A CHEETOS-mad mum who gorged on 320 family-sized packets during her pregnancy bizarrely believes the spicy snack could be the reason her son was born with red hair.

Emelia Jackson, 23, gorged on at least eight family bags of flaming hot Cheetos per week throughout her pregnancy with son Kai-Lono, now four months, to satisfy her incessant cravings.

5 Baby Kai-Lono surprised his parents with a shock of red hair when he was born four months ago Credit: Caters News Agency

But the mum-of-two, from Washington, USA, got the shock of her life when the tot was born with ginger hair - despite his heritage being African American, Portuguese, Hawaiian and Norwegian.

Her family joked the surprising red mane was down to her addiction to the bright red snack.

Montessori teacher Emelia even proved her eternal love for the crisps by posing for a hilarious maternity photoshoot in a bathtub full of them.

The 23-year-old got the idea after she and partner Janson Correa, 26, loved the elegant look of a milk bath photoshoot to celebrate the final weeks of her pregnancy - but decided she should dive into a bathtub of her beloved snack instead.

5 Emelia Jackson's love for Cheetos was the central theme for her maternity photoshoot Credit: Caters News Agency

Emelia, who is also mum to Violet-Rae, five, said: "I've always loved flaming hot Cheetos ever since I was a little kid.

"I used to steal quarters from my parents money jar just so I could get my Cheeto fix at school. I'd buy three bags a day from the vending machine.

"These days, I'll hoard bags and bags of them at my house, just so I never run out.

"When I go grocery shopping, I'll even crack open a bag right there in the store to keep me going while I walk around.

5 The red-head baby's parents both have striking dark locks Credit: Caters News Agency

"Throughout my pregnancy, flaming hot Cheetos were all I ever wanted. I'd wake my boyfriend up in the middle of the night to go get me some Cheetos, because the cravings were so intense.

"My boyfriend is half Portuguese and Hawaiian, while I'm half African-American and Norwegian.

"So, to see him come out with red hair my partner sort of looked at me and laughed, like 'do we have something to talk about?'

"Everyone says that it's because I ate so many Cheetos that I turned his hair red.

"At the moment, I can't eat them because I'm breast feeding, and he won't be able to handle the spiciness of them.

"But I can't wait to be able to eat them again, I've missed them so much.

"I can hardly go a day without eating them. They're my favourite food."

5 The hilarious maternity photoshoot showed Emelia posing in a bathtub full of flaming hot Cheetos Credit: Caters News Agency

Emelia, who gave birth to her son in October 2017, invested in 15 family-sized bags of flaming hot Cheetos before the photoshoot in August last year.

She revealed while the photoshoot in her own home with photographer Roxana Ramires was unforgettable, the clean up afterwards was 'painful and exhausting'.

Emelia said: "I knew I wanted to do a maternity photoshoot, but when I was looking at all the examples online, they were just all so beautiful and graceful.

"I am the most awkward person in the world. I cannot model or pose to save my life.

"I knew I'd look ridiculous trying to do an elegant milk bath. So, the idea just popped into my head to do a Cheetos bath.

"A few photographers turned me down because they hated the idea, but then I found Roxana who was shocked at first, but then totally on board. She was amazing.

5 The young mum gorges on at least 8 family sized bags of Cheetos each week while pregnant with Kai-Lono Credit: Caters News Agency

"I had to lay down in the bathtub first so that I wouldn't just crunch all the Cheetos when I hopped in.

"So, I positioned myself and then my mum just started dumping all these hot Cheetos over me.

"It was the weirdest feeling ever. There was Cheeto dust getting everywhere and I was just trying not to get any into my eyes.

"My mum was telling me what to do and how to pose but I just couldn't do it.

"So I decided to just start eating the Cheetos while trying to be sexy and sultry, while letting the photographer snap the pictures.

"It was so much fun and just fits my personality so well. I have a weird sense of humour.

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"The aftermath was horrific though. There was Cheeto dust all over my body and when I took a shower, it was dribbling to places you just don't want hot flaming Cheeto dust to be.

"It burned like crazy, but it was okay once I got it all off.

"I loved how they turned out and we're going to frame them and hang them up in our house.

"I'd defiantly consider doing another crazy maternity shoot in the future.

"Maybe a bath full of tacos or chicken nuggets. That would be amazing."

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