We don’t watch the Real Housewives of Orange County around here, but we do know who some of the “stars” are, since they’re making headlines for divorces, bankruptcies and, to a lesser extent, plastic surgery. When it comes to plastic surgery and these Real Housewives shows it’s a given. They all look like bizarre clones of each other, like women who might have once been lovely, but who have erased all the character out of their face as a result of groupthink and societal pressure. (I’m so glad I don’t live in California, although I would like to be closer to the beach and sun that’s for sure.) So the fact that Vicki Gunvalson, 51, of RHOC got plastic surgery isn’t the notable part, it’s notable because she’s owning up to exactly what she had done.
On “Watch What Happens Live” she admitted to having an eyelift (I think that’s what she’s saying), fat transfer, a new nose and a new chin. Apparently she had this all done while she was filming the show, and it’s settled now and doesn’t look as bizarre as when she was on camera. You can see Vicki make this announcement in the video below, and Radar has transcribed some of it for us too:
The Real Housewives of Orange County‘s Vicki Gunvalson unveiled her “settled in” new face on Monday night’s Watch What Happens Live, and we have the clip for you right here on RadarOnline.com.
Calling the longtime reality star “The O.C.’s O.G.,” host Andy Cohen announced, “Please give it up, for the new Vicki Gunvalson! You look good Vicki Gunvalson!
Vicki, looking refreshed months after the proceedure, said she had fat withdrawn from her sides and implanted into her face, as well as tweaks to her nose and chin.”I just kind of closed my eyes and [told doctors,] ‘Do what you think looks good,” Vicki said.
Andy then replayed a clip of Vicki’s castmates Tamra Barney and Gretchen Rossi mocking her new look, implying her jaw was shaped in a far too masculine manner.
They also showed a clip of some of the other housewives mocking Vicki’s chin implant, and it was super rude. They didn’t do it to Vicki’s face, and she admitted it was “hurtful” but said she shouldn’t have been on camera right after getting surgery. When Andy Cohen asked her if she changed her face because people (Slade and others) called her “Miss Piggy” she got choked up and I felt bad for her. She admitted that the taunting made her self conscious and helped her decide to get surgery.
As for how she looks now, she’s still kind of immobile on camera, but in the still photos she looks great. A lot of the change is also due to her hair and makeup though, which was too harsh before. I think she could have switched it up without resorting to surgery, but she does look good. She’s got that “deer in the headlights” look though.
Also, it’s good she fixed her boobs or put on a bra because that dress to the left (above) wasn’t doing her any favors.
May, 2012 (with Tamra Barney). This may have been when her surgery was fresher.
In February, 2012.
After:
photo credit: WENN.com
Plastic face! Bizarre.
Oh dear. Busted and busted. Looks like a man who had a burned face reconstructed or something. Scary.
Not attractive at all!!!
Picture 4: The Grinch’s wife.
Frightening.
She was always one of the ugliest women on TV. She still is. They could spend millions on that puss and she would always be ugly.
Now maybe they can perform surgery on Trailer Park Trash Tammy’s ugly mouth.
The only one who is truly beautiful on that horrible show is Gretchen.
She didn’t even have the surgery until right around the birth of Troy – which was documented on the show as September 28th, 2012….. Some of these photos are still ‘before’ shots.
haha, I’m thinking around the time before Ancient Greece???
I believe it.
Longest face i’ve ever seen. plus i feel if she blinks she can rip the skin off her forehead
She’s still hideous. She used to look like VickY Lawerence from Mama’s Family; now she looks like Ms. Piggy. That’s exactly what Slade said about her in his stand-up and he wasn’t far from the truth.
Holy crap! She did that voluntarily???!!!
I didn’t know who she was so I was surprised that what I thought was the before picture is actually the after. She didn’t improve her appearance in any way, IMNSHO, she made it worse
Not sure what was up last night, but I wasn’t able to find Orange Housewives anywhere! I’m going to have to watch it online today at some point. Vicki looks okay I guess – but did she get a facelift for her poor attitude as well?
Pirate Bay.
