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Men and Women

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Men and Women are equal.  You want to know why?  We’re equal because we’re both dumb.  We’re made for each other (um, no offence to Gay’s or Lesbians – love you! - I’m just being general here.. male characteristics and female characteristics shall I say!) and yet we are so incompatible it’s not even funny.

Men are stupid.  Women are crazy.  It’s totally true.  Men run away from problems, they don’t think about all the things that women do, they live life in the moment.  Women can’t live life in the moment because they’re too insecure and too busy worrying about everything and want to keep confronting problems even though doing so won’t make anything any better.  Men are actually little babies that can’t handle the truth, and women are programmed to tell everyone how they feel every second of the day.

You know what, I think that people are silly.  I think that out of a life span of 80 years or more, a couple bad years aren’t so bad if you’re going to have 60+ together and happy.  I would rather be mad at my partner in life for weeks on end than not have a partner in life.  I don’t get divorce or breaking up with someone.  It doesn’t make any sense to me because, the person that you’re breaking up with or divorcing like… you loved that person.  (I’m not talking about when ppl divorce because of like… domestic abuse n things like that I just mean regular “irreconcilable differences”)  I don’t think love goes away.  To me it’s like… whatever problems you’re going to have with one person, you’re going to have that with another anyway in some shape or form, so why not stick it out with the one that you’ve been with for so long and you know and .. love?  Everyone goes through problems.. everyone has ups and downs.  It’s natural to feel confused or to hate someone and to be weak.  The point is to stick things through.  The point is to KNOW THAT YOU LOVE THE PERSON.  N that’s ALL.  As long as you love someone… you can get through anything.  Even financial problems!  The world is a big place.. just dump the shame, the ego, relax and breathe.  Life goes on.  Life is important.  DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF.  Trust each other.  Trust yourself, trust your BASIC instincts.

Yes people change, but so what.  The world keeps spinning and at the end of it all, you just have to remember what it was about that person that you loved and hold that and run with it till the finish line.  The prize is worth it.  Fall in love everyday (with the same person).  Stop yelling at each other.  Stop being disappointed.  Stop being insecure.  Stop being paranoid.  For me, everyday is a gift with the people around me.. even if it’s a bad day and I’ve fought and I hate them… at least I have them to yell at and to hate.  I’m just so glad for everyone I have in my life.  I’m so glad for the life that I have.  Just relax, and breatheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, at the end of the day, it’s all in God’s hands so there’s nothing for me to worry about.  Whatever will happen will happen… but where there’s a will there’s a way.  Goodnite everyone.  I’m totally sleeping pill deprived so forgive me for the rambling nonsensical post.

My bird

I feel so bad for my bird Baby.  He has a problem.. he bites and picks at himself.  I’m the worlds worst mother.  I did this to him.  I feel like I’m murdering an animal.. torturing.  I hope God forgives me although I don’t think He will.  I’m so sorry.  He cries at night because it hurts.  (U)

Birthday Girl

It’s my birthday today!  December 11th 2009.  I’m a Sagitarrius, and a Dragon :) The two best signs I assure you ;)DSCF6583

My mother and I (above) and just me (below)

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Here’s something I read which I thought was quite true to what I am currently feeling:

2009 will be a Number Seven year for you. Ruled by Neptune. This is a year of preparation, chance, and refinement. It is not a time of dramatic changes. Instead, it's a year when reflection on the past is helpful, and when refinements to your life path should be made. It's a good year to study and analyze. Unexpected twists to your life story and "chance" meetings are probable. Advice - take stock of your life in order to prepare for more exciting years to come, examine the past and plan for the future, get in touch with your deepest needs and uncover your personal power, don't strain yourself or actively try to expand.

