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    She Wants a Famous Face

    Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 2:36 PM | By Willa Paskin
    Susannah, reading your post about plastic surgery I couldn't help but think of Octomom, who, with each passing revelation, seems to be even more deeply troubled than she first appeared. Though Nadya Suleman has denied adoring Angelina Jolie or having had plastic surgery, rumors contradicting both those statements persist. Most recently, the Daily Mail claimed Suleman sent Jolie some adoring fan letters; various acquaintances keep insisting she had her lips and nose done in order to resemble the world's hottest mama. It's creepy information to add to an already creeptastic situation: Is this a case of childbirth as plastic surgery, i.e., were the babies another medically driven way for Suleman to resmeble her hero? And is Suleman (or, say, the twins who underwent multiple surgeries to look like Brad Pitt on MTV's incredibly upsetting series I Want a Famous Face) inhabiting a triple consciousness, stuck between who she appears to be, who she wants to be, and who she really is?
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