transformed him to a self declared ambassador vs transformed him as a self declared ambassador

Some examples from the web:

• You've gone from being a self-important egotist to a self-deluded madman.
• I owe my life to a self-freed slave.
• Students have access to a self-study area complete with study material.
• Around 500 Members and myself look forward to a self-confident, successful and fair cooperation.
• We would suggest moving to a self-policing hydration policy.
• It was to a self-storage company in Dale City, Virginia.
• The coroner attributed his death to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
• Steve Halpin, a self-declared novice powerpoint user from a Dublin, Ireland Six Sigma training consultancy that uses presentations all the time in his training sessions to customers says I recommend this service from Alessandra. she keeps feedback simple and to the point.
• International recognition of a self-declared president weakens the opposition in his country and could also be regarded as international recognition of the non-democratic elections.
• And your fear of ending up like Crabchek - it's leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy.
• The case we're doing now, we want a juror Who is receptive to a self-defense argument.
• Right. I thought of that, but the building switches to a self-contained air supply.
• I think it's important for us to try to get to a self-sustaining situation on Mars as soon as possible.
• The advertising panel is held in place thanks to a self-carrying curve.
• The product is metered with unmatchable precision (to the last drop) thanks to a self-cleaning, adjustable, patented nozzle.
• Right to a self-employed person's deduction
• Who checks the financial intermediary affiliated to a self-regulating organisation?
• He referred me to a self-help group.
• I need something that links a Russian mobster to a self-improvement guru who gives speeches in front of fish tanks.
• From evidence found at their home over the last 24 hours, we know that they adhered to a self-created religion of sorts.

Some examples from the web:

• Roberto started his career as a self-taught producer.
• A phenomenon known in psychiatric circles as a self-reinforcing delusion.
• Cerberus was designed as a self-contained total-isolation system.
• It's believed Michelangelo painted this as a self-portrait.
• Sarah Palin will be perceived as a self-serving political maneuver.
• Flexible exchange rates thus serve as a self-stabilizing device that protects capital-importing countries against overheating.
• SSRF incense sticks have been designed as a self-help tool in spiritual healing.
• He returned to Freiburg in 1918 and began a career as a self-taught painter.
• Mounted on the wall or as a self-supporting divider.
• You obviously also get paid as a self-published pattern designer, too.
• I define myself as a self-marginalization, I never expected anything from anybody.
• The number of boat rental with skipper or as a self-drive is constantly increasing.
• The Miranda system is interactive and runs under UNIX as a self contained subsystem.
• Accreditation should in principle be operated as a self-supporting activity.
• Karl Knute was brought in as a self-defense instructor.
• It acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
• It's that sarcasm as a self-defense, though.
• Cerberus was designed as a self-contained total-isolation system.
• He created it as a self-sustaining commune.
• Outboard motors are used most commonly for boats and are developed as a self-contained unit with an engine.