Have you ever dreamed of having Angelina Jolie’s lips, or Scarlett Johansson’s bust line?
For some, that dream is an obsession. Each year, people around the world drop hundreds of thousands of dollars with the hope of someday resembling their favorite Hollywood icons. They put themselves through multiple painful surgeries in the name of beauty and fame.
So who are these A-list admirers? Here are eight people who have gained notoriety for their extreme measures.
Hong Yuh Reum (Miranda Kerr)
Last week, South Korean model Hong Yuh Reum made headlines after appearing on Japanese TV program “Alien Virus” to discuss her transformation. “It really struck me when I first saw [Kerr] in a magazine. She has a baby face, but she’s very sexy. I knew I wanted to be like her,” she said during the show.
Reum had multiple surgeries on her eyes and nose in an attempt to better resemble the Aussie model and claims that her career has taken off since.
Nicholas Ryan (Ryan Gosling)
Aspiring New Jersey-based actor Nicholas Ryan dropped $5,000 last year on Botox and filler injections — all with the hope of making his face look like heartthrob Ryan Gosling.
“I’m going for roles that demand a more rugged look in a man’s face,” Ryan said in an interview with the Daily Mail. He’s also hoping it will help with the ladies since “women love Ryan Gosling.”
Turns out Ryan isn’t alone in wanting to resemble “The Notebook” star. Dr. Tim Neavin, who operated on Ryan last May, says Gosling is one of the most-requested looks in his consultations with male patients.
Myla Sinanaj (Kim Kardashian)
After receiving backlash from a Kim K.-inspired sex tape (“Myla Sinanaj: The Anti-Kim XXX”), Myla Sinanaj went under the knife to finalize the transformation and quiet her critics.
“I’m obsessed with her body and want mine to be exactly the same,” the porn star and aspiring media personality said in an interview with TMZ. She’s so obsessed with the newlywed that she even dated Kim’s ex, Kris Humphries, following their divorce.
Sinanaj spent over $30,000 on lipo, lip injections and a boob job.
‘Kitty’ (Jennifer Lawrence)
In an episode of ABC’s “Nightline,” a Texan woman, identified as “Kitty,” cited Jennifer Lawrence as her celebrity icon, because of her “spunky and fun” personality and “banging” body.
The 30-year-old dog trainer, wife and mother underwent six surgeries, totaling over $25,000, to make herself look more like the “Hunger Games” starlet.
“I am a strong woman . . . I am in charge of how I look, and I can change that and then change that again if I want,” she said during the special. “I’m not trying to look like Pamela Anderson here during her ‘Baywatch’ days. I’m trying to look like a very capable, very personal, level-headed female who is an Academy Award winner.”
Toby Sheldon (Justin Bieber)
Toby Sheldon has Bieber Fever — and isn’t afraid to show it.
The Los Angeles-based songwriter has spent over $100,000 in the last six years in an attempt to better resemble the 20-year-old singer, with surgeries including face fillers, a chin reduction, eyelid surgery and hair transplants.
Earlier this year, Sheldon’s compulsion was featured in an episode of TLC’s “My Strange Addiction,” in which the 33-year-old said, “Some people buy fancy cars or fancy mansions. What I do with my money is, I get surgery to look more like Justin Bieber.”
Despite his efforts, Sheldon admits that he still hasn’t nailed Bieber’s look, and has more surgeries planned for the future.
Crystal (Britney Spears)
On an episode of MTV’s “True Life: I Want a Famous Face,” office worker Crystal opted for a rhinoplasty, fat grafts, lip injections and breast implants totaling nearly $25,000 — all to look like the Queen of Pop, Britney Spears.
“Just give me that extra boost that I need just for that real presence that’s inside of me to be able to come out,” Crystal said during the special. Happy with her results, she then pursued a career as a stripper.
Ashley Horn (Lindsay Lohan)
In a story that seems straight out of an episode of “Maury,” Lindsay Lohan’s long lost sister Ashley Horn admitted to InTouch that she spent over $25,000 on plastic surgery to better resemble her famous sibling — then retracted the claim.
“My goal was to look like Lindsay in her good days, when she was around 18, 19 years old,” Horn told the magazine in 2013. Procedures included a rhinoplasty, refinement underneath her cheeks and jawline and fat injections in the chin and upper cheeks.
But after making headlines, Horn tearfully admitted that LiLo hadn’t inspired her plastic surgery makeover after all.