Ugly No More ; She Made Her Name with Ugly, a Searing Memoir of Her Brutal Childhood. Now, in a New Book, Judge Constance Briscoe Reveals How Only Radical Cosmetic Surgery On Her Eyes, Nose, Lips, Teeth and Even Feet Could Finally Lay Her Mothers Cruellest Taunts to Rest. . .

Daily Mail › January 12, 2008

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HIGH-FLYING barrister and part-time judge Constance Briscoe boarded a plane for New York last April for an Pounds 11,000 cosmetic operation to change the appearance of her feet.

There was nothing wrong with them, apart from being broad and flat, but for as long as Constance could remember, she had dreamed of slipping narrow, elegant feet into strappy stilettos.

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Ugly No More ; She Made Her Name with Ugly, a Searing Memoir of Her Brutal Childhood. Now, in a New Book, Judge Constance Briscoe Reveals How Only Radical Cosmetic Surgery On Her Eyes, Nose, Lips, Teeth and Even Feet Could Finally Lay Her Mothers Cruellest Taunts to Rest. . .

Her partner of eight years, leading barrister Anthony Arlidge QC, was, however, horrified.

'Tony thought it was complete and utter madness,' laughs Constance, 50. 'He offered to pay me not to fly to America to have the operation. He said I needed to have my head tested and refused to take me to the airport.

'He was probably right, but I was determined to have it done. I've had a thing about my feet since I was a child. They were too broad and I wanted to be able to wear nice shoes.

'I had to go to America because you can't get the operation in Britain. They think it's just vanity, which it is, but that's no reason for not having the operation. If you ...

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