#10 Bruce Jenner. 58-year-old Bruce Jenner has made a lot of changes in his life since winning that gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Yes, these days it's difficult to look at before-and-after pictures of the former track star without shaking a fist up towards God and screaming, Why! Why! Why! I try not to judge the American icon. Truly, I do. Perhaps his penchant for plastic surgery began moments after the Wheaties brand breakfast cereal replaced his picture on their boxes with a new, younger "Wheaties Champion." Yes, that must be it.
Gossip website AngelFire.com reports that Jenner's had 2 face lifts, eyelid surgery, and 2 nose jobs. AwfulPlasticSurgery.com adds both chin and cheek implants to that list. They also describe Jenner's new look as "not quite human."
#9 Jessica Lange. One could argue that 58 year-old, two-time Academy Award-winning American actress Jessica Lange represents just about everything that's wrong with Hollywood these days.
Lange is best known for her performances in King Kong (1976 remake), Tootsie (1982), Men Don't Leave (1990), and Cape Fear (1991), to name just a few of the notable films she has starred in over the last 30 years. And yet now, her cosmetically altered face paints the portrait of a middle-aged woman who's so afraid of losing good parts to other - less talented starlets - half her age, that she mutilated her all-natural beauty in an unsuccessful attempt to shave off a few years.
A 2003 article in the San Francisco Chronicle, "Many actresses hitting middle age find themselves desperate for good parts," sums it up best:
"The pressure on actresses to freeze, stretch, cut and tuck is so enormous that one wonders if there will be anyone left to play a grandmother who truly looks like a grandmother."
#8 Kenny Rogers. People Magazine - God bless 'em - cut to the chase in a 2006 interview with the 68 year-old country music legend, when they asked Kenny Rogers straight out if he'd had plastic surgery. His response:
"'Yes, I have. I did a lot more a long time ago. Dolly (Parton) used to kid me about it. But like everybody I blame the media for it. The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder.
Last year I had so many lines coming in at the side of my eyes up here. So I went in and got my eyes done, and I'm not happy about it. (The surgeon) is going to go in and fix that for me. They're too tight around the eyelids for me. It drives me crazy. I wake up in the morning, and Wanda says, You look great. But I know what I want to look like. If we can fix that, then I'll be glad I did it. If we can't fix it, I'll regret it or get used to it.'"
#7 Elizabeth and Bob Dole. As reported by Wikipedia, 71-year-old Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole was elected to the United States Senate in 2002 to represent North Carolina for a term ending in 2009. Her husband is former U.S. Senator and Presidential nominee Bob Dole. And, yes, it appears that neither husband nor wife had enough campaign funds over the years to cover the cost of a good (much less certified) plastic surgeon.
Oh yes! Nothing says Trust Your Elected Official like a bad facelift.
#6 Sigfried and Roy. FYI: My own cat's been spooked by less scary creatures. That said, I think the 63-year old Roy Horn looked better after the mauling by his 7-year-old tiger, during a live performance at the MGM in Los Vegas in 2003. I know, I know, I'm going to hell. But at least now we know who's face (Celine Dion, lower right) he's been trying to, ahem, copycat all these many long years.
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