Jocelyn Wildenstein, the woman known for radically changing her face with a host of alleged cosmetic surgery procedures, has died aged 84. Born in Switzerland, the socialite was nicknamed 'Catwoman' due to her leonine features, which included slanted eyes like a cat, a pointed chin and prominent cheekbones. Incredibly, Jocelyn mostly denied having plastic surgery , despite her extreme looks being cited by many as a reason not to go under the knife.
In reality, the mum-of-two is thought to have started changing her face when she got married to Alec Wildenstein in 1978. While the wealthy woman put her looks down to her Swiss heritage, her billionaire businessman ex-husband disagreed, telling Vanity Fair magazine : "She was thinking that she could fix her face like a piece of furniture. "Skin does not work that way.
But she wouldn't listen." "She was crazy," added the art dealer. "I would always find out last.
" While Jocelyn's extreme looks made her famous in her later years, many people have never seen what she looked like before. A picture of the New Yorker aged around 40 shows a beautiful, more natural appearance but by the time she was in her 50s, the socialite's face had mysteriously changed beyond all recognition. "The lynx has perfect eyes," she insisted to Vanity Fair in 1998.
"If I show you pictures of my grandmother, what you see is these eyes - cat eyes - and high cheekbones." "I don't understand the whole press and the Catwoman thing because Jocelyn always looked lik.
