--- title: Kim Kardashian Butt: Most Popular Celebrity Plastic Surgery Request description: According to data from a popular online cosmetic surgery community canonical: https://time.com/3012799/from-kims-butt-to-angelinas-lips-the-plastic-surgery-procedures-women-want/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-22T21:09:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:49.804Z og:title: From Kim's Butt to Angelina's Lips: The Plastic Surgery Procedures Women Want og:description: Other popular requests include Jennifer Lawrence's nose and Kate Middleton's smile og:url: https://time.com/3012799/from-kims-butt-to-angelinas-lips-the-plastic-surgery-procedures-women-want/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf379bc8fe324fa98/69869ca51eebf76882371f2f/451914462.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Valentino : Front Row - Paris Fashion Week : Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: From Kim's Butt to Angelina's Lips: The Plastic Surgery Procedures Women Want twitter:description: Other popular requests include Jennifer Lawrence's nose and Kate Middleton's smile twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf379bc8fe324fa98/69869ca51eebf76882371f2f/451914462.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # From Kim's Butt to Angelina's Lips: The Plastic Surgery Procedures Women Want > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jacopo Raule/WireImage) Jacopo Raule—WireImage/Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 22, 2014 9:09 PM UTC Remember the woman who [spent $30,000](http://time.com/2987566/kim-kardashian-lookalike-claire-leeson/) to look like Kim Kardashian? Well, she’s certainly not the only person who has spent serious time and money t0 look like a celebrity — and Kim in particular. In fact, for women seeking cosmetic surgery, Kim’s butt is the most requested celebrity feature, according to data from [RealSelf.com](http://www.realself.com/), an online community where users come together to discuss plastic surgery procedures. To determine which celebrity features are most popular, RealSelf scanned all its content pages to see which names users are mentioning the most when inquiring about procedures. So in other words, this data is more anecdotal than scientific, says Alicia Nakamoto, vice president of community at RealSelf. To get a derrière like Kim’s, most women opt for the the Brazilian Butt Lift, which is a procedure that takes fat from one part of the body (like the abdomen, thighs or arms) and transfers it to the buttocks. The average cost is $6,725. After Kim, here are the other most popular celebrity mentions of 2014, along with the corresponding body part or procedure: * Beyoncé – butt * Madonna – face and hands (anti-aging) * Angelina Jolie – cheeks, lips * Rihanna – skin lightening * Jennifer Lawrence – nose * Jennifer Lopez – butt * Kate Middleton – nose, smile * Julia Roberts – lips, smile Every once in a while, a key moment in pop culture will cause a spike in celebrity requests. When _Maleficent_ hit theaters, for example, more women began inquiring about Angelina Jolie’s cheekbones. When Snooki was popular (remember those days?) and got some work done to her teeth, people began asking about getting theirs as white as hers. And when Krista from _The Bachelorette_ underwent a post-natal “mommy makover,” a surge of women began expressing interest in the procedure as well. But for the most part, the majority of people discussing plastic surgery on RealSelf don’t reference specific famous people at all. “Ninety-nine percent of the people do not want to look like a celebrity,” Nakamoto says. “They just want to fix something very personal and go on with their lives feeling more confident with themselves.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3012799/from-kims-butt-to-angelinas-lips-the-plastic-surgery-procedures-women-want/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3012799/from-kims-butt-to-angelinas-lips-the-plastic-surgery-procedures-women-want/"},"headline":"From Kim's Butt to Angelina's Lips: The Plastic Surgery Procedures Women Want","datePublished":"2014-07-22T21:09:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:49.804Z","description":"According to data from a popular online cosmetic surgery community","url":"https://time.com/3012799/from-kims-butt-to-angelinas-lips-the-plastic-surgery-procedures-women-want/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","society","Body Image","plastic surgery","celebrity","Kim Kardashian"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf379bc8fe324fa98/69869ca51eebf76882371f2f/451914462.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf379bc8fe324fa98/69869ca51eebf76882371f2f/451914462.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Valentino : Front Row - Paris Fashion Week : Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015","caption":"Valentino : Front Row - Paris Fashion Week : Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015","creditText":"Jacopo Raule—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3012799/from-kims-butt-to-angelinas-lips-the-plastic-surgery-procedures-women-want/","name":"From Kim's Butt to Angelina's Lips: The Plastic Surgery Procedures Women Want"}}]}] ```