We’ve all been shocked by the new look of Renee Zellweger…many jaws dropped when the 45-year-old Bridget Jones star attended the ELLE style awards event and people there couldn’t even recognize her, I know I didn’t, and most notably where the cheeks, the cheeks are gone!!!
And while she may be the most recent, she’s far from the first celebrity to have seemingly morphed into a different creature under the glare of the spotlight. Take a look at the best of the rest. (source: DailyMAil)
Different woman: Ms Zellweger, 45, now (left) and at a premiere in 1998 (right)
Donatella Versace, the number one fake tan fan, has staunchly claimed to have only had botox and used ‘excellent’ skin products in a bid to freeze the clock. Pictured (left) in 1993 and (right) in 2014
Spanish model and actress Elsa Pataky, the wife of Chris Hemsworth, is rumored to have had a number of subtle but regular procedures since her nose job early on, and she does look much younger than her 38 years. Pictured (left) in 1997 and (right) in 2014
In 2010, Heidi Montag famously underwent a whopping ten plastic sugary procedures in one day. She later admitted she wished she hadn’t had any. Pictured (left) in 2006 and (right) in 2010
Once self-proclaimed the ‘world’s first supermodel,’ and now a reality TV empress, Janice Dickinson has claimed she ‘lives for plastic surgery.’ Pictured in 1977 when she was 22 (left) and 2014 at 59 (right)
Lil’ Kim actually denied having had work done for many years, only downgrading her response to ‘no comment’ as of 2013. Pictured (left) in 1997 and (right) in 2014
Nicole Kidman, now 47, once said in an interview. ‘I have nothing in my face or anything. I wear sunscreen, and I don’t smoke.’ Pictured (left) in her youth and (right) in 2014
Many suspect Barry Manilow, now 71, secretly underwent plastic surgery in 2003, but the singer strenuously denied it, insisting his puffy face is a side-effect of the steroids that help his hip problems. Pictured (left) in the old days and (right) in 2014
Blake Lively may never have addressed it publicly, but the evidence speaks for itself. At some point in 2013, the Gossip Girl star underwent a nose job, and appears to have her teeth improved. Pictured in 2005 (left) and 2014 (right)
The ultimate style chameleon, Lindsay Lohan’s face has been through plenty of ups and downs over the years. Lip fillers, particularly, seem likely. Pictured (left) in 2004 and (right) in 2014
British star Tulisa caused a media storm when she turned up to court to face drug-related charges looking totally different (left) than she did in her fresh-faced N Dubz days (right)
Sharon Osbourne has wisely confessed to the ‘genuinely disturbing’ number of several procedures she has had done, but vowed last year she will never do it again. Pictured (left) in 2000 and (right) in 2014
‘I admit to having a nose job, but that’s all,’ Tori Spelling, now 41, said in 2000. It seems she may have been busy since then. Pictured (left) in 1994 and (right) in 2014
After Mickey Rourke made his big screen comeback with Sin City in 2005, he confessed that years of boozing and amateur boxing had ‘ruined’ his face, and he then went to the ‘wrong guy’ to have it ‘put back together.’ Pictured (left) in 1985 and (right) in 2013
‘Plastic surgery makes me happy,’ the songstress once attested, and her face does look undeniably remarkable for a lady of 68 years old. Pictured (left) in the 60s and (right) in 2013
Another proud owner of her facelift – which she had when she was 35 – rocker Courtney Love, now 50, said in an interview last year, ‘Nobody ask me about aging gracefully.’ Pictured (left) in 2000 and (right) in 2014
Meg Ryan’s enormously puffy lips were thought to have been the result of an allergic reaction to collagen implants when she first showcased them back in 2000, but she’s clearly been back under the knife since. Pictured (left) in 1987 and (right) in 2013
Glamour model Katie Price is famous for having numerous surgeries on her breasts, but her face has also changed since the tender age of 16 (left) to a much more Barbie-esque look today (right, in 2012)