Paris Hilton's transformation from WASPy socialite to...cartoon WASPy socialite is available for all to see at Awful Plastic Surgery.
Monday, September 20, 2004
When white people try to look even more white
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In March 2017, my first book, "The Perils of 'Privilege'", was published by St. Martin's Press.
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2 comments:
Hate to go against the grain here, but in the majority of photos I can find on that sight new Paris is better looking than old Paris. It doesn’t seem entirely fair to call effective plastic surgery awful. Maybe if they were talking about those awful lizard women…
Will, are you actually saying that someone looks better as a blonde? How unlike you!
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