--- --- # This Woman Has Spent $30,000 to Look Like Kim Kardashian by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 15, 2014 3:55 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 15, 2014 3:55 PM UTC Wanna look more like Kim Kardashian? Well, if you really commit, it could cost you some serious dough. In Claire Leeson’s case, looking like Kim has cost around $30,000\. The English woman [appeared ](http://www.itv.com/thismorning/hot-topics/from-ugly-bullied-to-kim-kardashian-lookalike)on U.K. talk show _This Morning_ yesterday to talk about her Kardashianization process, which has included breast implants, teeth whitening, hair extensions, make-up, spray tans, nails, and lots of shoes and clothes. Oh, also butt padding, obviously. Check out the results: > [](https://twitter.com/claireleeson%5Fx/status/479614237497909248) > [](https://twitter.com/claireleeson%5Fx/status/488349048232247296) Leeson says she was bullied and called ugly as a child, and this is all part of overcoming that. Next she’ll just have to find a man willing to to drop $30,000 to look like Kanye. Kim Kardashian Lookalike Spent 30,000 Dollars for Plastic Surgery ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2987566/kim-kardashian-lookalike-claire-leeson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2987566/kim-kardashian-lookalike-claire-leeson/"},"headline":"This Woman Has Spent $30,000 to Look Like Kim Kardashian","datePublished":"2014-07-15T15:55:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:41.790Z","description":"She says it's her way of overcoming childhood bullying","url":"https://time.com/2987566/kim-kardashian-lookalike-claire-leeson/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","plastic surgery","celebrity","Kim Kardashian"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2987566/kim-kardashian-lookalike-claire-leeson/","name":"This Woman Has Spent $30,000 to Look Like Kim Kardashian"}}]}] ```