Meet Claire Leeson, a British woman who has dropped approximately £20,000 (just under $35,000) to look just like her idol, Kim Kardashian. Suddenly, I don’t feel so bad about blowing $24 on a veggie burger and fries from that pricey #artisanal place around the corner last night.
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The U.K.’s Metro reports that the 24-year-old elected to undergo a series of surgical and non-surgical cosmetic enhancements — like breast implants, tooth whitening, hair extensions, spray tans, a new wardrobe, new nails, upscale makeup, and some very British-sounding “bum padding” — because bullying had damaged her self-esteem.
“I was told every day [at school] that I was the ‘ugliest thing alive’ and I should ‘kill myself,’” BuzzFeed quotes Leeson as saying.
How does Claire feel now? “When I get my Kimmy on I feel like I’m unstoppable and untouchable and I feel like no one can stop me,” she told ITV’s “This Morning” on July 14. “I feel that I have built enough confidence to love myself a little bit more.”
That’s obviously great that she feels she’s been able to build up her self-confidence, but I kinda wish she’d been able to do it in a way that didn’t leave her “up to [her] eyeballs” in credit card debt? Like, couldn’t she have just watched a bunch of contouring makeup tutorials on YouTube and changed her name from “Claire” to “Klaire”? Or maybe ...
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