“Beauty is overrated....”
Amen to that. Susan Boyle has been blessed with the voice of an angel. She looks like a nice person to be around also. I hope success does not spoil her.
Should British singing sensation Susan Boyle get a makeover?
BY Lauren Johnston
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
And Boyle herself says she wouldn’t want the instant fame to change her too much.
Boyle, 47, burst into the spotlight last week when she performed the song “I Dreamed a Dream” on the reality show “Britain’s Got Talent.”
At least two members of the show’s judging panel have said they judged Boyle on her looks when she first appeared on stage before them. Based on the somewhat disheveled state of her baggy dress and wild hair – they admitted they didn’t expect much.
“It’s a very shallow thing to say but, obviously, the minute she walked onstage we all, and the audience, completely judged her on her appearance and everything else. And I hate saying that. But, you know, that true cliche, we judged a book by its cover,” said judge Amanda Holden in an interview Friday on the CBS “Early Show.”
But as the 18 million viewers of the YouTube clip of her musical number have seen – when Boyle opened her mouth to belt the song, she dazzled the crowd and moved her listeners to tears – among them the “Early Show” hosts, “Today” host Kathie Lee Gifford and actress Demi Moore.
Boyle’s champions – including Holden – say her “everywoman” look and story is part of her appeal and are urging her to resist a Hollywood-style makeover.
“I won’t let Simon Cowell take her to his dentist and I certainly won’t let her near his hairdresser. She needs to stay exactly as she is because that’s the reason we love her. She just looks like anybody who could live on your street,” Holden said in an interview with the British Daily Mail.
Cowell created the show and is also a judge.
Boyle lives alone with her cat Pebbles in Scotland and for years was a caregiver for her mother, until she passed away in recent years. She is unemployed and went on the show to sing as a tribute to her mother.
She claims to have never been kissed or had a boyfriend – and her story has pulled the heartstrings of all who’ve heard it.
For Boyle, the reality experience has been a dream come true.
Contrary to this morning’s comments on CNN, in an interview Thursday with “Good Morning America” host Diane Sawyer asked Boyle if she’d like to change her look, to which she replied, “I’d like that.”
But Holden is holding steady on her career advice for the rising star.
“The minute we turn her into a glamourpuss is when it’s spoilt,” Holden said