Above left is a picture of the iconic bust of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt, who is regaled as one of the most beautiful women who ever lived. The bust is part of the Agyptisches Museum Berlin collection.
Above right is a picture of a British woman, Nileen Namita, made up to look like Nefertiti.
So what, you say.
Well, I came upon this story yesterday, appropriately enough, in the “Odd News” section of China view. For what is odd about it is that Nileen’s look is not merely the result of a skilled makeup artist – as one might suspect.
Instead it is the result of 51 plastic surgeries over the past 22-years at a cost of $328,000, which Nileen underwent because she believes she was Nefertiti in a past life. And if her surgeon had not botched the eye lift, her resemblance (in full makeup and regalia) to Nefertiti would have been uncanny.
But Nileen has an even greater problem because, unless she did all of this to be the center of attention at costume parties, she has failed spectacularly. After all, here’s what she looks like without her Nefertiti makeup and regalia:
Not to mention the disappointment she must have felt when eminent art historian Henri Stierlin published irrefutable evidence earlier this year showing that this bust, which Nileen and others believe is 3,400 years old, only dates back to 1912. This should hardly be surprising though since many equally eminent historians have long insisted that Nefertiti was black.
Poor misguided Nileen; and we thought Michael Jackson had a wacko obsession with plastic surgery…
anna says
will you shut up! im sure she is a nice person. i believe in past lifes too. so call me a wachko. idc. i think that she is very pretty