Mother-Daughter Double-Take Duos | 04/16/2009 11:00 am

50-Year-Old Mother Spends $15K in Plastic Surgery to Look Like Daughter

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

A mother-daughter duo has the wOw women doing a double take.

When we brought you our selection of uncanny mother-and-daughter pairs in January, we knew nothing about Janet and Jane Cunliffe. Fifty-year-old Janet and her daughter, Jane, 28, look like twins — but genes do not deserve all the credit. Though they both have flowing blonde locks, perfect skin, sultry lips and enviable figures, mother Janet admits she spent almost $15,000 dollars in plastic surgery to copy her daughter Jane’s youthful appearance.

Is that a mother’s ultimate compliment?

"The way I see it is that she got her looks from me in the first place — mine have just faded with age," said Janet, who divorced her husband about ten years ago and now lives in Spain. "Seeing how attractive Jane is made me want to get my looks back. Now instead of mum and daughter we look more like twins. I had good genes and good skin, but I needed a helping hand to make me feel better about myself."

Cosmetic surgeons’ helping hands have enhanced Cunliffe’s breasts, lips, eyes and nose. Her long blonde hair is the result of extensions.

Do you have an uncanny resemblance to your mother or daughter? E-mail your family photos to submit@wowowow.com. If it causes us to do a double take, we’ll feature it in an upcoming photo essay.

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Aha! See…"young at heart". I’m on my way to 64yrs. of age and, admittedly, when I look in the mirror I have a good laugh. How in the world can I look like this when I still feel ageless? It’s a condundrum! :)

By Nancy Cleveland on 04/16/2009 3:14 pm

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It’s good that you can look in the mirror and get a good laugh. Agelessness includes the ability to laugh at yourself. I have one living aunt who keeps me from being the "matriarch" on my maternal side. I don’t think I’m in any immediate "danger" of assuming "the throne". She’s 80, she’s living in an extended care facility, she’s got heart trouble, asthma, digestive concerns and she’s still here and she’s still laughing! It’s an amazing thing to watch. It’s also the reason why she is still here and giving so much to the people who love her!

By Mary Utrup on 04/17/2009 9:52 am

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I wonder how the daughter feels. Not all twins want to be a twins. I’ve read a number of articles on how twins are trying to find their own identity. Did the mother take some of her daughter identity away? I’m not sure I would want my mother to look just like me.

By Grande Camper on 04/16/2009 2:36 pm

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If you read the entire story in "The Daily Mail" you will see it is actually a matter of her being jealous of her daughter’s youth. She was overweight, had other so called flaws of being 50 which bothered her and underwent all of this to be "young" again, complete with a picture of her in a micro mini skirt…not good on a 50 yr. old. Now the toy boys are after her and with her new body, her big lips, she feels she has regained what she has lost - her youth. Too bad she can’t accept her age, as she will never be able to face being 60, 70 and beyond.

By Lizzie R. on 04/16/2009 3:04 pm

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Why?

By Belinda Joy on 04/16/2009 3:11 pm

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Are boobs, legs, skin, hair the only things that matter? All these will droop, wrinkle or change. So what? I’d like to think that these two women will understand what life is really about. My picture is there for all to see. I’ll be 80 this fall, and fortunate to feel good and look not so bad for an old broad. I’m semi-retired, (still am a public health nurse), I read everything I can get my hands on, I go places with my husband, and with my women friends. The last thing I care about is looking or competing with my daughters. Try getting interested in something outside yourself. Come on, lady, grow up!

By Vee Dee on 04/16/2009 3:56 pm

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Why do women of a certaine age make the mistake of trying to compete with sheer youth? It will always FAIL! We have our own charms to cultivate!!

By Pamela Munro on 04/16/2009 4:03 pm

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Whatever either one of them have done, the hair looks stringy and over-processed. They need to find a new hair dresser.

By Diana T on 04/16/2009 4:37 pm

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My mind got to wandering - it’s a little off-topic, but what the heck.

Ever been to a party and run into a male acquaintance or business associate you haven’t seen for a while? You KNOW he’s in his early 60’s and you can tell he’s had his eyes done, a face-lift, and probably spent the afternoon in a tanning booth. He has"arm candy" in the form of a 20 year-old dressed like Lola from the Copa hanging onto his arm. He’s proud as a peacock. He doesn’t realize that next to her he looks older than Mt. Rushmore.

By Andrea Brandon on 04/17/2009 2:13 am

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I find this almost embarassing to read. How insecure the mom must be to feel she ‘has’ to look like her daughter. Alot of weird angst there. I wonder (as a mom myself) if she was a ‘mom’ or a ‘friend’ as the girl was growing up? Whatever…but I havta ask, did she use coupons? Get a multiple procedure discount? The laundry list of ‘repairs’ she had done is alot more than 15k! I guess mom is stimulating the Spanish economy!

By Mary Quite-Contrary on 04/17/2009 7:33 am

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The utter stupidity of some people astounds!

By f p on 04/17/2009 8:32 am

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We have a set of twin boys now 20 and in their first year of college. I think it depends on how they were raised, whether or not they appreciate being twins. The older one of the two was on the high school varsity basketball team. The other suffered serious damage to his right knee when they were in 6th grade. No jealousy ever came between the two of them. On the other hand I saw a family where the dad "decided’ that he wasn’t gonna have no "babies" in his youngest two. They were going to be able to stand up for themselves. So he pitted the two against each other. They are now in their 40’s, one has lost his wife to cancer and finally they are becoming friends. What a waste of a lot of otherwise good years!

By Mary Utrup on 04/17/2009 9:57 am

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Mom needs an analyst - big time………..

By Frau Quink on 04/17/2009 1:22 pm

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Don’t shoot the messenger, but I was just reading that there’s a dramatic increase in psych patients and suicides in young women who have had breast implants for a few years. Why, you ask? Because after a few years they begin to realize that the big breasts didn’t really resolve the inner issues.<a href="http://www.magicsacekimi.com">sac ekimi </a>
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By guzide xxx on 04/17/2009 4:04 pm

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If someone wants to spend their money on their looks, that is their business, but at some level, no matter how we look, we eventually have to accept aging. If they can doll up and make themselves feel better, more power to them, but hopefully, at least on the inside, they will learn to age gracefully.

There are far too many botoxed celebrities with lips so inflated by collagen injections that they look ridiculous. They don’t look younger; they just look old with puffy lips.

Incidentally, I agree with the previous post, that the hair looks terrible on both of these two women.

By Maureen Cervi on 04/19/2009 8:44 am