I don’t feel like this year should be some huge year for me where I go out and achieve a whole bunch of stuff.  This is the year where I want to just relax, take stock of my life as it said above, see what made me the person I am today and like regroup for the next few years.  I want to fix all the things that I should fix.. my diet, my sleeping habits, my room, my skincare regimen and just become the best me that I can.  Ok who am I kidding it’s totally not going to happen.  What a load of nonsense.  LOL haha just rereading that makes me cringe/laugh.  Well the relaxing and thinking part will happen but the fixing part… *-) maybe lol.  So many people have been telling me lately that I have a whole bunch of bad habits that aren’t affecting me right now but will when I’m older that I’m actually getting worried.  The amount of people.. it’s odd.  I didn’t think I was that unhealthy.  No honestly though, I’m at one of the lowest points in my life right now, financially, personally, academically… I’m very, very grateful for a LOT of things in life and the parts that are a low point for me (mostly everything) isn’t anything that can’t be fixed so.. yeah just got to get down to work and it can only go up from here right?  (Touchwood). 

My Wonderful Program At School

In short: An emergency happened which the institution where I am currently taking classes would recognize and accept, yet a class at that very same school is not giving me an option to make up the work that I missed, and on TOP of that they’re going to charge me twice for this class.  Oh, and the icing on the cake if I don’t withdraw from that class (meaning pay for this semester and pay again when I retake it next semester), they won’t let me take any more classes at the institution where I am currently studying. 

Does that make any sense?  According to my friend, unfortunately the world only cares about money.  True that.

My Grandmother

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I really love her so much, and I respect and admire her.  She has quiet strength, and she is undoubtedly the purest, kindest, most good hearted person I know.  She’s simple, she’s pure, she’s patient, loving, caring, and so wise.  Oh and she’s SO CUTE!
As a child and just as a person in general, I’ve always liked and enjoyed hanging out with males (my cousin bro’s in law or my male cousins, nephews, friends), although it’s always my female crew that I have deep conversations with.  It was the same with my Grandfather… he had such a huge personality.. huge (!!) and for me growing up he always overshadowed my love for my grandma (I call her Manji, she is my mother’s mom) and I always enjoyed his attention more.  It’s one of those situations where kids jump for joy when their Dad comes home or enjoys their days out with their fathers because… their mom is always there.  That’s how it was with my Grandmother.. I know she’s always there and so for me growing up she was kind of the second one in their relationship.. she was the one I would go to if I got hurt or sick, but it was my Grandfather that I would sit beside to listen to his stories and hear his voice.
When my Grandfather passed away (wait – side note – my dad’s parents: I never met my grandfather and my grandmother passed away when I was five years old and I loved her v. much as well), I regretted not calling him enough, not spending time with him enough, and till this day I’m not over his death and wish that I could have properly said goodbye to him.  Now that he’s gone, my Grandmother is the only grandparent I have left in this world.  I’ve gotten to know HER more, and paid more attention to her.  I’m not saying I ignored her before or that I didn’t love her before…nothing like that at all… I just loved her like any kid loves her mom.. in the taken for granted kind of way.
I’ve never sent her flowers (but I will change that this coming year!!!!!), I only recently bought her the first present I’ve ever bought her (a shawl!) (to be fair I was a kid most of the time and since 2000 I’ve only seen her…this year – 2009 because I went to Singapore twice this year!).
She was born in India but moved to Singapore (which was known as Malaysia at the time – it was before it’s independence) when she was around 2-3 years old.  She married my Grandfather and had 6 kids; two boys and four girls (one of my aunts is missing in the picture below).  She now has 11 grandchildren and I am her fourth oldest grandchild.
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Bapuji (my grandfather) was a pretty strict, tough guy when he was younger although by the time I rolled along he was chilled out and jolly for the most part but I could still see and hear the fierceness.  He had that quality about him.  Manji was a sharp contrast.  I heard she could be fairly strict herself, but to me she was always the water to his fire..essential, yet not loud and crackling.  Manji taught her children (well my mom – the oldest child for sure) how to speak English (they spoke Punjabi when they were little and did go to English speaking schools when they were older).  The best part is?  My grandma didn’t even know English!!!  My mom used to think that my grandma knew English but didn’t realize that actually my grandmother would get her English speaking neighbour to teach her the words in an English book and then my grandma would memorize it and teach it to her kids.  My mom guys never knew that Grandma actually didn’t know how to read it herself.  In the end that is how my Grandmother learnt an entire language, through memorization and being able to pick it up fast.  That’s pretty cool.
Manji I don’t think has ever used makeup, maybe on her wedding day but there are no photos of the event, she’s never used a hair product before (her black hair at age 70 something is all natural!) and so I always feel super weird when I’m all glossed out and flat ironed in front of her especially because for most of my life that she saw I was makeup less with a curly mop of hair, or with it in a braid.  She prefers to keep things simple and that’s why she is so inspiring to me.  She loves God, she loves her family, she doesn’t gossip or trouble anyone… she’s just amazing. 
When I went back to Singapore she told me that I have to wake up early and make my bed and not talk back to my parents lol :) I wish she stayed here in Canada and then I could get told what to do from her all the time!  As it is I’m totally jealous of my newest cousin because he gets to live with her!  So not fair, I want Manji to sing me songs (He’s 6months old)!.
Alright that’s all for now… if you take anything away from this.. talk to your loved ones, get to know your elders, and spend time with them!  My only grandparent lives across the world from me and I don’t get to see her very often.  Listen to them, listen to their stories, write them down if you get a chance!  There’s a reason why they tell you what they do, they’ve been through a lot and you should appreciate what you have.
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Hey everyone who is reading this.  On November 18th 2009 I found out my grandmother had lung cancer.  She has never smoked a cigarette (duh if you read the blog you should know this but just had to mention it) or anything like that, these things just happen I guess.  She is still bravely battling it and all we can ask for at this point is to pray for her to not feel any pain and to be with family in her times of need.  I would love to be with her more than anything at this time and hope I can make it out there...  Thank you for all who read this, it makes me feel nice.  I’m sorry for my crap writing in the blog I’m sure there are tons of grammatical errors…I just felt like I needed to confess that in case people think I’m some awesome person, I’m not (just in case you thought that… now you’re sitting there thinking psh why does this girl think anyone would think that?!).  I could have shown my love for her more and I haven’t so yeah I’m not like some amazing grandaughter.

