It's odd to read positive comments about her former looks when the one time I wandered in her thread it was filled with remarks about how attractive she was. I feel some are praising her before look to enforce an idea of decadence, of spoiled chances, of corrupted innocence.
On the contrary, this latest development isn't some tragic perversion but a natural development in a life that ceased to be promising a long time ago.
Imho, she was never a pretty girl. That should never have been a problem if she had something to offer beside a physical shell, instead of being/behaving like a vacuous, empty, charmless person. Without getting deep into scripted MTV drivel, my understanding is that she also is a rather deceitful and treacherous person. What's not to love?
I certainly do get that undergoing such extensive physical mutilations for the sake of a tabloid cover is the expression of deep internal troubles but I still don't feel sorry for her.
Like many of her contemporaries who believe anything can be fixed by a make-over, she decided to deal with her self-esteem issues the laziest way possible. Instead of putting all that money into a further education so she could gain some intellectual clout, into learning a set of skills or into getting involved in a gratifying project, (things that would have improved her sense of self-worth and as a bonus would have made her a less useless member of society, but have the downside of requiring will, time and effort), she just took the short-cut of a few nip and tuck. If you think about it, the way she chose to spend her money mirrors the way she earned it.
For the record I have nothing against plastic surgery (I have defended its use in the past), as long as the people who use it understand it's not going to make you a better or more worthwhile person, and that improving the outside doesn't mean you can stop working on the inside, something that obviously totally escape Heidi.
I also don't get why people assume she's a victim of men. Yes her husband is a first-class creep but I've seen no evidence that she isn't just as desperate and twisted as he is, and choose to associate with him as a conscious plea for attention. Getting together with him was the best thing she's ever done in term of publicity and they've both exploited their life together for the benefit of press coverage. If Heidi is suffering from an emotional disease, so is Spencer. If you are going to present her as a victim then you should do the same with her idiotic husband.
She isn't a victim just because she's a woman. Women aren't feeble minded and perpetually immature creatures who can't consciously and independently make decisions for themselves, even self-destructive ones.
Lastly, even after writing that long-winded rant, I am fully aware that I (and everybody on this thread) have given these two waste of space exactly what they were seeking: attention. They're gotten exactly what they wanted as all of us took the bait.