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Unmasking The Hidden Billionaire Behind A Korean Beauty Kingdom - Forbes

Unmasking The Hidden Billionaire Behind A Korean Beauty Kingdom - Forbes

Posted: 21 Aug 2019 12:00 AM PDT

Liu Jing, 32, is visiting Seoul from China's eastern seaboard. Other tourists might spend their day taking in the capital's sights. Not Liu. She's lining up behind at least a dozen compatriots in a duty-free shop, waiting her turn to buy JM Solution facial sheet masks. Each box of ten will cost her about $30, but Liu won't walk away with just one. For the equivalent of $18,000, she and the others buy three refrigerator-size palettes of carts—so big they have to be wheeled away on dollies.

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Liu isn't buying them for herself. She's a daigou—a Chinese term for surrogate buyers who venture abroad to stock up on popular products and resell them back home. To say JM Solution masks are popular is an understatement. Between the Honey Luminous Royal Propolis Mask, the Lacto Saccharomyces Golden Rice Mask, and the Active Pink Snail Brightening Mask, JM Solution's owner, GP Club, has sold more than a billion skin-care masks, mostly in China, since launching them in mid-2017. "It's the No. 1 seller in China," Liu says, adding that she can earn as much as 20% selling JM masks back home in Shandong province. "I've been coming here once a month for the past six months."

Daigous like Liu are partly responsible for catapulting Kim Jung-woong, GP Club's founder and CEO, onto Forbes' list of Korea's 50 Richest at No. 30 with an estimated net worth of $1.15 billion. Kim, now 44, started his own video game store in high school and within a decade had earned enough to venture into China's gaming accessories market. A decade after that he pivoted to cosmetics in the mainland. But after a diplomatic dust-up that began in 2016 sparked a boycott in China of Korean products, Kim cultivated a following among the mainland's social media influencers, triggering an invasion of daigous determined to bypass the boycott and ship GP Club's masks from Korea to sell back in China themselves. 

The daigous not only blunted the boycott's impact, but also helped GP Club grab market share from big-name Korean brands such as Amorepacific and LG Household & Health Care. Driven largely by demand from China's consumers, sales at GP Club rose nearly tenfold last year to 514 billion won ($460 million), while net profit rose more than 30 times, to 170 billion won. "I rode the wave well," Kim says in his first major interview since becoming a billionaire. To cope with the growth, he quintupled his staff to 170 last year. "But if you asked me to do it again, I probably couldn't," he says. 

GP's staggering expansion prompted Goldman Sachs last October to pay 75 billion won for a 5% stake in the company, making Kim, who with his wife and daughter owns roughly 95% of the company, a billionaire. Confident it can sustain the momentum, GP says it has mandated banks to arrange an IPO in Seoul, which could take place later this year. "While the incredible growth in sales of JM Solution's innovative products caught our initial attention," says Jonathan Vanica, a managing director at Goldman Sachs who led its investment in GP, "it was the company's deep understanding of the Chinese consumer's ever-evolving, internet-driven tastes and their firsthand knowledge of online and offline nationwide distribution channels that truly excited us."

Kim's road to China's $15 billion a year facial mask market was long and winding. The youngest of three siblings, Kim had a comfortable childhood until his father, a well-to-do bank branch manager, lost his job and the family's money in a failed foray into politics. Kim's father traded his white-collar shirts for a construction laborer's helmet. They were hard times, Kim recalls. Rice was a luxury; the family ate barley instead.

When Kim was 15, his father died of liver cancer, leaving his mother and grandmother to raise him, his brother and sister. Hardship ignited his entrepreneurial flame. "Early on, I felt driven by the need to make money," he says. An avid gamer like so many teenagers, Kim landed a part-time job at a small video game store run by an elderly couple. Kim's fascination with games quickly translated into a talent for selling them. With $4,000 he saved from his job and $3,000 borrowed from his family, Kim opened his own small store selling video games and consoles from an apartment and called it Game Paradise, the origin of today's GP Club. 

Kim would open shop after school and sell video games until 11 p.m., fashioning homemade loyalty cards—"Buy 10, get one free"—to encourage repeat business. When he'd made enough money, he used it to open a second store in another apartment nearby. By the time he was 20, Kim had amassed a small fortune of 300 million won (equivalent to about $500,000 today).

After a four-year interlude—two years performing Korea's compulsory military service and another two earning a degree in interior design from a vocational college—Kim started plowing his savings back into expansion. He opened a new branch of his store in an electronics mall and eventually added five more there. 

