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To think that although gorgeous, Leah looks older than 24!

86 replies

Lj8893 · 17/07/2013 21:40

Just that really.

I'm watching the apprentice final and just noticed she is 24, yes she is a beautiful lady but I'm shocked at the fact she's 24!

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cocolepew · 17/07/2013 22:52

DH said he heard her on the radio today and she was saying that she doesn't look like that usually the TV made her do it Hmm. I don't watch it so not entirely sure what DH waffling on about.

TylerHopkins · 17/07/2013 22:52

I think she's been over processed for the show. There have been some very natural pictures of her in the press and she's quite striking behind all the war paint.

WorraLiberty · 17/07/2013 22:54

It's more of an insult about her misuse of Botox and fillers. I wouldn't go to her for treatment as I'd be worried she'd mess my face up like she has her own.

I disagree. If you read back, the insults on this thread are all manner of things.

However, if I wanted botox I wouldn't assume the person injecting me actually injected their own faces.

I would assume a colleague did it for them.

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 17/07/2013 22:55

I agree AKiss.

JADS · 17/07/2013 22:55

I would criticize her more for her professed 'huge amount of medical experience'. 1 year working as a dr is very little experience.

It would also seem a real waste of her training if I'm honest. A bit like Holly Branson training as dr, doing the bare minimum and going to work for her dad in Virgin Health. They both have the right to do it, but it doesn't sit right for me.

AKissIsNotAContract · 17/07/2013 22:59

However, if I wanted botox I wouldn't assume the person injecting me actually injected their own faces

Either way, she has chosen that very harsh, over botoxed look. It's a stark contrast with Karen from the apprentice who clearly has Botox but in a much more natural way. I'd sooner go to the Dr Karen goes to.

TylerHopkins · 17/07/2013 23:03

I don't think Karen looks like she's had anything done.

WhistlingNun · 17/07/2013 23:04

She does have huge amount of medical experience though.

5 years training (uni and placements etc) then working in an A+E ward.

I think she means - and wants to stress - that compared to most of the other people offering these cosmetic treatments, Leah does have tons of experience.

And it's for this reason, I'd opt to go to her rather than someone less experienced if i ever wanted to ruin my stunning natural beauty Wink

And she has as much right to decide what to do with her life as you or i do with ours.

Just because she trained to be a doctor, doesn't mean she has to be one.

I trained to be a drama teacher - now I'm doing something totally different. I'd hate to think this didn't sit right with anyone...

Maryz · 17/07/2013 23:09

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TalkativeJim · 17/07/2013 23:11

Crikey 24?! I thought she was about 35!

She just has that 'well-preserved' look. Oh the irony...

Maryz · 17/07/2013 23:15

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ExcuseTypos · 17/07/2013 23:24

No one is making a comment about any of her features untouched by cosmetic surgery.
I think it's perfectly valid to comment on her 'look'. As someone else said, it's a good indication as to the kind of 'look' you will have, if you start having boots and fillers etc.

Heartbrokenmum73 · 17/07/2013 23:25

Weirdly, I think she does look her age and I wouldn't know she'd had anything done. I also think she's bloody gorgeous, voluminous hair and all. And yes, I'm very jealous...

Wrt the dentist with no teeth thing. Presumably dentists don't do their own teeth, someone else does (I'm speculating, just go with me here Grin) so I certainly wouldn't visit the dentist's dentist iykwim.

Lj8893 · 17/07/2013 23:27

And to be fair, throughout the series she herself has talked about how her looks are important to her and stated she was the most glamourous of the contestants (or something like that) , that does kind of open her up to discussion about her looks.

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Alisvolatpropiis · 17/07/2013 23:28

Yanbu.

I am 24 and think she looks older than I do!

WorraLiberty · 17/07/2013 23:36

I think it is very sad to encourage women of her age to believe that they need "enhancing" to look good.

I don't see it as any different to people 'enhancing' their bodies with tattoos Maryz

I don't particularly like them, but I wouldn't slate women or men for that matter if they wanted to have them. Or if they wanted to make a living out of giving them to other people.

