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	a cheap and possibly deadly route to beauty

doodleicious

4-18-2009 2:10 AM

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plastic, surgery

doodleicious says:

gawd- please!

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4-18-2009 5:54 AM

Erlinda Jati

Oh dear...such waste ...such a waste...

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