Video games weren't the only thing moving out of GP, though. Kim noticed that customers were also keen on nylon and polyester shoulder bags to protect their precious PlayStation and Nintendo gaming consoles. So in 2003, Kim made the first of what would be many trips to China, where the carriers were made, to secure a network of suppliers. GP's game and accessories business grew to generate, at its peak, as much as 50 billion won in annual sales.

Kim picked up more than bags in China. He learned Chinese and, he says, "a lot about the Chinese culture and the habits of people." Kim was quick to spot the resurgent popularity of Korean pop culture in China, part of a second K-Pop wave like the one that swept Asia in the 1990s, but now supercharged by the rise of social media. 

With the new craze for Korean bands and TV dramas came a yearning to emulate the fair and dewy skin of their stars: the K-Beauty trend. Korea's biggest beauty brands had been exporting to China for years; now even smaller brands could sell to Chinese consumers online or to the rapidly rising number of Chinese visiting Korea. The second wave gave Kim the chance to make use of his China connections, and in 2013 GP became the distributor for Korean brands still trying to ride the K-Beauty wave into China's market.

"It did incredibly well—at first," Kim recalls. But his role as middleman was precarious: As his Korean clients' sales soared, they began cutting him out and selling directly to China's retailers. Turning to a small Korean cosmetics factory in April 2016, Kim launched his own brand of body washes and lotions, JM Solution, which stands for "Journey to Miracle."

JM's first product line was gaining popularity, but its rise was cut short when, in the summer of 2016, Korea agreed to deploy the U.S. THAAD anti-missile system on its turf, designed to protect it from North Korean missiles. Beijing, worried the system's radar could penetrate Chinese territory, interpreted the development as a national security threat and retaliated swiftly by banning Chinese group tours to Korea. "Before the crisis, 800,000 Chinese were coming to South Korea every month," says Park Hyun-jin, an analyst at the DB Financial Investment brokerage in Seoul. "It fell to about a quarter of that."

State media also urged China's consumers to boycott Korean products. Sales at Korea's largest cosmetics firm, Amorepacific, dropped by more than 9% during the two-year boycott. Its net income tumbled by more than half. "The appetite for K-Beauty was big," says Lee Sun-hwa, an analyst with Eugene Investments and Securities in Seoul. "But with the tourism ban, there were fewer channels for Chinese consumers to purchase these products directly."

GP wasn't spared. "I lost a billion won I couldn't get back from one retail partner. We had orders of three billion won being cancelled," Kim says. "People were literally telling me, 'Stop producing.'" He didn't. Instead, Kim invested all his money at the time—1.5 billion won—into a new product: facial sheet masks. Unlike traditional facial masks that are brushed on as a paste and then allowed to dry before being peeled or washed off, facial sheet masks are tissue-thin sheets cut to fit the face—with holes for the eyes and mouth—and coated with chemicals designed to moisturize and rejuvenate the skin. China's consumers buy $15 billion in these masks every year, according to Bain & Co.

In mid-2017, GP launched JM Solution's Honey Luminous Royal Propolis Mask. Other masks soon followed, including the Active Bird's Nest Moisture Mask, the Active Jellyfish Vital Mask and, of course, the Active Pink Snail Brightening Mask (containing real snail extract), just to name a few. GP didn't advertise. Instead, it sent masks to China's top beauty influencers, who would in turn post reviews—for free—on Sina Weibo (China's equivalent of Twitter) or on TikTok, the short-video platform operated by Bytedance. 

Some influencers began buying masks in bulk and reselling them online. But it was the daigous who arguably made a significant difference. Daigous aren't limited to GP's masks or to Korea, but the THAAD boycott and the popularity of GP's influencers in China spawned a lucrative gray market for the daigous to exploit, buying masks in bulk in Korea and selling them to buyers at home who put complexion ahead of patriotism.

GP's allure to the daigous was also fed to some extent by its own competitor: Amorepacific limited how much of its products any single customer could buy. A spokesperson for Amorepacific says the company was more concerned with protecting and promoting its long-term brand image than with boosting short-term sales. 

