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Dianne Buswell looks so different with blonde hair transformation in unearthed photos

The Strictly pro rocked a different look before she hit the BBC ballroom

Katie Daly
Lifestyle Writer
November 2, 2024
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Dianne Buswell is known for her fiery red locks but unearthed photos of the Strictly Come Dancing pro show that she hasn't always worn her hair in a crimson hue.

The Australian dancer, 35, took to Instagram to share a carousel of her greatest hair hits - the most surprising of all being her honey-blonde hair. 

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Trained hairdresser Dianne had blonde hair before her Strictly fame

Dianne's sandy blonde hair was styled in a twisted style away from her face and cut to shoulder length.

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Dianne looked so different with black hair and a fringe

The dancer also rocked other hair looks in the throwback photos. In another selfie, the BBC ballroom star rocked jet-black hair with a choppy fringe

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Dianne rocked caramel highlights

In a third, she had chocolate brown tresses with caramel-toned highlights through the lengths.

Dianne's hair transformation

Dianne Buswell on Strictly Come Dancing red carpet© Getty
Dianne joined Strictly Come Dancing in 2017 with cherry cola locks

Since storming into the Strictly ballroom in 2017, Dianne has styled out a number of variations on her iconic ruby-red hair. When she first joined the Strictly family, Dianne had deeper cherry cola-toned curls with a side part. 

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Dianne rocked a fringe in 2018

By 2018, the star's hair had been elevated to new heights with the most vibrant pillar box red colour being added from root to tip.

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Dianne is never shy of a hair switch up

In 2021, Dianne swapped her red hair dye out for an electric orange shade which later transitioned into a candy pink moment with pale pink strands around her face for extra Barbie-esque appeal.

Dianne's wig collection

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Dianne dressed as Barbie with a blonde wig

Talking of Barbie, the wig team on Strictly has also experimented with Dianne's hair, including a platinum blonde wig for when she starred as Barbie during a Strictly pro routine which was brought on tour. 

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Dianne wore a pixie cut wig on the Strictly dancefloor

Earlier this year, the girlfriend of vlogger Joe Sugg rocked an uber-short pixie cut wig for a pro routine. "Last night's group dance hair! Deffo a Diana in this wig! What do we think of the short dark hair?," she penned, tagging hair stylist Georgia Woodland.

The accompanying makeup look

Dianne selfie with sparkly backdrop© Instagram
Dianne's makeup always looks flawless

In February, Strictly Live Tour makeup artist Summer Dyason told HELLO! about working with Dianne on the makeup looks that complement her iconic red hair on stage.

"We have good fun with Dianne. She'll have anything!... We set ourselves a little challenge at the start of every tour. So last year we had to do makeup associated with different food so every day either Dianne would bring food in or I would bring food in and we'd have to base that makeup look on that food," Summer reveals. 

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Dianne's makeup complements her ruby red hair

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"Whether it was sushi and you had a green, white, and orange [eye makeup] or a Tango fruit punch drink. She's a lovely one to makeup because she's out there and she's just gorgeous," the makeup artist adds. "She could pull off anything."

Every Strictly Come Dancing winner so far

Rose and Giovanni with the Glitterball in 2021
Rose and Giovanni lifted the Glitterball in 2021
  • 2004: Natisha Kaplinsky (partner Brendan Cole)
  • 2004: Jill Halfpenny (partner Darren Bennett) 
  • 2005: Darren Gough (partner Lilia Kopylova) 
  • 2006: Mark Ramprakash (partner Karen Hardy) 
  • 2007: Alesha Dixon (partner Matthew Cutler) 
  • 2008: Tom Chambers (partner Camilla Dallerup) 
  • 2009: Chris Hollins (partner Ola Jordan) 
  • 2010: Kara Tointon (partner Artem Chigvintsev) 
  • 2011: Harry Judd (partner Aliona Vilani)
  • 2012: Louis Smith (partner Flavia Cacace)
  • 2013: Abbey Clancy (partner Aljaž Škorjanec) 
  • 2014: Caroline Flack (partner Pasha Kovalev) 
  • 2015: Jay McGuiness (partner Aliona Vilani) 
  • 2016: Ore Oduba (partner Joanne Clifton) 
  • 2017: Joe McFadden (partner Katya Jones)
  • 2018: Stacey Dooley (partner Kevin Clifton)
  • 2019: Kelvin Fletcher (partner Oti Mabuse)
  • 2020: Bill Bailey (partner Oti Mabuse) 
  • 2021: Rose Ayling-Ellis (partner Giovanni Pernice) 
  • 2022: Hamza Yassin (partner Jowita Przystał)
  • 2023: Ellie Leach (partner Vito Coppola)

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