It is one thing wanting to be like your hero, and another entirely going to the lengths of actually becoming your hero.

For a 24-year-old woman from the United Kingdom, her dream was the latter.

Claire Leeson is so infatuated with Kim Kardashian that she forked out over R300,000 on plastic surgery just to resemble her.

While the results in the picture above prove that she now looks somewhat like the American personality, Leeson has had to pay a massive price for her desires - with financial problems following her transformation.

"I say that I am going to pay them (credit card companies) but as soon as money comes in I just think about getting my Kimmy on. When I get my Kimmy on I feel like I am unstoppable and untouchable," Leeson told Huffington Post.

In terms of the work she has had done, Leeson added: "I’ve had my teeth whitened, then I wanted my boobs enhanced... and with pictures [of Kardashian] explained to my surgeon that I wanted to look like this."

Is going to the lengths that Leeson has gone to worth the issues she has encountered just to be self-confident?