Socialite dubbed 'Catwoman' reveals her original face in unexpected throwback photo
Joe Yates
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You've probably seen 'Catwoman' before - no not the villain from Batman, the millionaire.
I'm talking about Jocelyn Wildenstein, the New York socialite who looks completely unrecognizable to how she looked before going under the knife, after she posted a throwback photo to her Instagram.
Although it may look obvious to us, Wildenstein herself has denied going under the knife and having plastic surgery at all. In fact, the Swiss 84-year-old has repeatedly stated that she has never undergone cosmetic surgery in her life.
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However, her billionaire ex-husband Alec Wildenstein, claimed she most definitely had back in 1998 when he spoke to Vanity Fair about their divorce.
Talking to the publication, he recalled the time that Jocelyn told him his eyes 'looked baggy', and so the pair went for eye lifts together.
He said: “She was crazy.
"I would always find out last [about her having plastic surgery]. She was thinking that she could fix her face like a piece of furniture. Skin does not work that way. But she wouldn’t listen.”
Her divorce from her then French husband Alec, who was a famed art dealer, landed her a staggering $2.5 billion - but didn't get it all in one go.
The courts ruled that she would receive $100 million a year, but after Alec died in 2008 his family made claim to his riches.
Although she was still receiving her share of the divorce settlement - that was until 2015 when Alec's family cut her off.
Three years later, as the money dried up, she filed for bankruptcy.
Now, to celebrate her daughter's birthday, she posted an unexpected throwback photo which revealed to all what her face used to look like.
The caption read: "Happy Birthday to my beautiful daughter Diane Wildenstein #oljogi #jocelynwildenstein."
Her photo depicts her as a blonde bombshell, one that could be mistaken for a Bond girl, as she cradles her daughter Diane - who is now 45-years-old.
Last year in June, Wildenstein took to Instagram to share a picture of her when she was a teenager, and in the caption took aim at people 'photoshopping' her photos.
She captioned the image: "#tbt that’s me #jocelynwildenstein at ballet classes in Switzerland at 15 years old.
"So maybe you should stop speculating on my image! Press stop! Stop please and stop photoshopping my images because you are all [100 percent] wrong.
"Stop posting fake images of me."