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Rebel Wilson's new selfie earns praise following Wikipedia's pre weight-loss photo debacle

The star has undergone an incredible transformation

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Hannah Hargrave
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Rebel Wilson took a break from her dazzling red carpet appearances to take a casual city stroll on Tuesday but her dressed down look still earned heaps of praise. 

The Senior Year actress - who has lost an astonishing amount of weight since embarking on her 'Year of Health' - flashed her toned abs in a cropped top and baggy pants. 

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Rebel took a snapshot of herself as she walked past a shop window and simply captioned the image: "Gone fishing," suggesting she'd taken a break from the daily grind to do something different. 

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Her photo was met with a series of on-fire emojis and comments from fans telling her how amazing she looks and what an inspiration she is. 

"Hot girl alert," wrote one, while a second said: "Just WOW," and a third added: "You've always been beautiful. Glad you feel good too."

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The photo comes days after she revealed to her Instagram fans that she had stumbled upon her Wikipedia page, only to discover they were still using a photo frRebel flashed her abs in a stomach-baring top om before her 77lb weight loss. 

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Rebel flashed her abs in a stomach-baring top 

She wrote: "Is someone having a laugh putting this as my Wikipedia picture? If anyone knows how to change this can you please add a recent photo."

Rebel added a crying with laughter emoji to show that she found it amusing. 

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Shortly afterwards, one of her loyal followers changed the image to one of her in a blue dress from recently and Rebel thanked them by uploading the snapshot on her stories. 

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Rebel noticed her Wikipedia photo was from before her weight loss 

Rebel spoke to People about her weight loss and said: "It wasn't a goal to get to a certain weight. It was just being the healthiest version of myself. It was about dealing with the emotional issues that caused me to emotionally eat, and that's a process."

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