Oooh, I was thinking the same thing.
If you go to ‘Torrentz.com’, & search the name, it’ll bring up matching files from several torrent sites (Pirate Bay included).
Ehh….I’ve seen worse.
Still, why would you want to look like you’re surprised all the time? I would imagine that would result in some serious social awkwardness at parties.
lol
Before and after pics both look pretty bizarre to me.
Her face and tits are frightening!!!
Going to watch The Exorcist to erase this horror from my head.
Her breasts (I *hate* the word ‘tits’ for some reason) aren’t scary. They’re just the result of many bad decisions, no bra, & losing the battle with gravity.
Better now that it has settled. But still plastic.
Let’s be honest she is not the most atractive woman out there. But at least she is smart enought to not do drastic moves. The changes are subtle and soft. If it makes her feel better about herself go for it.
She’s still looking great before though. I will say that she’s always dressed welll for her shape. Phaedra from RHOA needs to take note and do the same
I agree. She’s doing the best she can with what she was given. What more do people want? It seems to be lose/lose for her with public opinion no matter what she does.
Now, if you want to complain about her personality, that’s a different story.
I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I just cannot see the difference. Her skin looks better overall, but her features look very much the same as the before pics.
She was on WWHL last night – and I STILL couldn’t see it, lol!
You’re not alone — I also don’t see a difference between the before and after versions of Vicki!! She looks exactly the same.
I didn’t see the show-but from these photos-I concur. To me, she looks the same.
Vicki’s nose to mouth lines are shallower, her nose is more symmetrical, her jawline is smoother and more symmetrical and her upper eyes are less hollow. If I hadn’t scrutinized her though I’d just have noticed she was looking less harsh and stripperish and put it down to better makeup. This is what GOOD plastic surgery is supposed to be – so the person still looks like themselves but better/refreshed/prettier – not like their head has been chopped off and replaced with a sex doll’s. She’s still no beauty but she does look less harsh.
No GF, I thought the Same thing! All that money spent just to look like you had about 10 hours of sleep. I couldn’t even really tell by the before and after shots either. Just less drastic makeup.
at least she’s honest about it. i haven’t watched housewives of OC that much, but from what I did see, she seemed all right. those are some catty ass beyotches on those shows though.
p.s. look they’re all blonds in that one picture! lol. how original. blonde, check, botox, check, plastic surgery, check, too much makeup, check.
This is what I don’t get! WHY do they all want to look exactly the same?
It is hilarious, and I do NOT understand what they see in the mirror besides plastic goo melting all over their faces.
It also makes me laugh because they all dress the same and imo their fashion sense is terrible. There was one episode where they went to the Midwest (where I’m from) and made fun of the fashion there, but on every episode they wear these spandex/lycra bedazzled animal print monstrosities and think they are super fashionable.
I think Vicki looks beautiful! These women act like they are on high school. Tamara is nasty, hateful & just plain mean. Vicki has been thru a lot & she looks great!
I don’t watch the show, and though I’m not sure what I think about her “improvements,” I think it’s very sad that she was bullied by her peers and felt the need to change her face to conform. How can we teach our kids treating people like this is wrong, yet then turn on a tv show where grown women are constantly putting each other down???
No pity for her from me, she is the biggest bully on the show. And she’s always blaming everyone else for things.
um.. .yea… I couldn’t tell which was the before pic until I saw the dates…
I am sorry, but for those of you who says she looks okay…um no she does NOT look even the slightest okay. Having a permanent Oh Shiite face is not okay.
The OG from the OC!
Aw I have such a love/hate with this woman. I adore her for her business savy, pity her when I see her interact with her children, hates her when she act like a love sick moronic teenager and love her crazy ways.
You got to give it to her, she has been able to last 8 SEASONS as a reality personality and she still brings it! I missed last night, but i am so excited for this season, I HEARD Lauri is coming back!?!?!?
Yes Lauri is now on “guest housewife” status. I wish she would stay away, she was boring.