One Moment

One moment can change your life forever.  Life is so important, so fragile, so beautiful.  We never live each day to the fullest.. we never properly love the ones that mean the most to us.  Pointless fighting, bickering, not understanding each other.  It sucks that we can never fully understand our loved ones and their desires and hopes but we can try.  As for me…no one will ever understand how I feel right now. 

All I care about right now is my family, my parents, and making things easy for them.  My life right now has to be focused on that.  Nothing else… as much as I may want to travel or have fun or whatever, now is not the time for that.  Maybe when I’m older but right now I just have to focus on school, my family, and being the person they want me to be because I know why they want me to be that person.  Hopefully I have the strength to actually do it.

I just can’t believe everything that has happened.  I feel like such a different person.  I feel like other people are different too.  I’ve been affected by death before but nothing like this.  Hopes, dreams, love, family, innocence…

I look at old photos of my family and I just think wow.  Who knew what life had and has in store for all of us.  The smiles on my sisters’ faces, the innocence we all had breaks my heart.  It’s one reason why I am so attached to my old house.. it’s the house where we all grew up into adults…  My family would never have thought that we would live in Canada, I just never thought our lives would turn out like this, whatever this is.. but I know God has everything written and we may not understand it now but like I’ve said before.. when things don’t go according to our plan, that means that it is going according to God’s plan, and he always knows what to do and we just have to trust that and have faith.

Photoshop!

I don’t know who this girl is but I was having a conversation with my friend Terence and I randomly stumbled across this picture (while searching for Marilyn Monroe wallpapers… SIDE NOTE why is that for EVERY Google image search that you do at least ONE picture of the Jonas Brothers pops up?? Even if you search for “Penguin Wallpapers”.  So irritating!).  I thought she was really pretty and sent her picture to my friend.. he said meh and I just thought she’d be a good model to try my hand at some virtual plastic surgery using Photoshop CS4 (I have a trial version you can download it from Adobe’s website.. anyone have a crack for this send it to me!).  Yes I know how to use photoshop (somewhat) and no I do not use it on my own pictures.. unless I’m making my pictures glowy or brighter.. or making me fly over Sleeping Beauty’s castle :)  I totally would use the whole “plastic surgery thing” on my own pictures except for the fact that I look better as I am ;) lol it’s hard to improve perfection you know!

