Jocelyn Wildenstein, nicknamed 'Catwoman' for the extensive facelift she underwent, shared a stunning throwback photo over the weekend, showing her natural beauty before her dramatic transformation. A rare glimpse of
The 82-year-old Swiss socialite posted a heartfelt birthday tribute to her daughter Diane on Instagram.
In the picture, the blonde beauty is seen holding her little one.
Jocelyn Wildenstein before plastic surgery
Her face looks different from the distinctive features and extensive plastic surgeries that put her in the spotlight and earned her the popular nickname Catwoman.
Her passion for surgery began when she was married to her ex-husband, Alec Wildenstein.
Fearing that he would leave her, she reportedly decided to go under the knife in an attempt to win the self-confessed cat lover's heart.
She kept a lynx as a pet during the wedding, and she told Vanity Fair that she thought it had “perfect eyes.”
While her cosmetic changes worked at first and rekindled their romance, the couple later split in 1997.
After they broke up, Alec spoke about his ex-wife's surgery, saying: “She was crazy. I would always look for the last one.”
“She was thinking she could fix her face like a piece of furniture. Skin doesn't work that way. But she doesn't listen,” he added.
Jocelyn's social media post comes after she claimed she was broke after being cut from her $100 million divorce settlement.
She gave a rare interview last summer in which she claimed she was flat broke and her ex-husband's family owed her the nine-figure sum she famously received in their 1999 divorce. After cutting it off from the annuity, it didn't make any income for eight years.
The gregarious socialite won $2.5 billion in a settlement, followed by $100 million in distributions each year, after she claimed billionaire businessman husband Alec N. Wildenstein was unfaithful.
In a June 2023 interview with The Sunday Times, she claimed that Alec, who died in 2008, had tried to blame her for his failed marriage by saying she was the reason for his extensive plastic surgeries. He does not recognize his wife.