I saw her last night on WWHL with Andy Cohen unveiling the unswollen plastic surgery. The chin implant is off center and from the side profile is too strong. The swelling improved the look of it. Once the swelling went down, bad. Look at the last photo above. The implant is completely off center. That’s how it looked on Andy Cohen’s show last night.
I don’t get the chin implant now paired to a nose job deal. My friend was pushed to have one by her plastic surgeon when she had a nose job. She had a cute chin. Afterwards her face looked longer, and after a year the chin implant started shifting. She took it out. She was so much prettier and softer without it. She had a twin, and when she looked at her photo with the implant and her sister without, she realized how much better her sister looked. Plastic surgeons always pushing the latest thing.
My friend’s daughter got one because she had a very weak, receding chin, and in that circumstance warranted and looked great, but it was a small implant.
Go look at Audrey Hepburn’s small chin and imagine a doctor saying your chin is too small and ending up with a stronger, longer chin. Nope.
Thanks Jayna for another informative comment. I’m always done after reading your feedback to any given post.
Better now.
Never seen the show but from the photos she reminds me of Magda from Something About Mary – “Hiya doll you’re in my sun”. Especially the cleavage.
I see it!
Also, this is Jennifer Aniston with a worse plastic surgeon. They could be cousins. Just sayin’, Justin Theroux. Run now.
This women would scare the s.ht out of me in a dark alley at midnight.
all these “housewives” have over done hack jobs on their faces. I just always thought that was one of requirements of doing the show. No over done plastic face, no use even trying out.
Seems like the “Miss Piggy” look was due to previous surgery. She was never a great beauty. But she used to look normal if you look at photos on “before they were housewives.”
She should have just got a neck job
She is one odd looking woman. Stop the plastic surgery already!
i dont really see a difference at all, it sounds like she had a LOT of work done for not much results. The change appears to mostly be due to the make up. Poor vicki that the other castmates teasing her lead her to get plastic surgery!
Personally I don’t see miss Piggy cause her face is so loooong. I see maybe Zara Phillips in 25 years
She still has those crazy dead eyes.
Yikes.
there is no way to make ugly look pretty !!!!
The answer to bad plastic surgery is never MORE plastic surgery.
I think she looks good!
she looks better than half the women who appearing the housewives series..or tv for that matter
She’s a middle aged women who has altered her appearance for her personal reasons
Plus she’s got the cash… I’m sure most ladies would do some type of “enhancement” if they could afford it.
Women are very harsh opinionated creatures.. Who also are constantly under societies pressure to be “beautiful” and all that esthetic crap. I believe be beautiful from the inside out and if u believe u require some enhancement, go for it! in moderation obviously
Stop the hating! Embrace your fellow species ladies…
LOL @ holding the bottle of whatever sideways so the label isn’t visible.
a broom wouldn’t even want to hit that.
I keep forgetting I cannot “like” any of the comments on here! LOLOL!!!!
Change the hair length.. style, color.. makeup and maybe we get semi cute eventually..
California is a big place. This handful of weirdos is not indicative of all of us.
in her defense, i remember in an earlier season, she explained she had botched plastic surgery that totally screwed up her jawline and other major features. so i think all of the follow-up surgeries were just attempts to right what was wrong. that said…she should’ve stuck with being natural in the first place.
OMG! I am older than her and don’t feel so bad about my face now! Thank you for making my day!
What is wrong with these people? Why do they do this to themselves?
She looks like all the rest “improvements” out there. If we keep this up we really will have cookie cutter Stepford Wives.
I’m all for self improvement, but I’m happy enough with myself to still want to look like ME at the end of the day. Now I shall go slather on some Retinal, elastagen and Collagen for good measure.
