Real life Barbie?

by Anne Metz (Subscribe to Anne Metz's posts)
Posted Mar 29th 2007 at 1:08PM

Second wave feminists, brace yourselves. In case you were looking for a sign of whether or not the battle for gender equality has been won or lost, look no further than Sarah Burge.

Sarah Burge is a 46-year old British mother of three whose claim to fame is that she is the "Real Life Barbie." (I'm not kidding -- check out her website: www.reallifebarbie.com).

The secret to her success as a life-sized plastic doll? £180,000 worth of cosmetic surgery over the past 40 years. Sarah's first procedure took place at the tender age of 7 when her mother decided to have her ears pinned back so that she could avoid excessive teasing in school. Since that time, Burge has endured 27 procedures including several face-lifts, a handful of lipo treatments, a nose job, breast reduction surgery and silicone face implants.

And what does she think? "I have invested a lot of time and put a lot of energy into my appearance so I'm excited about the new opportunities on the horizon; especially if it means revealing my surgery secrets to an even-wider audience. If I can look the way I do at my age – then anyone can. It just takes discipline and the correct medical advice. I'm as plastic as Barbie – and I love it!"

So what do you think? Was it worth it?

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Filed under: Beauty, News, Makeup
Tags: barbie, plastic surgery, PlasticSurgery, sarah burge, SarahBurge

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Greg Hood, 3-24-2010, 4:19AM

You look great Sarah, who cares what others think anyway,
Can you Americans attempt to write English, so others may interpret your small minded rants

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Jane Christine, 3-11-2011, 7:05AM

Sarah looks great, if all you other people just want to knock her I say you are all so weak, she is living her life as she wants to live it and I say Sarah good luck to you.....I wish I had the courage to live my life as she does....all the best..Jane Christine...

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Ann, 4-12-2011, 5:01AM

She looks really good and far, far younger than her age!

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AMK, 4-12-2011, 6:49AM

This picture is not doing her justice. She looks much better than the picture, and much younger than her actual age. Sarah has done a great job with her cosmetic procedures. There are far more people looking worse after plastic surgery than better, so she certainly has done great selections and is keeping it up well.

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Erika, 5-25-2008, 9:55AM

poor woman

..no it was definitely not worth it :(
she did go too far

only the decision of her mother to pinn her ears back was a good idear

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emma, 3-29-2007, 2:47PM

i agree. pinning back ears is oka so she didnt get teased but plastic surgery a bunch of time!?!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i mean - barbies? who wants to look like them???

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