GP had virtually no limits. By the end of 2018, GP had sold 800 million masks, a number that has now surpassed a billion. "Tourism was declining," says Eugene analyst Lee. "But sales of JM products at duty-free stores were rising. It was people who were selling them, not consuming them." Today, GP, the company that started out selling video games and accessories, counts on cosmetics—largely to China—for 90% of its sales, half of which now come from e-commerce platforms such as Alibaba's Tmall. Games and related accessories account for just 6%. 

GP Club's China-powered rise was so meteoric that analysts initially projected the company could be valued as high as 10 trillion won in an IPO. They've since brought that estimate Earthward—current projections are for a valuation of roughly 4 trillion won. "The 2018 financials, while impressive, were still less than what we thought they'd be," Lee says.

"JM Solution products have had a meteoric rise for sure, but GP Club, even when dealing solely with video games, was clearly successful," says Jane Han, GP's general sales director and its first cosmetics hire, in 2014. "What has not changed is our CEO's passion and sincerity for what he does and his meticulous focus on fully understanding all the details involved in bringing a product to market and selling it. That is one of his greatest strengths."

As proof that it is no longer an upstart in China, GP now must grapple with the bane of so many brands there: counterfeiting. "Fake products are already in the Chinese market," says Florence Bernardin of Information & Inspiration, a research firm specializing in the Asian cosmetics market. Fake cosmetics not only undercut sales; sometimes tainted with dangerous chemicals, they can hurt unwitting consumers and spark a backlash against the genuine brand. China's social media is rife with complaints about counterfeit Korean cosmetics. GP says it's working to foil counterfeiters by monitoring online and offline sales channels, updating its packaging and working closely with its online partners such as Alibaba.

Vigilance may curb copycats, but continued growth, analysts say, will depend largely on diversification into new products and markets. GP has expanded offices from Seoul into Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Weihai in China's Shandong province. Roughly a quarter of its 170 employees are focused on R&D, it says, and it's now selling its cosmetics not only in China but also in Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and back home in South Korea. "The next big market for cosmetic firms appears to be Southeast Asia," says Shinyoung Securities analyst Shin Su-yeon in Seoul. "K-Beauty is popular in the region. But it's a difficult market, fragmented between several countries."

Kim hopes an IPO will give GP the cash it needs to bridge those divides. When all is said and done, though, success is a relative matter for Kim, who feels his father died prematurely: "My dream is to be able to spend the better part of my life comfortably with my family." —With additional reporting by Yue Wang

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ShePreneurs Win: How Yvon Nguyen Became An Influencer in the Luxury Arena - Thrive Global

Posted: 21 Aug 2019 12:25 PM PDT

Yvon Lux is a tastemaker, influencer and storyteller with a syndicated Apple News channel. Her "blogazine" celebrates sisterhood and empowers women by focusing on women's health, travel, food and entrepreneurial news while sharing coveted fashion and beauty trends and stories. The young female founder enjoys working with start-ups to large corporations, and has been featured in many media outlets. We were delighted to discuss how Yvon became an influencer and her strategies to distinguish herself in a highly competitive market.

ShePreneurs ('SP'): What value do you think influencers bring to companies/organizations and consumers?

Yvon Lux ('YL'): The popularity of influencer marketing is still skyrocketing due to its effectiveness. According to Business Insider Intelligence, the influencer marketing industry is on track to be worth up to $15 billion by 2022 ($8 billion more than in 2019). Besides communication and entertainment, people continue to rely on social media to form buying decisions. This makes influencers valuable to brands and consumers. We rarely buy without going online and using social media to read reviews/reactions and get inspired based on others' experiences.  

As someone who started blogging a couple of years ago, now with syndicated channel on Apple News, it was only recently that people and brands began to see me as an up and coming tastemaker and 'influencer' (I prefer to inspire, bring awareness and review rather than to 'influence').

Brand fit is key. I only partner with brands, products and services I like and think that my network would benefit from knowing about them. I am extremely selective and only say yes to 40% of collaboration requests. I get everything from clothing, skincare, lingerie, experiences, food and beverage, lodging, makeup, cosmetic surgery, etc. As a matter of fact, I have tried products that I don't particularly like. When this happens, I do not post about them and instead provide genuine feedback to the PR person privately via email.

SP: How are you and your influencing strategies different?

YL: As a content creator, I'm not for every brand and I don't try to be. The most successful relationships I've had when partnering with brands are long term collaboration seekers. I feel like a one-off post doesn't offer much value. Many content creators post about a different product with every new post. How do you really know what they really like? You will see me talk and post about the products and services I favor repeatedly.