 

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Don’t mind her eyes so much cuz I did this really quickly but yea.. Neway I think she looks cute before n a little plasticky after but I was just like cool I gave her plastic surgery lol so I thought I’d share it with you guys.  What do you think hot before or after?

Doesn’t this make you sick?  It makes me feel all weird inside like.. what is the world coming to because.. yea I’m showing you guys this but.. in the real world if this girl wanted to be like an actress or something.. guaranteed within a few years she would end up looking like the bottom picture!

Khalistan Activists Attack Journalist in Ontario

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Read the story.  I can’t begin to tell you how against Khalistan I am.

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Fake? Fun? Dilemma!

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Alright so I’ve ALWAYS wanted to try out coloured contact lenses… and I never have just because they’re so obviously fake and also because everyone would just be like whoaa who does this chick think she is/she’s obsessed with her appearance.  I mean. .everybody obviously knows that you didn’t just grow a pair of blue eyes overnight.  At the same time, everyone is pretty much obsessed with their appearance or they wouldn’t dye their hair.. do their eyebrows.. put makeup on, etc.  The beauty industry is a billion dollar industry for a reason.

So what do I do?  Do I care about what everyone’s going to say or do I just do what I want?  I mean.. personally… when I see girls wearing contact lenses (coloured ones) all the time I instantly just think “CONTACTS”.  I hate how Indian models and celebrities wear contacts in every single movie, at every single outing, for every single shoot.  It just gets seriously annoying because at that point I look at it as a cultural problem.  It becomes on par with things like skin lightening creams.  There’s clearly a reason why so and so is wearing contacts as if that’s their natural eye colour, you know what I mean.  Maybe for some celebrities like Haifa Wehbe or Celina Jaitley it’s kind of become their “thing” and even though I think they would look better without it, maybe they wouldn’t be as famous if they didn’t have them on.  I don’t know.  In general though, I just don’t like when someone wears contacts all the freaking time.   I think it’s dumb and they should just be happy with their own eye colour.

On the other hand, I personally  look at contact lenses as another accessory/makeup item.  It’s fun for once in a while maybe for a couple hours but not for everyday use.  I’m a really girly girl.. I love makeup (it’s like candy for me) and I don’t think it’s a bad thing to like makeup but I do think it’s a bad thing to pile on makeup 24/7.  You gotta let your natural beauty shine, ESPECIALLY when you’re young because this is when you’re naturally going to be at your most beautiful level.. it’s all downhill from here so why not showcase your natural beauty while you have it!  It’s one thing if you want to dye your hair blonde for a few months even though it’s naturally brown, but I think once you start doing it all the time until people forget you were actually a brunette, that’s wrong (barring waxing/threading/shaving because that’s just NECESSARY lol).  My whole thing is = do what you want, as long as you don’t pretend it’s you/do it all the time.  Wear makeup, dye your hair, get contacts, do whatever.. but don’t let it become you.. just use it as an accessory.  Natural beauty = best.  :)  What do you guys think?

Oh and as for my contact lenses dilemma.. I am  going to try them out.. but like I said not for everyday use because I’m against that :)  I know people will hate because people like to hate but I think it’ll be cool to try em out.. I’ve never worn em before so hopefully they work out alright.  Um the contacts I am probably getting are Waicon Tri-kolor lenses and they’re supposedly really good (Haifa Wehbe uses them) and unfortunately it’s like a yearly pair that imma get so.. either I like em and find places to wear them off and on for a year or it’s going to be a total waste of money lol!

