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Tuesday 3 November 2009

Is this what she looks like today?

In one she is sun-tanned and virtually unrecognisable. In the other there is just a hint of familiarity. This is Madeleine McCann as British police believe she could now look.

More than two years after she vanished from a Portuguese resort, the latest digitally-aged images show the dramatic effect different climates may have had on her appearance.The picture on the right depicts her as a six-year-old who has been smuggled into North Africa. There were a cluster of potential sightings of Madeleine in Morocco within days of her disappearance. Her hair is darker as any abductor could have dyed it to make her less noticeable. Psychologists have warned that being raised in a different culture may have left her with no memory of life with parents Kate and Gerry. The dramatic images were unveiled yesterday as British police launched a worldwide internet video campaign to shame her captors into coming forward. Mr and Mrs McCann, both 41, begged officers for help over fears that other appeals for information had dried up. (Source: Daily Mail Tue 3rd Nov 09)