Here are the 3 types of networks ('followers') that connect with me on social media:

Asian American consumers are a demographic I can closely relate to. According to Nielsen's 2019 Diverse Intelligence Series, "Asian Americans offer unparalleled marketing opportunity for businesses and brands." They are informed influencers and powerful purchasers as they lead in household income and education.

Career women also identify with me and my multi-tasking lifestyle. We love products that make our lives easier, make us feel better and enjoy luxurious experiences and services as a reward for our hard work.

As a woman living in California with New York roots, my lifestyle, beauty, fashion, social choices and content are relatable to women who enjoy either coast or anyone in between who enjoy following similarly exciting activities. Experiences have shown that they follow my content for recommendations, mentions and inspiration.

How do I know this? I've received messages asking about a pair of boots I wore, the Peking duck I posted about, or how far is the convention center from the hotel I stayed in. So if a brand is focusing on niche and targeted reach, which I think is a smarter way to approach influencer marketing, then I'm their to-go person.


SP: What are the most significant challenges that influencers encounter and how do you overcome them?

YL: Due to the heightened popularity of influencer marketing and the perks and status influencers enjoy, everyone wants to become an influencer. It's getting blurry and the competition is really intense. Influencers are struggling to stand out to brands.

To overcome this, I just focus on being myself. I don't try to be everything to everybody. You won't see me promote 100 brands of lipstick or post about a new hair product everyday. Because if I do, then my smart network will realize that I'm not truly liking anything and that I'm simply posting for pay. When you follow me, you will start to see that I have brands and products that I'm loyal to. However, this helps and hurts me. It helps because I'm sharing brands I'm confident about knowing that my network benefits from it. It hurts because I don't share as much content as other influencers who say yes more often and create content regularly as required. I earn less partnership opportunities because I'm so selective.

It's important to me to remain an authentic brand advocator and only recommend products and services I truly like. Brands who prioritize selectiveness and loyalty will see value in working with someone like me. I'm not a product pusher. The things you see me post about are the things I do use daily, weekly, monthly or occasionally.

SP: What are your best tactics to convert online sales?

YL: Below are some ways that help social media collaboration between a content creator and brand to generate ROI:

First, brand alignment and fit. The brand and the content creator have to be a good match. This responsibility is on both parties. The brand needs to vet and understand who this creator is and what her/his following looks like and are they the right demographics geographically, ethnically, financially, etc. Meanwhile, the content creator needs to be consistent in the brands s/he chooses to work with and that s/he is not just pushing another product.

Second, authenticity matters. The content creator needs to genuinely think that her/his network will really enjoy the product or appreciate the service.

Third, the message is clear. The final content has to be appealing and focused. If it's a luxurious brand, is the content creator able to create sophisticated visual, written and oral content that accurately and aesthetically represents the brand?

Fourth, the brand is appealing. Influencers and content creators work to generate curiosity and visitors. The brand's message and quality must be saleable and align with the creator's review, otherwise the visitors will not convert into customers.

Lastly, sales may take a while. There have been several instances that someone from my network reaches out a few weeks or months later after a post and let me know they've tried something or some place I've recommended. Instant conversion isn't a realistic expectation unless it's a time-limited promotion. If possible, multiple posts is better than one-off post.

SP: How do you incorporate food into your business model and how effective are the results?

YL: As a real foodie with a discriminatory palate, this is not hard. You can make good friends and do business over good food. My line of work requires me to eat out often. I also seek out good food when I travel as it's a big part of a memorable trip. Food integrates well with my work because even if I'm a lover of fashion and beauty products, I still have to eat, at least once a day.

SP: As a PR and marketing professional, at what point did you commit to being a professional clothes designer and having a subscription service as well? 

YL: I used to come from the corporate world of suits and professional wear everyday. It wasn't easy finding elegant and fashionable work wear as a petite woman. I started customizing and creating my own looks and outfits. Eventually, I decided to offer this service to a small group of clientele who are busy career women, socialites and beauty queens who don't have time to shop or prefer custom choices.

SP: What is your advice for people who want to become influencers?

YL: Do it and you don't need a million followers. The most talked about trend in influencer marketing is that brands are seeking out micro influencers and nano influencers. This new term 'nano influencer' means social media users who have a few thousand followers. Smaller influencers tend to have a more centralized and focused following and reach. They are also more cost-effective.

Focus on Instagram, at least for now. Approximately 80% of brand partnerships take place on Instagram.

