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Sunday, September 18, 2011

I want her plastic surgeon!

Before:


(Earlier photo of Shantel Jackson with fiance Floyd Mayweather Jr.)

After:


(Shantel Jackson at last night's press conference after the Mayweather-Ortiz bout in Las Vegas.)

My guess is that Shantel had already had some work done before the first photo, but she is still unrecognizable in the second. She's gone from being cheap-looking to being cheap-looking in a much more expensive way. (I'll take the latter any day.)

Black women tend to have good cheek bones and full lips to start with, so once they get their noses done, the results can be quite stunning.  A case in point would be former Miss America-turned- movie star Vanessa Williams:

Before:


And after:


And here's Tyra Banks before and after:


Some of the comparisons are a little unfair: hair, lighting, and artfully painted eyebrows all make a difference too. But the differences -- in these cases, the improvements -- are still unmistakable.

4 comments:

Brian Fradet said...

John--Speaking of the Alpha male concept, do Alpha's get the occasional nip and tuck, or is that a beta thing? Another subtle glitch on this topic is that of "macho man" that sometimes gets confused with Alpha male, and in reality they are very different. An Alpha male, to my underesting, is one with lots of resourses, finacial or otherwise. A macho man, is just your typical male a-hole, very rough around the edges. Rude, nasty, and insensitive. Just for clarification. Thanks, Brian

John Craig said...

Brian --
I don't think there's any official definition of what constitutes an alpha male, at least as far as humans go; it's more of a pop culture term which means pretty much whatever its user wants it to mean. I suspect rich guys think the term refers to a rich guy, whereas macho men assumes it refers to them. I'd say it refers to anyone who is relaxed and confident and in control of a situation. I'd also add that most of us have been in situations where we feel like the alpha, and also situations where we feel like the beta. (There -- is that vague enough for you?)

Brian Fradet said...

Yes. And here's why that is, in my humble opinion. It's true by virtue of the 80/20 rule, whereby 20% of the Alpha males enjoy 80% of its features. Some Beta males, about 20% of them, have Alpha character, but mostly 80% or more consists of beta males. Make sense? So bottom line is that this is not only a black and white issue. Talk later, Brian

John Craig said...

Brian --
I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but I'll assume it makes sense.