Most Beautiful 2009

Beautiful at Every Age

With the help of a few famous faces – Vanessa! Halle! Christie! – these gorgeous gals prove true beauty is timeless. By Karen J. Quan

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MICHELLE PFEIFFER, 51

Turning 50 last April was freeing, Pfeiffer said during the Berlin Film Festival. "If you think hitting 40 is liberating, wait till you hit 50," she said. But don't think that she hasn't felt the peer pressure to look a certain way. The actress, who turns 51 on April 29, admitted to InStyle magazine back in 2006 that she has thought about plastic surgery. "I certainly see that I've changed. I just try not to dwell on it," she said.

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