Former model Rachel Hunter is one of six D-listers to star in the new NBC show reality show “Celebrity Circus,” in which — you guessed it — stars perform circus stunts for a live studio audience. But there’s something different about Rachel in these pictures. Can you guess what it is? New highlights? A haircut? Forty or so pounds? The Daily Mail says

Rachel Hunter cut a chunkier figure when she appeared on [the show], her sturdier shape barely contained by a corset-style outfit and unflattering fringed miniskirt. The 38-year-old has complained that Celebrity Circus has caused her to gain muscle and made her look bigger, [as evidenced by] her bulging biceps and broad shoulders.

She looks like the East German hammer throwing team’s secret weapon, not a former swimsuit model turned reality star. It still doesn’t explain why her face got fatter, though. Maybe the folks at NBC made her maintain a strict circus diet of peanuts and cotton candy for her role as Bertha, the Lesbian Lumberjack Circus Clown. Rod Stewart sure dodged a bullet on this one!