If Strawberry Shortcake's Makeover Was Real
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The Shocking Cost
Lovable '80s kitsch icon Strawberry Shortcake has gotten a total makeover. But it's not just her pinafore-and-dress ensemble that has changed. It looks like Shortcake may have had a few nips and tucks, too.
What kind of work did Strawberry Shortcake have done, and how much would such a makeover cost in real life? MainStreet has the answers. Click through our gallery to see them.
First Up: FaceliftMore From MainStreet.com:
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Facelift
Approximate Cost: $12,000 - $16,000
Shortcake's apparent complete facial reconstruction would involve shaving down bone, says Scott W. Mosser, a board-certified plastic surgeon in San Francisco. A full face-lift, which removes fat from the face and has a slimming effect, would cost approximately $12,000 - $16,000 at Mosser’s office.
Next: Lip PlumpingMore From MainStreet.com:
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Lip Plumping
Approximate Cost: $600 per syringe
Shortcake of 2008 has a noticeably perkier pout: The collagen-like inject-able Restylane (MRX) costs about $600 per syringe from Mosser's office and lasts up to nine months.
Next: Hair Extensions & ColoringMore From MainStreet.com:
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Hair Extensions & Coloring
Approximate Cost: $509.99
Shortcake's lustrous new hair screams "extensions." Jessica Simpson and her hairstylist Ken Paves' "hairdo" line of clip-on extensions sells 21-inches of human hair for $500 off the Home Shopping Network (IACI). (Dying for a dye job like Frenchie from Grease? A funky girl like Shortcake might do maintenance herself at home using Manic Panic Hot Hot Pink Hair Color Cream for $9.99 from Spencer's.)
Next: Green Contacts & Eyelid LiftMore From MainStreet.com:
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Green Contacts & Eyelid Lift
Approximate Cost: $4,804 - $5,804
Shortcake's eyes were once a charming chocolate brown, but now they're a bewitching green. LensCrafters offers an 8-box special of Fresh Look Dimensions Sea Green contacts for $303.92. Shortcake's eyes are also larger and more innocent. To diminish her old, hollow look, she'd have needed an eyelid lift to remove excess fat and skin from around the eyes. They cost between $4,500 - $5,500 in Mosser's office.
Next: Freckle RemovalMore From MainStreet.com:
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Freckle Removal
Approximate Cost: $485
Where'd those spots go? Maybe Shortcake zapped her freckles away in a Photofacial. According to Margaret Mitchell, owner and co-founder of San Francisco's EpiCenter MedSpa, a complete face treatment to remove splotches of pigment like freckles from the skin costs $485.
Next: Nose JobMore From MainStreet.com:
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Nose Job
Approximate Cost: $7,000 - $8,000
Gone is the big button nose; now Shortcake has a smaller schnoz. Nose-reshaping rhinoplasty is $7,000 - $8,000 in Mosser's office.
Next: Wardrobe OverhaulMore From MainStreet.com:
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Wardrobe Overhaul
Approximate Cost: $269
It's about time Shortcake lost her long-sleeved dress with pinafore and big, brown shoes. She can deck herself out in a new get-up from Juicy Couture (LIZ). Bloomingdale's sells a puffed-sleeve Juicy top for $148 and stylemaven.com hawks Bermuda shorts from Juicy for $108. Shortcake can pair that with her green-and-white striped knee socks from Amazon.com (AMNZ) and top it all off with a $12.99 newsboy cap from Buy.com.
Next: Before and AfterMore From MainStreet.com:
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Before and After
GRAND TOTAL FOR MS. SHORTCAKE'S MAKEOVER: $23,675.19
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Kolchak72 08:04:44 AM Jul 19 2008
how much did it cost to make her eyes further apart lol !!!
CheerCurlz 05:47:34 PM Jun 23 2008
>>> The makeover looks like it's for copyright reasons. Don't they aggressively protect Raggedy Ann's copyright? <<<
They couldn't do anything about copyright because they aren't plagiarizing the Raggedy Ann and Andy stories ( some of the orginals are a little weird by modern standards ) .... trademark, maybe. Even so, I doubt there was any sort of infringement. Strawberry Shortcake would have to be a blatant, stroke-by-stroke copy of Raggedy Ann and Andy. Holly Hobby was much closer to the Raggedy image. Strawberry Shortcake and Holly Hobby were influence by the "LIttle House On The Prairie" era more than anything else. How sad that in less than 30 years, we've gone from giving our children lovable images to sexy "tween" icons to emulate.
SlowRide2220 06:28:28 AM Jun 23 2008
AOL filller trash story....like who care's. Is this the best that you can do AOL ?
PSYisaSCAM 06:19:40 AM Jun 23 2008
.WHY NO CAT ? SHE IS A CARTOON ; ACTUAL MAKEOVER PROBABLY COST
MUCH MORE MONEY FROM AN AD AGENCY
.......ALSO PSYCHIATRY IS A SCAM ................
JDLewis60 05:48:14 AM Jun 23 2008
The new Strawberry Shortcake looks like the Rice Krispy dudes. Anyway, why not some factual reporting as to how gas prices tripled since the Democrats took control of Congress.
TrEeTrUnK123 03:59:46 AM Jun 23 2008
The makeover looks like it's for copyright reasons. Don't they aggressively protect Raggedy Ann's copyright?
