Susan Boyle Gets a Bazaar Makeover

The 48-year-old Susan Boyle, who famously has never been kissed, probably wouldn't have too many problems attracting a beau, at least if they saw the after shot of a Susan Boyle before and after montage. The Britain's Got Talent runner-up was slipped into ensembles by Michael Kors, Donna Karan and Ann Taylor, and others.

In the Harper's Bazaar interview, Susan Boyle said that the (other, as she is now one herself) celebrities she most wants to meet are Madonna and Donny Osmond. Those are totally different types of stars; she wants to meet Madonna because "I like that she is a diverse pop star and controversial." She wants to meet Donny because "I bought all of the Osmonds' records and liked Donny's singing and his boyish charm."

That's great, Susan, but where's that album that Boyle fans like me are waiting for? Certainly, the Susan Boyle before and after shots also show that she's recovered from the exhaustion that overtook her after the worldwide Britain's Got Talent competition.

Interestingly, the magazine describes her as a consummate professional, but certainly, no diva:

Today Boyle is professional to the nth degree. The hours of posing on her feet? "Not a problem." The lack of a lunch choice that she likes? "Oh, never mind." The fun of hair and makeup and dressing up in beautiful clothes? "You know me; I'll go along with anything." The process of being photographed while a large crew watches? "As long as I don't break the camera, I'll be fine," she jokes. Every once in a while, she'll give one of her customary hip wiggles. Talk of Michael Jackson inevitably arises, and Boyle moonwalks in the towering Giuseppe Zanotti heels she is wearing. (By the way, she's pretty nifty on the heels. "Aye," she says. "I do wear heels. Sometimes I do.")

Now she's stepping out into the world — slowly and tentatively. "Baby steps," she says. She has moved to a quiet part of London where she shares a house with an assistant and is working on recording her debut album, tentatively due in November. Does she enjoy living in London? She doesn't really know yet. She doesn't have plans to move back to Blackburn. "I'll go back to visit," she says. "But you have to move on sometime."

Susan Boyle before and after? More than just a makeover, before and after could speak to her mindset before and after stardom. No diva she, let's hope that continues.