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From the Vault = Ash Verve Photoshoot

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Before you all start pouncing on me, I happen to think Aishwarya Rai looks beautiful in both pictures (it’s hard not to when you look like her cough I’m biased cough).  I thought it’d be great to post this because it’s just enlightening to see the work and effort that goes into a photo shoot (not so much of it is the retouching but body positioning and lighting help to get that magic shot).
In the picture above, Aishwarya has bags under her eyes, a looser neck than in the picture below, wider body positioning, bigger boobs, a slight furrow or tension in her forehead and a crumply
dress.  In the picture below, her arm size has definitely been reduced, her entire frame is smaller than in the above picture and it looks like she’s been positioned further back, her dress is fixed, her boobs look more “streamlined” shall we say, her eyebags have been reduced – although they are still there, the tension in her forehead is still there but because of the way she is posing you can’t really see much.  Her pose in the second picture is a million times better than the first picture, as she looks considerably less “hefty” and a lot more delicate.
I def think she looks older in the above picture, but wow she looks so breathtaking!  The second picture, while tightened and more youthful, does seem a little robotic and plasticky to me.  I wish more magazines would release untouched images from photoshoots… they are very enlightening!

First time for everything!

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You would THINK that someone who LOVED CHOCOLATE as much as I do would have had Fondue many times by now but nope.. yesterday was the FIRST time I had fondue.  Can I also say I had a completely ditzy moment where I pondered at why the chocolate had hardened.  Apparently the chocolate hardened because it wasn’t flowing anymore which, ok, I get, but then why do chocolate bars melt so easily???  I mean you would think that the chocolate in a fondue fountain thingy would be a little bit heated so that it wouldn’t harden up so fast?  Anyway.. I want chocolate covered strawberries every day :(  they are so delicious!  My mouth is watering.

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Aishwarya Rai on Oprah!

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Yay I absolutely CANNOT wait to see Aishwarya and hunky hubby Abhishek on the Oprah Show today!  Aishwarya looks completely stunning in a sari by Indian designer Sabyasachi.  Look’s like Sabyasachi has replaced Aishwarya’s once favourite designer Neeta Lulla and thank God for that!  (Remember Neeta’s disastrous Cannes outfits for Ash during Ash’s days as a juror?)

I hope Aishwarya is not too reserved and diplomatic in today’s episode like she normally is on international television.  The episode airs locally in Vancouver at 4pm so there’s another 45 minutes to go for people like me who don’t have cable!  Most people who have watched it have favourable things to say but I will definitely update with my review in a bit!  Check this space for the update!

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Archie Andrews Weds Veronica Lodge?!

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I DIDN’T KNOW HE PICKED VERONICA OVER BETTY!!!  How did I not know that this huge event happened?  I can’t believe they’re actually finally making Archie choose one or the other.  I wanted Archie to be with Betty initially but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that Veronica is the best choice for him. 

Archie doesn’t deserve Betty.  Betty is such a nice, sweet, kind, loving person that she deserves someone that will love her back just as hard and worship the ground that she walks on.  Archie always made Betty help him with his homework, eat her baked goods, and basically used her, while treating Veronica like a princess.  Veronica isn’t as needy as Betty and will be able to handle the indecisive, irritating but lovable and well meaning boy that Archie is.  The fact that she’s rich should also help because Archie doesn’t really have any special talents other than being the cutest red headed freckled boy ever.  It’s a good thing that he picked Veronica and it’s a good thing that she isn’t needy or insecure.  After 68 years of sharing him with another woman, a woman like Betty would always have lived in fear that Archie would leave her (or worse, cheat on her) with the more glamorous and exotic Veronica.  Veronica on the other hand is so confident of herself that she would never dream of a man cheating on her, or leaving her, and even if Archie did she would always have Reggie!  If the media pressure got too high and the relationship crumbled, Betty would have been broken, whereas Veronica would likely still come out smelling of flowers so it’s a good thing that Betty was given the heartbreaking news now rather than losing him later.  At least she has the chance to move on now, at long last!

