Susan Boyle has gone Hollywood, and there’s no saving her now. In the last 48 hours she’s had her boobs raised 3 inches, lost 45 pounds thanks to liposuction, had Ken Paves hair extensions put in (and not the fake hair ones; the good stuff), and got 2 nose jobs – I don’t know how. While that’s all obviously utterly impossible, you’d think that’s what Susan’s done, judging by the way the British press is treating her. They’re making her out to be some vampy harlot who’s turned into a glamour queen overnight. When in fact Susan got a haircut and plucked her eyebrows. What a hussy.

In a 90-minute makeover in a salon near her home in Blackburn, West Lothian, Boyle had her frizzled grey hair dyed and styled to wavy auburn. She also had eyebrows plucked and had new additions to her wardrobe, such as a print dress and leather jacket. Salon management said: “The TV folk might not like what she’s done with herself. She looks really nice – nothing like the image that’s had the whole world talking about her.”

British tabloids have gone into a frenzy over the makeover, with front-page splashes suggesting her smoother face could be the result of Botox injections. But some fans were concerned the makeover could change the “Hairy Angel” into another bland reality TV beauty.

The Sun reported that the talent show’s producers were concerned about her smoothed-over appearance. Judge Amanda Holden said: “It wouldn’t be right to dye her hair and suddenly make Susan all glam. People have fallen in love with the real Susan. We don’t want to change what they fell in love with.”

Holden wanted to protect Boyle from further superficial changes, saying she did not want her to experience the overhaul past winner Paul Potts had.

[From the New Zealand Herald; Quotes from The Sun]

Jeeze, I wonder why a woman dubbed the “Hairy Angel” on national TV would want to go to a salon and spruce up her look? Clearly Susan Boyle was just waiting for the first excuse she got to flit about in revealing clothes and smooth hair. You know what the nuns say…

(I don’t remember what the nuns say, but I’m sure it’s uptight and condemns vanity).

Not surprisingly, in Los Angeles they’re all over Susan’s new look.

“Britain’s Got Talent” singing sensation Susan Boyle appears on the cover of the British tabloid The Sun with a startling new look. Gone is her matronly gray frizzy hair and those bushy brows, frumpy frock and old lady pearls.

Now she has freshly dyed and styled reddish brown locks and newly shaped eyebrows. She definitely does look hipper and younger. And we like the black leather jacket, khaki pants and Burberry muffler. Not what we would have expected to see her wearing AT ALL.

But let’s hope she stops here and doesn’t head for the tanning booth or the gym. Or worse, to the dermatologist for some Botox and filler.

Toni Jones, assistant fashion editor of The Sun, praised Boyle for getting a 35-pound ($51) haircut and color locally at Miss Toner salon in Whitburn, near Blackburn, West Lothian, instead of going to a swanky shop in London.

[From the L.A. Times]

I think Susan looks wonderful. I understand the point about not wanting her to turn into everyone else. Because we’ve got plenty of those. I mean this in the kindest way, but Susan stands out for the contrast between her outward appearance and her inner beauty – both her talent and her charming personality. That said, she didn’t get her boobs done, I doubt she had Botox, and… a patterned dress, really? We’re going to critique her for getting too posh because of a patterned dress? Something tells me it’s not Pucci. I think it’s safe to say she’s still Susan and hasn’t gotten all full of herself. She’s found cause to make a few minor improvements, and if it makes her happy more power to her. And if she never wants to pluck her eyebrows or cut her hair again, so be it.

Here’s Susan after her makeover. Images thanks to Fame Pictures . She’s also shown after she got her eyebrows plucked – Images thanks to Pacific Coast News.