Glam Slam: Makeover Madness

Access Hollywood - May 27, 2009 9:45 AM PDT
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- A spruced up Susan Boyle returned to "Britain's Got Talent" stage this week. Her singing earned raves, but what about her looks? After all, this is a woman whose appearance sparked instant debate, when she became an overnight sensation on the show.

Even Rosie O'Donnell weighed in telling us:

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"It's impossible for someone to maintain their authenticity in the popular world today... two hundred million people saw her. That's like being hit by a tidal wave. We will never see the Susan Boyle that we saw that night again! That's done. It's been washed away."

Is Rosie right? Can real people keep it real in the world of reality TV?

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Kate Gosselin of TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8" is a prime example. With her bleached hair, bleached teeth and new body courtesy of a plastic surgeon's scapula, it's hard to recognize the mousy housewife from season one. (We'll cut her some slack about the new body -- after all -- she did give birth to eight kids).

As for Susan Boyle, well, she definitely washed the gray right outta her hair. For her latest appearance on "BGT", she traded in the frizzy hair for a dyed, slightly more shaped up coif. Gone was her frumpy dress. Instead, she wore a sparkly number and heels. The biggest change -- her massive eyebrows (which I thought looked a bit like caterpillars) had gone on a crash diet and in their place thinner arched brows.

So what's the verdict? Fashionable or fashion victim?

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Actually neither. Yes, there were changes, she was more polished, but it was not a total overhaul as some people had suggested for her.

I am all for makeovers. I am as big a sucker as the next person for makeover shows like TLC's "What Not to Wear" and those Plaza Ambush Makeovers that the "Today" show does. But somehow, it didn't feel right for Susan Boyle to become too slick, too "Hollywood."

I like that she embraced some change (bye bye big brows!), but unlike some other people thrust into the spotlight, she hasn't botoxed away who she is - she's still Susan Boyle from Blackburn, Scotland. Will that last? Who knows? I just hope that no matter what happens, she stays true to herself.

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  • popeye
    NOW THIS WOMAN CAN SING. CANT BELIEVE SOME DUMP STUPID DANCE GROUP BEAT HER. BUT AS GOOD AS SHE IS SHE WILL STILL COME OUT ON TOP....
    report abuseposted June 4, 2009 12:52 PM PDT
  • popeye
    NOW THIS WOMAN CAN SING. CANT BELIEVE SOME DUMP STUPID DANCE GROUP BEAT HER. BUT AS GOOD AS SHE IS SHE WILL STILL COME OUT ON TOP....
    report abuseposted June 4, 2009 12:52 PM PDT
  • popeye
    NOW THIS WOMAN CAN SING. CANT BELIEVE SOME DUMP STUPID DANCE GROUP BEAT HER. BUT AS GOOD AS SHE IS SHE WILL STILL COME OUT ON TOP....
    report abuseposted June 4, 2009 12:52 PM PDT
  • sdl
    There is not a woman alive who would not try to get "pulled together" if she were about to appear in newspaper pictures and on TV. The way a person dresses around the house and running daily errands is entirely different from the way he or she would dress going to a party or an event. Give the woman a break. At least she is real and not an artificial, no-talent bimbo.
    report abuseposted May 29, 2009 7:29 AM PDT
  • jobena
    I hope she stays Susan and just Susan. She can sing and sings beatifully. I like her alot and love to hear her sing.
    report abuseposted May 29, 2009 7:04 AM PDT
  • mrgddu
    people, let up on this woman, she's a wondeful singer, her voice is one to be coveted. the human race should be ashamed for the things they said about her. just because her hair doesn't suit your taste, and her clothes are not designer, people have said so many cruel things about her. i think she's wonderful, i could listen to her forever. i hope she stays the same,.
    report abuseposted May 29, 2009 1:58 AM PDT
  • pattyq734
    Way to go, Susan Boyle. I love your voice. Only change if you want to. Looks don't define who you are. I hope Simon gives you a chance for a recording contract. Have you had dinner with Piers? Why haven't you ever been married? What's wrong with those Scottish fellas'? You're beautiful. Keep on, keepin' on. Here's to your success Saturday nig
    report abuseposted May 29, 2009 1:40 AM PDT
  • mvbing
    Yes, I agree that she should not change too much. After all she is not a movie star. We fell in love with her because of her extraordinary talent. She proves that one does not have to be beautiful to be accepted in show business. Let's give her her space and let her be. Stay real.
    report abuseposted May 29, 2009 12:27 AM PDT
  • Lilit A
    A compassionate, a not so budget conscious talent manager must handle her situation now. So that her near fame status will not be thrown to nothing. I am calling on this kind person to stand up and help her so that her talent will not go to waste. There are times that earthlings must not only look at things they will be benefit from an oppurtunity but instead look at what they can do to help.
    report abuseposted May 29, 2009 12:16 AM PDT
  • Harry
    she is gorgeous, really British look. I think she is one of the pretties British women. A real testimony of how pretty British women actually are
    report abuseposted May 29, 2009 12:15 AM PDT
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