There's a lot of demand for botox and her and Alan are simply cashing in on that, like all business people cash in on the latest trend.

I still don't think they deserve to be slated for how they look whilst going about their business.

In fact the more people criticise other people's looks, the more botox and other surgical procedures are sold.

TheCrackFox · 17/07/2013 23:37

I think all the procedures she has had have aged her by a decade.

I'm not a fan at all of boots, fillers etc. It doesn't make anyone look younger,, just different and sometimes completely odd looking.

EugenesAxe · 17/07/2013 23:37

Well I think (especially given her business) that she's fucked about with herself a bit, and I always think that ages you (ironically).

She's also very 'together' and mature in her personality, so seems older for that reason.

WorraLiberty · 17/07/2013 23:37

Not that Sir Alan is being slated for how he looks

But that kind of proves my point

Let's just slate the attractive blonde

LessMissAbs · 17/07/2013 23:37

Jads It would also seem a real waste of her training if I'm honest. A bit like Holly Branson training as dr, doing the bare minimum and going to work for her dad in Virgin Health. They both have the right to do it, but it doesn't sit right for me

I agree. You would think the interview would sift them out. That said, as individuals, I still admire them for having done a medical degree when they could have done so much less with their lives.

I don't think Leah looks older than 24, as her skin tone is very youthful, but the cosmetic work she has had done makes her look less innocent, and possibly changes the shape of her face subtly. ie the area around her nose to cheek lines looks puffy, her lips are an odd, slightly angular shape at the outer edges and her forehead lacks expression. It would be smooth at her age anyway. Her hair extensions aren't the worst but they are very monotone and dry looking and again don't look like a younger person's hair.

I wonder what her motivation was for The Apprentice. Fame? Money? Sad to say she will probably make more money by becoming a well known cosmetic enhancement type doctor, but it is still something that can be done by non-medically qualified persons so is hardly a true medical speciality.

I would be concerned that at such a young age, she has gone down the route of having stuff done than leaving well alone, added to her publicity hunger, she is possibly at this stage in her life not the most balanced or experienced person to be offering expertise in cosmetic enhancement.

Nearly all of the The Apprentice female candidates now have false eyelashes, nails, hair extensions, pancake makeup, etc - its almost like a uniform.

Maryz · 17/07/2013 23:46

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FirstStopCafe · 17/07/2013 23:47

I think she is a beautiful, intelligent and focused young woman. Good luck to her

Sarahlundismyhero · 17/07/2013 23:56

Whoever said this Leah is a strong role model for women today is crazy IMO - she is the opposite of what young girls should be aspiring to from a physical point of view - fake and plastic. It's the Katie price effect I'm afraid.

GiddyStars · 18/07/2013 00:03

YANBU she can't move her eyebrows Hmm I think the frozen look contributes to the comments on the show about her not being as personable and warm as some other contestants.

Beautiful and intelligent, yes...but in danger of over using her own products too early, it does age her imo.

allaflutter · 18/07/2013 00:04

agreee with Eili and Whistling - and I think she is a great face of her business precisely because regardless of looking a bit airbrushed she's not a stereotypical brainless/shallow young girl who is focused on her looks only - she unusually combines high level of intelligence and efficiency with being also focused on her looks. It's a modern look but without any extremes, and I like her as a whole person so can't understand the whole venom on here. Yes obv she's not a carefree hippy-type girl in her style, but nothing wrong with variety in styles. She thinks and acts much older than 24 , not just looks older - some people are always mature, and some are forever kids, takes all sorts.
Much prefer her to Luisa - btw who has fake boobs and hair extentions - so what? it's their business, as far they are good people, and I think Luisa is much more fake, all this niceness in the end was just to secure a result, she still thinks (and said today) that she is the best of the lot - her head is So up her arse, the boss cringed a bit. Leah is much more modest, even when she promoted herself it's always about her reliability and strength, not about her talents/being clever - all that came from other people.