For reasons that we don’t completely understand, people are fascinated with cosmetic surgery gone bad. The poster child of this must be Steve “Butt Implants” Erhardt, who holds a special place in our hearts since as of this writing just the few posts that we have done about him have generated well over 20,000 unique visitors.

This post is about Jocelyn Wildenstein who was referred to us by a commenter in an Erhardt post. The link above goes to a site dedicated to Jocelyn and from where we lifted the above photo.

Jocelyne is somewhat of a blogger cottage industry and we have been somewhat late to the game with our own posting. Blogger Naked Boy Chronicles reported snapping the photo below at a market.

The story goes that Jocelyn was a somewhat normal looking individual that sometime in the 1970s lost it when she lost her husband to a 21-year old Russian model. After catching the two in bed, the story goes, she decided to win him back by changing her appearance. Unless this guy was the Elephant Man, I’d say it didn’t succeed. More recently the ex-husband, art dealer Alec Wildenstein is waging an inheritance battle with his mother-in-law over his father’s estate. (The article referenced states that his divorce from Jocelyne was finalized in 1999.)

After far, far too many (Awful) plastic surgeries, and $4 million later, Jocelyne now looks like this:

Showing how old this news really is, Jocelyne was spoofed by Cheri Oteri on Saturday Night Live back in 2000:

What others have said about Jocelyne:

“To judge the success of your plastic surgery, stand outside. If people try to chase you off of a cliff with pitchforks, consider finding another plastic surgeon and getting a second opinion.” (Banterist)

The New York press dubbed her “The Bride of Wildenstein” and recently, the National Enquirer delicately referred to her as a “rubber faced freak”. (Gallery of the Absurd)

More photos at: Hollywood Rag Saintly Salmagundi

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