Former 'Dance Moms' star Abby Lee Miller reveals 45-kilo weight loss in prison photo

Abby Lee Miller has been on quite a journey.

The former Dance Moms star -- who has been in prison for bankruptcy fraud since July 2017 -- has dropped 45 kilos over the last year and revealed her new look in an Instagram photo on January 21.

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"Sometimes in life you make mistakes I trusted the wrong people and didn't pay any attention to things I should of. I'm more than sorry for the mistakes I have made," the 51-year-old began the lengthy caption on a photo that showed her in her prison jumpsuit surrounded by visitors.

"My world flipped upside down when I had to enter prison. I did so with grace, the stories you read about me been [sic] a princess are untrue."

Miller has lost over 45 kilos since undergoing gastric bypass surgery in April 2017, a source told Entertainment Tonight, and she's already requested a tummy tuck, breast lift, and skin removal procedure following her release.

"I have made friends with both inmates and staff," she continued in her post. "I've tried to better myself, participated in anything offered to me and I am a better person for this experience."

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Although the beleaguered dance studio owner and reality TV star was sentenced to 366 days in a California prison, the ET source says she will be let out of prison early, on February 22.

Upon her release, Miller will report directly to a halfway house for an unknown amount of time.

She was sentenced in May 2017 for bankruptcy fraud in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and for bringing $120,000 USD of Australian currency into the United States without reporting it. Miller was subsequently replaced on Dance Moms by Cheryl Burke. 

Seasons 1-3 of Dance Moms are currently streaming on 9Now.