Ariel Winter‘s fiery hair is making its red carpet debut!
Just over a week aftersharing her new ‘do on social media, Winter, 21, brought her red locks to theEntertainment Weeklyand PEOPLE Upfronts partyin New York on Monday night.
TheModern Familyactress stunned in a strapless, black dress with silver sequins, and accessorized her look with a black waist belt and silver heels. Winter’s styled, red waves helped highlight her dark carpet ensemble.
During the event, Winter also posed with herModern Familycostar, Nolan Gould, who looked dapper in a black and white, plaid suit.
The actress debuted her new red locks via Instagram on May 4 — and referenced Disney’s 1989 classic,The Little Mermaid,as the inspiration for her photo where she showed off her bright, new ‘do.
“Part of yourrrrrr worrrrrld,” she captioned the new hair photos, quoting the iconic Alan Menken and Howard Ashmad ballad that the film’s main character, Ariel, famously sings.
The bold, new color was a big switch up for Winter, who has long been known for her jet-black hair.
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Nolan Gould and Ariel Winter.Craig Barritt/Getty
Winter’s new ‘do came after anoticeable weight loss for the actress.
Earlier this week, Winter defended herself afteran Instagram commentersaid it was “obvious” she had extensive plastic surgery.
The young star previouslyexplained that her body changedover the last year after changing up her antidepressants, but despite coming clean, the actress still deals with body shamers whoaccuse her of getting plastic surgery.
“How many surgeries have you had on your body and face now?” the person wrote, before deciding that Winter had “Two breast reductions, that’s obvious, cheek bone and chin shaving and lip fillers. Pretty obvious, she looks so different #Truth.”
Winter initially let the rude comment go, but then decided to set the record straight.
Plastic surgery is one of the many things people have accused Winter of doing to lose weight. In January, she had to shut down another criticwho said she was doing drugs.
While Winter was joking, part of her response is the truth —she switched from an antidepressantthat wasn’t helping her anymore andwas making her gain weight, to a new combination of medications.
Winter said that she’s feeling much better now, but admitted tomissing some of her curves.
“While I feel better mentally with the change, and it’s nice to work out and have your body actually respond, but I want to gain a few pounds of muscle and get healthier,” she said. “Also want my butt back…”
source: people.com
