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Bloody hell, have you SEEN Helena Christensen on the cover of Elle?

106 replies

squeaver · 03/12/2009 16:30

legs not retouched apparently

She is 41.

[sigh]

OP posts:
AitchTwoToTangOh · 04/12/2009 10:50

i can't deny that i had a wonderful time. and fb great for keeping in touch with pals from over there. to think we just had the phone and letters when i was there... snoooort. [old]

purplepeony · 04/12/2009 11:27

can't you 2 start another thread- talk about off- topic!

AitchTwoToTangOh · 04/12/2009 11:28

really? you're STILL wanting to talk about some woman's legs?

alwayslookingforanswers · 04/12/2009 11:36

bloody 'ell Aitch - that wasn't quite what I was expecting to read while browsing a thread about stunning women

It's conjured up image in my head

alwayslookingforanswers · 04/12/2009 11:41

urghhh Aitch - having just read that, ahem, lovely post of yours I clicked on Active Convo's and saw

"is this stretching it a bit"

blurghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

tanmu82 · 04/12/2009 11:42

I think HC is stunning, but she is human and no-one is completely flawless. I can't imagine ANY magazine using ANYONE without a bit of clever lighting here, lots of make-up and hair there and of course the ubiquitous PhotoShop.....watch this to see how a mere mortal can be transformed into a vision of beauty....

AitchTwoToTangOh · 04/12/2009 11:47

hah. and yet you're all fiiiiiine with anyfucker as a name. go figure.

ladylush · 04/12/2009 12:01

lol Aitch
MH - boak. Gross.

noddyholder · 04/12/2009 12:06

Paula yates said that when she first went out with MH he did 3 things on their first gate that she was sure must have been illegal.{grin]I thought he was gorgeous met him in ydney with kylie and they were hot

alwayslookingforanswers · 04/12/2009 12:10

yes but AnyFucker doesn't conjure up lurid images

Cortina · 04/12/2009 12:16

Ok, the models mentioned are beautiful BUT:

Looking like you are lit from within is possible with the help of a good dermatologist, oxygen facials, botox etc.

I remember reading about Saffron Aldridge (?) having some painful & expensive procedure to sharpen her jawline.

Someone mentioned Yasmin Le Bon, she's been using botox for years so won't have had lines develop in the first place.

Laser technology is there to help with skin etc. Models get photo-rejunvenation etc, this makes skin tone look more even and all the signs of ageing begin to be kept at bay.

With lots of money it is possible to remain flawless with no invasive treatment, at least until around 50 when things start to sag more.

Also money means less stress. Take a look at the face of a women who struggles with a commute (like me)!, has to juggle a job and childcare in her mid 40s and the signs of age are more likely there!

I remember reading a hilarious article by Elle Mcpherson I think about how every woman should meditate for around 2 hours at lunch time! Now why didn't I think of that!

Also every woman on TV and similar mid 30s and above is having work done, perhaps just botox or minor procedures but they are. This makes people forget what the average 45 year old woman looks like in a raw state and makes women feel bad about themselves.

AitchTwoToTangOh · 04/12/2009 12:19

lol at in a raw state. describes moi to a tee.

alwayslookingforanswers · 04/12/2009 12:19

"Also money means less stress"

oh right......................that's why the times rich list is full of wrinkly, blemished rich people

Cortina · 04/12/2009 12:24

Well, didn't put it well but this thread is about models. It's their business to look good and they have the money to indulge. They have the resources to keep the signs of ageing at bay. Rich women usually look great for their age, or is that a generalisation (?). Look at those in the public eye, JK Rowling (what is she 46 now or something)?

ladylush · 04/12/2009 12:40

hmm.....ponders whether MH had anything to do with the "lit within"

AnalysisParalysis · 04/12/2009 13:01

but ALFA.. they are amazingly unwrinkled for 150 year olds!

I do think modern times have a lot to do with how good people look nowadays...

For example- this philosoper Martha Nussbaum looks better now than she did 20 years ago (first link)
There is more advice available now, a wider range of products, more affordable clothing (well- affordable to the purchaser rather than the producer ), etc etc.... wonder why I look so dire then?

glasjam · 04/12/2009 17:01

Oh Aitch, I remember reading that PY and MH anecdote on here before but I didn't know it was yours! It's quite spectacularly disgusting isn't it?!

HerBeatitude · 04/12/2009 20:01

I think HC was v. lucky to get dumped by MH.

I bet she wouldn't look as good if she'd stayed with him for any length of time.

MarshaBrady · 04/12/2009 20:04

He's not sounding great is he, HC is far too wholesome and lovely for all that carry on.

Ronaldinhio · 04/12/2009 20:24

I would def have chosen Paula Yates but I agree that she is ver beeyouteefool

ladylush · 04/12/2009 20:51

Kylie went out with him too. IIRC she said being with him was very exciting

LetThemEatCake · 05/12/2009 00:06

Love Aitch's story! Don't think Mikey can be held totally responsible for Paula's trashiness though as I remember a Geldof interview where he divulged that she offered to blow him in the back of a car the first night they met, or something similarly classy.

Anyway, while we're sharing MH anecdotes, can I just say that I saw him the night before he died in the bar if the hotel where he was staying. He was with his dad, I was having drinks with my flatmate who worked at nearby boutique Belinda (name dropping for benefit of VB, if she stops by)

So we're all swoony and excited, go home and tell flatmate 3 who is in generally foul mood bc we have finished uni exams and she has a week to go. Next day we head to the beach while she stays at home studying. We come home that evening, ready to get tarted glammed up for next big night out, she storms out of her room and snaps 'did you see say you saw MH last night?'

'yes! Omg! He's like, soooooo totally hot. Like..'

She interrupts us, snapping 'well he's dead'. Turns on her heel and storms back into her room.

I phone my mum to say hi, and tell her what a bitch our flatmate is 'Making up a story like that just to bring us down! '

'er, no love' Mum says. 'he's dead'

Sadly, the police never questioned me about any suspected involvement

A week or so later, we met Jason Donovan who was in town for the funeral, and went home with him. But that's a whole 'nother story...(disclaimer: no threesomes and NO I did not sleep with him)

Prunerz · 05/12/2009 01:04

I am just boggling at the logistics of fisting someone while shagging them up the bum at the same time.

And Aitch: YOU made me think about it. It's not even titillating. Next time could we have an anecdote that's a bit better value?

VerityBrulee · 05/12/2009 08:05

Did your flatmate get you a Belinda discount LTEC? Probably not much use as a student, but it would be good to have now

Actually, the time I saw HC she was with MH in the Conran shop in Paris, she looked gorgeous and he looked bored. He was sitting on a sofa, but thankfully she wasn't sitting next to him or who knows what I would have witnessed

HerBeatitude · 05/12/2009 20:15

Prunerz - maybe MH had extremely small hands?