That was unexpected and unfamiliar,' Julie laughed.
'My family thought it was hilarious. I'm normally cooking and running around after my granddaughter, not pushing a good looking man around on the floor.
'I was stoked with the judges' feedback,' she said. 'It was nice to hear that I'd gotten the dance pretty right.'
Goodwin is back in the headlines this week, amid rumours that the popular fan favourite will be replacing Poh Ling Yeow as a judge on MasterChef as the cooking competition faces another shake-up in the star cast.
As previously reported by Daily Mail Australia, Poh is said to be preparing her exit from the long-running series at the end of this season - prompting executives to search for a new judge to join Andy Allen, Sofia Levin and Jean-Christophe Novelli on the panel.
And according to New Idea, Julie's name is being floated as a potential replacement.
'Julie would be a fantastic judge. Fans love her,' a source told the outlet.
'While no one wants to see Poh leave, everyone would welcome Julie back with open arms.'
Julie, who beat Poh in the very first season of MasterChef back in 2009, returned to the franchise in 2022 before making a surprise appearance as a guest judge in 2023.
Insiders say she 'absolutely loved' her time on the other side of the bench and could be ready to return in a more permanent capacity.