Helen Mirren Turned Down Free Plastic Surgery!

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Helen Mirren refused to accept free plastic surgery and Botox injections ahead of the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

The 61-year-old, winner of Best Actress for her performance as British monarch Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen, received a free pre-Oscars goodie bag containing vouchers for free facial treatments.

But Mirren preferred to attend the event covering her wrinkles with the aid of make-up alone.

She said: "I'm very vain, which initially made playing Elizabeth Windsor in all those tweeds pretty daunting."

"But I'm not fond of all those needles and scalpels. I'll try to get away with make-up, jewellery and a nice frock."

^ WHAT--are they blind? This woman's 61 and still cooler than you! She's a beautiful woman that aged well and she doesn't need it in my opinion.

( image & source: http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celeb_news/Helen_Mirren_Oscarsnowmagazinecouk_article_110899.html & http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/?jp=CWSNSNQLOJQL )

 

[Feline]

I should hope she did turn it down - what an insult! She looks brilliant and is a really good example of how to grow old (dis)gracefully!

 

[SiennaInLondon]

Silly fool.

 

[Spike413]

I would too if I looked that gorgeous at 61.

 

[MarryMeTomFord]

Considering that she's SIXTY ONE, she looks amazing! She doesn’t need plastic surgery or Botox. Let the woman BE! There are very few women who don't succumb to the whole Oh-I'm-Over-35-I-need-Botox Hollywood brigade. Mirren is a beacon of hope to all the ordinary women who prefer to age naturally and gracefully.

 

[Curious]

Bless her heart I love it when they buck the "Hollywood machine".

She oozes elegance and cool...

 

[PrinceOfCats]

*Cough*... Tinto Brass... *Cough*.

 

[kissmesweet]

Whoohoo! She's in a great shape and is still beautiful at 61! Good for her, she doesn't need it anyway. Congratulations on her Oscar by the way! She was amazing as The Queen.

 

[uberwench]

Love her.

She's stunning and wonderful to look at; I think she has more 'youthful energy' than Nicole -if-I-try-to-move-my-face-my-mask-will-crack Botox Kidman.

Anyway, she's an actress, a brilliant ACTRESS. Surely it helps that her face actually moves like a face?

 

[Salvatore]

This woman I love. She is the perfect example of aging beautifully and gracefully. I think the ones that worry about age and looking old are the ones that end up looking even older than before. She's gorgeous!

 

[Trista]

Thank you Helen! She looks positively radiant so surgery would only destroy that.

 

[liberty33r1b]

congrats Helen!!!

 

[Diamond Star]

Good for her...she doesn't need it

 

[m.j.]

now i love her even more!!!
what a great role model!!!

 

[misssakura]

People like Helen make me not afraid to grow old naturally.

 

[cosmogrl5]

People like Helen make me not afraid to grow old naturally.

Amen to that! I think it is very sad that so many of today's movie stars have already altered themselves and we will not see them as distinguished older adults years from now. I adore stars like Audrey Hepburn who allowed us to love them as they were naturally---young AND old.

 

[*mette-marit*]

While I am a HUGE supporter of plastic surgery for anyone, I really don't think she needs it. She's already so beautiful. Actually, botox and facelifts are the only 'enhancements' I might not get, because they can make you look seriously worse instead of better!

 

[tiffany]

I would too if I looked that gorgeous at 61.

Agreed I don't know why anyone would suggest plastic surgery for her, whether free or not - she's lovely the way she is

 

[*Princesse*]

Amen to that! I think it is very sad that so many of today's movie stars have already altered themselves and we will not see them as distinguished older adults years from now. I adore stars like Audrey Hepburn who allowed us to love them as they were naturally---young AND old.

I wholeheartedly agree! True stars are completely real, AND completely unreachable in the same!

 

[Mr-Dale]

Whoever offered that to her needs to get his eyes checked

She totally gained even more respect from me that she turned it down. People don't need plastic sergery....better age gracefully like Helen than look a plastic doll. What a classy woman