I can’t believe they actually made him decide.  Apparently, they’ve set the new set of comics 5 years later, so all three have graduated from Riverdale High (tragic, I know!) and Archie might actually have a real job.  While it would be nice to find out what kind of job Jughead and the rest of the gang would have and in general to find out what happens to some of the most famous high school students ever, it really pains me that they’ve to me, ended the story.  It’s not like Barbie where they’ve always had a storyline for her (you DO know that her and Ken broke up right?  They’re now divorced..after 43 years of plastic perfect marriage), the Archie comics have always been set in one time period.  They weren’t supposed to grow up (!!) they were supposed to run tabs at Pops and drink milkshakes and go to dances forever!  It’s like the end of childhood!  The major selling point of the comics for me was the fact that you never really knew which girl he would end up with.  SPOILER ALERT: It’s like in Gossip Girl (the book version not the tv show) where Nate sails off into the sunset without picking either Blair or Serena…some things are just better off left to the reader to decide.

I hope Betty finds someone that will treat her right and eventually I hope she’ll move on, although 68 years is a long time to love somebody ;)  The funny or not so funny thing is how I see this exact scenario mirrored in real life.  Too often is the girl who pines and worships her love overlooked when it comes down to the guy popping The Big Question.  Guys inevitably end up choosing the one girl who delivers excitement, the one that makes their heart race rather than beat comfortably, the one that treats them like crap but makes up for it with sweet kisses when they do something right.  I’m sick of girls like Betty who place their object of affection on a pedestal and ALLOW boys like Archie to have their cake and eat it too.  Betty’s of the world allow their Archie’s to eat up the lovely dinner they give them and then eat dessert elsewhere.  Yes, Veronica let Archie be with Betty as well, but she never bowed down and did things for Archie that didn’t require more effort than a swipe of a credit card.  Plus, she went on dates with Reggie at the same time, so it’s not like she was really ever on the losing end of the stick.  I mean, the fault is not with Archie, it would be with Betty.  Why wouldn’t a guy want the best of both worlds? 

Anyway, now that I’ve gotten over the shock of my favourite childhood love triangle cease to be a triangle anymore I just have one more thing to say:  Veronica Lodge, I really expected you to have a better wedding dress!  What the hey is that?…If they were all gung ho on the being real and ruining the fantasy world they were living in thing they could have at least put some more thought into her wedding dress.  Even Heidi’s (The Hills) dress was nicer.

Love, today.. Love Aaj Kal

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This movie was great.  It really was all about love in today’s times.  Have you ever watched DDLJ (Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge)?  Have you ever thought that it was a little unrealistic because that would never really happen in today’s day and age?  I mean, which guy would you meet on a train ride across Europe that would fall in love with you during those few weeks.. fall in love so hard that he would follow you to India in order to break up your pre-arranged marriage?  It’s just not possible or realistic.  Love Aaj Kal is a love story for today’s generation as it deals with practicality and is actually realistic (not including the unbelievable gorgeousness of the couple and the random worker from a coffee shop that helps another random stranger with his love story and also not including the crazy song and dance sequences).  Other than that though, it deals with a big dilemma that many couples and singles have today– Career vs. Love.
Would you choose love over career or vice versa?  Do you have to choose?  What if you did and you thought that just because you have to choose means that this isn’t your true love?  Do you even believe in one true love or do you just think that eventually, people get over it, and time heals all wounds?
I think time does heal most wounds but sometimes people mistake time for like.. false love.. what I mean is.. someone may fall in love with someone and then heals that wound over time but thinks that that person wasn’t a true love because of the fact that they got over it!…when really.. it was time.
Continue later.  Tullered.

