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Ever wondered what Princess Diana would look like
with a plumped-up pout? Look no further. Artist
Mat Maitland takes images of yesteryear’s icons
and gives them a makeover based on 2019 beauty
ideals: fuller lips, chiselled jaws, contoured noses,
plumped-up cheeks and tight foreheads.
The images, Maitland has said, are not
supposed to make a statement against plastic
surgery. “I’ve always been fascinated by people
who push beauty to the extreme,” he says.
“Cosmetic approaches to beauty were previously
restricted to celebrities and the mega wealthy but
these have now become more attainable. You can
observe the new normal across the world.”
Of course every era has had a desired
“look”, but never has it been so monolithic as
today’s collagen-pumped ideal. Gamine Audrey
and bombshell Marilyn were celebrated side by side
in the ’50s, something we should remember as
we increasingly seek to look the same.
Meet Zuzana Čaputová, Slovakia’s
first female president. The lawyer
and activist – a member of the liberal
Progressive Slovakia party – scored
58 per cent of the vote at the central
European nation’s recent election,
defeating high-profile diplomat
Maroš Šefčovič.
At 45, Čaputová is a relative political
newcomer, but she’s already a
regular newsmaker. Her 14-year-long
crusade to shut down a toxic waste
dump, which was spewing poison
into her hometown of Pezinok,
earned her the moniker “the
Erin Brockovich of Slovakia”.
More recently, she’s made it her
mission to tackle corruption, and
decided to run for president
following the murder of journalist
Ján Kuciak, who’d been investigating
links between government officials
and organised crime. Čaputová
campaigned on the slogan “Let’s
fight evil together” and also
advocated for abortion and
LGBTQ rights.
Although the presidential role is
mostly ceremonial (Prime Minister
Peter Pellegrini oversees
the government), Čaputová’s
election is a rare progressive victory
in central Europe. After her
win, she told supporters,
“I am happy not just for the
result, but mainly that
it is possible not to succumb
to populism, to tell the truth,
to raise interest without
aggressive vocabulary.”
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FROM LEFT Audrey Hepburn circa 1955; and her modern “makeover”.
FROM LEFT Diana, Princess of Wales pre- and post-”surgery”.
FROM LEFT Marilyn Monroe in 1953; and her 2019 look.
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