A successful?cooking show host, cookbook author, and restauranteur, Paula Deen?is famous for her down-home Southern cuisine, her unquenchable lust for butter, and her loud, pushy manner. The portly 65-year old, who came out of the closet with Type 2 diabetes earlier this year,?has become a cultural icon representing Southern hospitality, for better or worse.
Her persistent and cloying joviality makes her seem borderline insane, and she’s painfully easy to spoof, with her ridiculous accent and the non-stop butter. From a physical perspective, aside from her obvious (and, to be fair, diminishing) girth, Paula is well-known for?the signature style?of her silver hair and for her big toothy smile.
She actually has very beautiful blue eyes, though, in a misdirected effort,?she seems to want to force attention on them by making herself up to look like Tammy Faye Baker.?Someone should teach her the concept of less is more, because Paula Deen without makeup looks okay.
In the first photo of Paula without makeup, she appears to be toning down her gaudy Southern splendor to blend in with the equally tacky New York City tourists. Her streamlined look?can largely be attributed to that fact that her insane hairstyle is covered up with a hat. She really does have lovely blue eyes though, and nice big white teeth.
The next?picture is so appalling I don’t know where to start. It’s unflattering to say the least, but her lack of makeup isn’t really the reason. Her hair has not been?done up?yet, though it doesn’t look any worse than it does when styled. Most troubling, however, is that it’s unclear if she’s?in the midst of a big guffawing laugh or if she’s waiting for someone to throw a deep-fried Twinkie into?that gaping maw. Either way, I don’t really?like making fun of Paula. She’s incredibly annoying and her cooking looks beyond nauseating, but she seems like a nice enough lady.
Erica says
She’s definitely wearing makeup in that photo. Like, lots of it.
Aleph says
Paula has beautiful hair, skin and eyes. If she could get her teeth sized down a bit (if they are dentures) she’d look more femenine. Also, the black false eyelashes and liner should go, replace with a vibrant purple and not too much of it- just around her eyes with some shadow on upper lid- limited, and because purple is a tertiary color to blue, her beautiful blue eyes would jump out and look dazzling. The black lashes and liner in the midst of all her soft and lovely natural colors make her look like a puppet. I love her personality and it would be great if her look were softer. If I were her I would fire my image cunsultant.
Ellen says
I’d kill for her broad smile and beautiful teeth! And those eyelashes, though I don’t wear them, are what everyone’s been wearing for years. She doesn’t wear crazy eyeshadow or bronzer/blush.
I’ve been to her Nashville restaurant; it was packed and the food was great! She’s built a career with hard work and made changes when changes were necessary. She’s a bold, modern woman!
I find the comments in this article to be nonsense, as well as the added comments. If you feel like ripping someone apart, why don’t you take aim at another fabulous woman, Dolly; Dolly Parton’s fake triple F boobs, her out of date hair, crazy makeup, and the crazy clothes she wears. But you wouldn’t would you, because you’d get your ass handed to you, and rightly so.