RUMOUR HAS IT

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So below are a bunch of pics I got off sites like www.plasticdesis.com and others.. these young lads and ladies are rumoured to have undergone plastic surgery. It’s pretty hard to tell because pictures are often photoshopped as it is but here they are.. make your own decision! I think they were all beautiful before and after!!!!!!!
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My biggest heartbreak was when I found out that most of the South American pageant queens have had extensive plastic surgery(actually most contestants in general but I always found the South American ones some of the prettiest in the pageant so it was a bigger heartbreak for me). All big time beauty pageants have plastic surgeons on board, and as winning the crown (Miss Universe for example) is considered a huge, huge honour for many countries and competition is fierce… plastic surgery is highly recommended, if not necessary for the entrants.
Now, I’m not one of those jealous girls who say “that chick is so ugly without makeup” or “that girl is only pretty because of plastic surgery”. I strongly believe that most girls need to have a good base in order for their surgery to be successful. It is usually the minor tweaks that get the best results, so a good base is essential. I don’t think girls need plastic surgery at all but it’s definitely a personal choice. One one hand you can look at the girl who got plastic surgery and say “wow, you are so vain to care so much about your appearance that you would have surgery!” OR you could say “wow, you clearly aren’t vain at all because to further your career you didn’t even mind changing your face and having surgery.”. Most girls get surgery because they are told that it will further their career - as a model, as an actress, as a news anchor, etc. If I was told that the only thing holding me back from being the next (female) Anderson Cooper was a nose job, I think I would do it (get the nose job). I would regret it for the rest of my life if I didn’t take that opportunity for myself and for my family. What’s in your appearance anyway, I’d still be me! Of course it sucks that I wouldn’t be accepted the way I am (hypothetically speaking) and of course it would suck to look in the mirror everyday and not see the REAL me, because I love the way I am now, but I think I would rather accomplish my dreams and be happy.. because I would totally, totally love to have his job, than be so vain as to not take up an opportunity because I was letting my love for my appearance colour my dreams. I know it’s all a little backwards but I think I gave a good scenario so hopefully you understand. You see, the problem isn’t that a girl would choose to do plastic surgery to further her career, the problem is that getting plastic surgery actually does further that person’s career!
Let’s check out some celebrities who are RUMOURED to have had plastic surgery.
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Zac Efron for one..He LOOKS like he’s had the bridge of his nose narrowed and more defined and the tip of his nose narrowed as well. The rest of him looks about the same… I’m sure the bronzer is helping to define his cheekbones and make his face look chiselled and part of it is probably just puberty! Would he be as big of a star if he remained the guy on the left? Probably not! Maybe for 12 year olds the sweet dude on the left was ok, but Zac has now definitely broadened his appeal to include ladies (and men) of all ages.
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Heidi Montag from the Hills is strongly, strongly rumoured to have had a nose job and I would say she’s admitted to it but I’m too lazy to search for a reliable source so let’s just let the pictures do the talking. . ok well in my opinion.. she looks cute before, and her old nose was fine..
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One of my favourites.. Ashley Simpson! Her nose job was confirmed by her father Joe Simpson who claimed that she got the nose job to help with her breathing. Right, that’s what they all say. Looks to me like she had her chin shaved down a little as well but no reports on that as of yet. Why is this one one of my favourites? Simple, it’s because she went from looking like Ashley Simpson, to looking like a regular, cookie cutter Barbie doll run of the mill blonde girl from California. Sure, she’s hotter now, but it’s really such a pity.
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Now Tyra Banks …one of my favourite models of all time (!!!) is also rumoured to have had a nose job. She’s proven that her boobs are real (God bless her!) but has never talked about the rumoured nose job. Sometimes it looks like a case of clever makeup, but sometimes it’s like whoa nose job. Who knows, or should I say who nose?
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Camilla Belle.. this chick is a total hottie and completely underrated in the hotness department. If it is a nose job it’s nicely done. The original shape is pretty much maintained, it looks like she’s done something that is very popular nowadays in the plastic surgery world and that is just getting a smaller version of your nose to make it look more natural. That being said the tip of her nose looks a little narrower than in the before picture. Gorgeous before and after but the tan definitely helps this woman out.
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Gisele Bundchen or Gisele Bundchen Brady whatever her name is now… let’s JUST talk about the noses for all the Victoria Secret models shall we ‘cause otherwise we’ll be here forever! The bridge of her nose looks narrower, the overall look more streamlined, all bumps appear to be removed. Would she have been as famous as she is now if she currently looked like the girl in the bottom left picture? I think so! End result – so freaking hot.
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Miss World Priyanka Chopra. Besides an obvious change in her makeup and the addition of coloured contact lenses (*lame because she wears them all the time and supposedly even has eye problems now because of it!*) her nose looks much, much smaller. She used to have a rather bulbous tip that was slightly off center and that looks fixed now as well as the bridge of the nose (narrower).
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Hollywood A-lister Scarlett Johansson also is rumoured to have had a nose job and to me it really looks like she’s had some cheek implants or fillers to give her face a bit more contour and definition. The tip of her nose looks to be about the same, it wasn’t a bad nose to begin with, but yea..smoothened and narrower bridge.
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I don’t know to say about Katrina Kaif She just looks different to me now, I don’t know what it is. Her jaw looks narrower, more feminine and a little bit more defined than in the before pictures. Her nose has lost the slant and has more definition in the tip which helps a GREAT deal. Not much else to say on her.. Camilla Belle and her kind of look alike. Both are cute :)
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Blake Lively I was shocked at this one really. I thought she was naturally this pretty but the pictures seem to point to something other than natural beauty. The “new” nose looks shorter, doesn’t droop downwards, is straighter and free of bumps and has a very defined bridge and tip which was lacking in the previous pictures. In all other aspects as well she’s def been given the A list makeover imo.. various laser and chemical peels and treatments for the skin and some awesome makeup. Her hair always looks super gorgeous – I suspect extensions. Other than that she looks natural, am glad I don’t see a fish pout on her.
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Who is she you ask? Minissha Lamba. Ok, I guess that didn’t clear up much.. she’s an actress albeit not a very famous one. She looks less “Indian” and a lot sexier (the two – looking less Indian and looking sexier are not related at all just two separate facts that I happened to notice) in the bottom right picture but she looks cuter and more human/less alien in the top right. Pictures courtesy of a site called plasticdesis.com
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Rani Mukherjee, everyone’s favourite husky voiced, talented actress. She had a pretty awesome nose before but it appears narrower and more generic now. I think it makes the rest of her face look wider…her cheeks look quite big compared to her nose in the bottom right picture. Once you mess with one thing it changes the proportions and look of everything else. Lucky for her she has big eyes and big lips so it saves her proportions a little bit. She can act so I love her.. and her eyes are just amazing.. goodness.
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Shilpa Shetty. Obvious. Old nose job where they basically gave you a generic “perfect” nose without caring what your face shape was like. I think it’s too pinched. She’s still cute in the top left pic.


