Madeleine McCann artist impressions reveal how the missing girl’s face is thought to have changed over the 10 years since she vanished
Forensic experts have used 'age-progressing' technology to create images of Maddie
MADELEINE McCann's face is among the most recognisable in the world.
A series of artists impressions of what she may look like have been released since the three-year-old vanished in Portugal in May, 2007.
Over the past decade forensic experts have used "age-progressing" technology to create images of Maddie, who would now be 13.
Last month Maddie's parents reportedly
Cops hope the images of Maddie, who would now be 13 and has an inoperable blemish in her right eye, will help discover what happened to her.
May 2009 - aged 6
The first computer generated image of Maddie was released just two years after she vanished.
Kate hoped it would rekindle the search - even though she admitted she barely recognised it as her daughter.
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She wiped away her tears as she was shown the image on The Oprah Show.
Maddie's hair is darkened as often happens to blonde children as they get older, her chin has hardened and the lower of her face lengthened.
Six months later The Child & Online Protection Centre published updated pictures showing how Maddie may have aged in a warmer climate.
It came as theories emerged she may have been smuggled overseas two-and-a-half years after she vanished.
The first CGI show how she would appear if being taken to North Africa.
The second image was as if she was being held in Europe, with her skin still pale.
The Metropolitan Police Service released a new age-enhanced image to mark Maddie's ninth birthday.
Forensic artist Teri Blythe was asked by Scotland Yard to create the picture.
Teri had access to a range of photos and her family.
She told : "For a child especially, it’s not only superficial things that are changing, but obviously the skull is still growing and the teeth are changing — that kind of things.
"Using reference photos against parents will at least give us an indication of the right proportion of the face."
A spokesman for the McCann's said:"Kate sees Madeleine in the image, and also sees Madeleine’s siblings Sean and Amelie and herself in it."