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Style | 01/28/2009 9:18 am

Younger Now Than in '99? Before and After Photos You Won't Believe

11 famous women who’ve turned back the hands of time …

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So many brilliant women we adore are looking far younger today than they did ten years ago. From Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie to Hillary Clinton, in the spirit of these ladies’ joie de vivre, here’s a celebration of women who’ve turned back the hands of time by beaming with beauty, both inside and out.
Read more about: Aging, Andrea Mitchell, Angelina Jolie, Arianna Huffington, Beauty, Cher, Condoleezza Rice, Fashion, Hillary Clinton, Jennifer Aniston, Lifestyle, Madonna, Makeup, Nicole Kidman, Oprah Winfrey, Tina Brown

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BrooklynGal1
It’s always the hair! Cut, color and style is everything. Yet if we were to compare the ‘99 to ‘89, the results would be the same. Rice looks stunning!!!
By BrooklynGal1 on 01/28/2009 1:26 pm
GreenTears
Definitely the hair - the styles and shades are more lively. The ‘99 photos look so drab in comparsion.
By GreenTears on 01/28/2009 2:17 pm
ElizabethBennett
Hair color is a wonder in how it makes woman look younger. Cher’s highlights and Oprah’s lighter shade are examples of how to do it without going platinum.
By ElizabethBennett on 01/28/2009 2:37 pm
sangazure1
It’s amazing what a little plastic surgery and/or Botox can do.
By sangazure1 on 01/28/2009 5:23 pm
AndyC
………………or a lot
By AndyC on 02/01/2009 11:55 am
SherylS
I am most bowled over by Condolezza Rice, she went from maiden looking to a real beauty. Wow, that haircut is beautiful on her! Hair and makeup, it truly does make all the difference in the world, and in the case with many of these photos, less is best.
By SherylS on 01/28/2009 6:36 pm
FrannieEm
Some of them looked the same to me, which I guess says they look 10 years younger. I like Kidman in the before pic, now she looks too reformed.
By FrannieEm on 01/28/2009 10:28 pm
DianaT
I didn’t realize that Kidman was so anorexic all those years ago. I noticed a few months ago that Andrea Mitchell has had extensive work done on her skin. The acne scars are much improved. And, when did Condi Rice cut her hair? I didn’t recognize her. She should have done it a long time ago. It is so much more up to date.
By DianaT on 01/29/2009 12:16 am
DonaHowlett
Condi Rice was on ‘The View’ this past week…………she still had her old fashioned hair do……….maybe the cute pixie was a wig.
By DonaHowlett on 02/02/2009 2:40 pm
ElizabethBennett
I actually think Condi Rice did something with her teeth. She once had a bit of a gap between her two front teeth, that is now closed. [For an earlier view, see http://vivirlatino.com/i/2007/06/condoleezza_rice.jpg ]
By ElizabethBennett on 01/29/2009 1:39 am
SandbeeFB54
With Kidman I think the expression on her face, so much more relaxed, made a big difference. But hair does do so much. When I look at pictures of my grandmother and really look at her face she was very young looking but the hair styles made her seem much older to me.
By SandbeeFB54 on 01/29/2009 9:55 am
MaurineH
I hate to be cynical about such beauty, but we know that they all have the money to “refine” their looks and probably have done so. Jolie and seems the least changed and her eyes just shine with happiness. Don’t get me wrong, I’d do whatever they’ve done, too, if I were constantly in the public eye.
By MaurineH on 01/30/2009 11:49 am
Marina B.
Some of them (Andrea Mitchell and Cher) look as though they’ve had so much cosmetic surgery that their faces will soon crack. Oprah’s and C. Rice’s changed hairstyles work beautifully for them.
By Marina B. on 01/31/2009 1:05 pm
elizabethc
This had to be the most deceiving section I’ve read. Seriously - these women look younger for one reason only and that’s PLASTIC SURGERY. If we had the money and the spare time (personal chefs, nutritionists, personal trainers, etc.), we’d look younger, too. Add to that the deep pockets to remake our visage, why would anyone wonder how we look so much younger.
By elizabethc on 02/01/2009 2:02 am
AndyC
Absolutely Elizabeth — as well, since they have large amounts of money, they don’t have the financial worries that we do; things that put those lines and haggard looks on some of our faces (i.e. college, health care, food, clothing, house maintenance, car maintenance……….on and on and on). A good haircut in New York would be $500 or more — enough to feed your family for a few weeks.
By AndyC on 02/01/2009 11:59 am
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