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I CANNOT BELIEVEEEEEEEE THE FIRST PIC OF HER!!! LOL WOW! Sridevi Sridevi Sridevi.. I had no idea you looked like that! Thank God for surgeons? She looks beautiful in the after pictures.
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Kareena Kapoor. She’s pretty dang gorgeous without makeup. Like, stunning! Anyway, I would say – nose job and jaw surgery. I think her jaw looks completely different, it’s so defined and angular now whereas before it didn’t have that strong L shape, more of a U. Re: her nose…the tip of the nose is the biggest difference. Everything else looks ok/pretty much the samemegan-fox-nose-job-300x256
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Megan Fox. What a babe. Rumoured to have had an injectable filler popped in her nose to get rid of the bump. Don’t know what else she’s rumoured to have had but…quite a few I’m guessing to go from 12 year old to the world’s hottest woman.
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Preity Zinta !!!!!!!! Absolutely adore her, she’s such a sweetheart! Her nose looks different for sure, narrower and more defined (the usual) . She’s been rumoured to have eye surgery and a brown surgery before the shooting of Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (KANK)
That’s all for now folks.. check out some interesting articles on plastic surgery in the pageant world and training for being in a pageant:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-12-30-venezuela-beauty_x.htm
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2004/04/express/venezuela
http://www.indiatogether.org/manushi/issue143/beauties.htm
Send me your thoughts on the pictures or send me more pics of celebs and I’ll try and feature them! Keep watching this space for updates!

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