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The real-life Barbie dolls

From the article:

IN Toytown, Barbie and Ken are made of plastic. Now they have astonishing real-life counterparts - made with plastic surgery.

Cindy Jackson and Miles Kendall have spent about $300,000 transforming themselves into copies of the best-selling dolls, undergoing 89 operations - ranging from jaw implants and chemical peels to liposuction.

This article from the NY Times takes the plastic surgery discussion a little further: A Lovelier You, With Off-the-Shelf Parts. It notes that in many social circles, plastic surgery is a way of life: "In March, for example, when Lionel Richie's 37-year-old wife filed for divorce in Los Angeles, her list of financial demands included $20,000 a year for plastic surgery." The article also note that plastic surgery seems to be making everyone look approximately alike...