These women are almost all horrible people to say the least. It is too bad Vicky was affected by what Slade said but I don’t think that was the only reason. She isn’t an attractive person outwardly, but not everybody is. And, who cares what Slade or any of the so-called housewives think. They aren’t anybody whose opinions I’d care about. They’re selfish, shallow, and ugly on the inside. Especially Tamra, who hated Gretchen and was so buddy buddy with Vicky until Gretchen got popular and now she’s besties with Gretchen and threw Vicky under the bus – all just to stay relevant. Nobody is truly loyal to anybody on that show. Just a bunch of “look at me’s.” We see so much about bullying in the news now and this show is the ultimate bully showcase. I would love 5 minuts w/Tamra to ask her how she can sacrifice people so easily for her own benefit? She treated Gretchen like crap b/c Simon crushed on her. She sacrificed her son’s well-being by marrying Simon who obviously resented him. She had two kids with Simon and then left him for her latino closet dude and in so doing took her kids away from their dad, drug his name through the mud, and now he doesn’t have them like he used to. Then Vicky. Whose next? How do people like that sleep at night? Look themselves in the mirror? They really must have no conscience.
ugh..
You really need a put a warning, something like warning: graphic content or something before posting these pics!
LOL! 🙂
FREAKSHOW….All of the RHWBH have had work done and look awful. Plastic, puffy-faced fembots. At least with all that money(maybe), get a surgeon that knows what they are doing.
I never know why celebs think chin implants are a good thing. I know a guy who has a naturally big chin and many women won’t date him due to this fact(shallow I know, I would date him if I were single). I think big chins on women in particular look UGLLYY, especially when surgically enhanced.
Personally, I get so irritated with people who are so into their looks….since the world revolves around them.
I think her God-given looks were better than the plastic surgery. Maybe the surgery still needs to settle and she will look better. Right now I think she looks worse. Maybe she will need to go back for revisions. I don’t like the chin implant either.
At least she’s honest about it.
I have no idea who this is, and apparently I’m not missing anything. She has, shall we say, an interesting face. That is the nicest I can say about it.
Which is the before and which is the after? Both are awful. How unfortunate.
She looks better to me. I like her, its hard to believe that she is one of the more tolerable women on the show.
Not an improvement at all, totally awful, she looks horrible, she looked better before
I have just got pay tv and am watching some of these (cough) “Real Housewife” shows. Just wow. These people aren’t for real, surely.
Nothing redeemable about any of them. They just all argue, bitch & preen for the cameras.
I have no idea who she is but I think the new face is slightly better, the original didn’t seem too natural either, maybe the ‘new’ face was an attempt to correct bad surgery on the ‘old’ face. It would be interesting to see a photo of her in her teens to compare ‘The Three Faces of Vicki’.
She looks like Linda Rondstadt – Heather Locklear hybrid. I don’t know why I thought of Ms. Rondstadt when she clearly does not look like Vicki. Maybe Vicki’s new look is giving me an 80s vibe. And my God, she’s only 51.
I find her repulsive, no matter what. Stop messing with your face, women! IT.NEVER.LOOKS.GOOD.
GAH!!! Give people some warning before you stick that face out in public!!
LMFAO!!!!
Either way, she is not a very pretty looking woman… Sorry to say!!
She kind of looks the same…no change in looks will get rid of her annoyance factor though.
Seconding what you said about living in California…seems like a lovely place, but the expectations for beauty are crazy.
Vicki looked horrible on the premiere of the show. She couldn’t move her upper lip when she was talking. Her face doesn’t look better, just tighter, so if she was trying to fix the “Miss Piggy” look (which I don’t necessarily agree with), it didn’t work.
skull face.
fu ..ked
maybe it will settle later..
Vicki has been pretty harsh to others and she seems to have a jealous spirit..no one can be Tamara’s friend but her..
kinda childish and I hate how she did her ex husband but she got hers, she found, fell in love w/a loser and moved him in.
now its over.
Poor Vicky. I am sorry that she let tne voices of bullies run in her head until she felt she had to do this. I hope she gets the boost in confidence she needs to dismiss the hurtful comments of small minded people.
I think the work she got done actually looks pretty good. I mean, she still looks like herself, but better.
But the skin…the skin is HORRID. Her pics should be shown to young tanorexics everywhere as a warning of what’s to come.
I watched about 10 mins of the first episode of the season and her face looked unnatural. I guess because she was still swollen from the surgery. It looks 100x better now.
Vicki looks great~Beautiful!
She looks like Rocky Denis from mask