Dita Von Teese Reveals Her Thoughts On Plastic Surgery and Modern Beauty

You may know Dita Von Teese as that pale woman with a pin-up look who was once married to Marilyn Manson.

But the 43-year-old, born a blonde girl named Heather Sweet in West Branch, Michigan, is not a gimmick.

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As a woman who does her own hair and makeup for the red carpet, has created her own new lipstick with MAC Cosmetics, she includes many fascinating anecdotes and tips about glamour and confidence in her new book, “Your Beauty Mark.”

Speaking to Yahoo Style about her take on modern beauty, the Burlesque vixen didn't hold back.

"I feel like it’s just a really extreme form of beauty that is right for some people, and I think what makes people happy is the right thing to do," she said.

"What I don’t agree with is people trying to fit in to society’s ideals of glamour and using plastic surgery to try to like please someone else.

"In modern times, there’s such emphasis on the beauty you’re born with, yet the women that we’re told are the most beautiful women in the world are on the covers of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue or the Victoria’s Secret supermodels.

"I don’t think there’s very many of us that can really achieve that kind of beauty.

"There’s also a certain kind of body or skin tone that’s held to be the standard of beauty, and I just never felt like I could fit in to that.

"I like the idea of glamour because it’s not dependent on how young you are or how much money you have or even how pretty you are."

The star also revealed that she uses Just For Men hair dye to fill in her eyebrows and always has her nails so perfect as her mother was a manicurist.