The quality of your posts matter. Instagram is essentially a best photo contest so be sure to post good quality photos and videos. However, visually stimulating aesthetics isn't everything. Just because an influencer uses amazing filters and presets doesn't necessarily mean they can influence. People may follow them because the content is visually appealing. Make sure your personality and message are true to yourself and are relatable. Be selective and don't try to sell everything to everybody.

Focus on being a better you and don't try to compete with others. There are plenty of collaboration opportunities to go around so don't feel like you need to compare yourself. Use other influencers as inspirations and idea generators. If you're newer, don't stress out by comparing your phase one to someone else's phase ten. Learn how to approach brands professionally and you may earn collaboration opportunities. Don't take it personally if you don't get a 'yes'.

If you identify as a minority and can represent that or have a unique reach within a certain population, you should perhaps highlight that niche. Brands are getting more focused with their social media marketing efforts.

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Freckles are having their moment in the sun, and it’s about time - harpersbazaar.com

Posted: 20 Aug 2019 01:16 AM PDT

When Jade Burt was growing up, she hated her freckles. She would get called names at school like "freckle face" and "coco pops". "I used to want to get them lasered off," she recalls, talking to Harper's Bazaar. "I just wanted to look like everyone else at that point… I absolutely hated them."

Throughout her modelling career, Burt's freckles have been as much of an asset as an impairment, her trump card or her undoing, depending on the mood of the casting director in front of her.

Even after Elle Macpherson praised them as "unique" when Burt won Britain's Next Top Model in 2011 (then under her maiden name of Jade Thompson), she says her freckles have still lost her jobs since. "It was something that made me stand out, so if they were looking for something different I would be right, if not it could be a hindrance."

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The now-28-year-old recalls one particularly "mortifying" casting where she was turned away after being told they wanted a "clear face". She called her mum afterwards and cried.

"I used to go to castings filled with dread," she says. "Make-up artists wouldn't know how to do my make-up and sometimes I'd go away and think a job went well, then I'd see the pictures afterwards and think, 'Wow, who is that?' There were no freckles."

Fast forward a decade, and the wind has changed.

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Since returning to modelling this year after a short hiatus and a baby, Burt has witnessed first-hand the 180-degree pivot. Rather than being shunned or considered a particular taste, Burt's distinct look is being celebrated as part of a bigger shift away from cookie-cutter beauty towards diversity.

Walking around London, freckles are now everywhere: an army of dotty faces beaming with camaraderie from billboards and shop windows. Women are flaunting them fearlessly on the street. Social media is suddenly rife with speckled skin. The rules have changed. The goal posts moved.

I would call it a renaissance - except the current popularity feels unprecedented. So, what changed? Like many trends du jour, we appear to owe much of it to the Duchess of Sussex. The rise (and rise) of freckles can be traced back to the royal wedding on May 19, when her barely-there skin make-up, and freckles, took centre stage. And as designers who have dressed the duchess can attest to, the "Meghan Effect" is no joke.

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More than a year later, freckles are still very much en vogue, with everyone from Hailey Bieber to Ashley Graham posting make-up free selfies on social media, and hashtags like #frecklesfordays and #frecklesgang flooding Instagram.

The message is clear: freckles are now cool.

Though, while frecks might be in fashion, sun damage is still not. What's the difference? Sometimes it can be difficult to tell. While some freckles, like Burt's, are genetic blessings, other pigmentation can look similar but is actually caused by accumulated sun exposure. In other words, SPF is always a good idea.

For those born without freckles, the good news is, there are other ways of jumping on the bandwagon anyway. For the brave, this means semi-permanent tattooing - yes, it's a thing - which, like it says on the tin, involves getting spots tattooed onto your face, and lasts around three years.

While Laura Kay, founder of London-based permanent make-up salon Laura Kay London, frequently gets such requests, she says it's not something she would ever recommend. She limits her services to "the odd beauty spot" and never more than two or three, as any more could backfire if the pigment fades and merges into an orange-like hue, she warns.

At the less extreme end of the spectrum is faux freckle make-up. Remi Brixton, founder and CEO of freckle cosmetic company Freck, says her company has seen more than 15 times growth over the past year in the UK alone. London is currently their biggest market.

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"When Freck launched people were very hesitant about faking their frecks," she says. "As the brand has become more well known, people are more accepting of the concept - after all, all make-up is enhancing your look however you please, and freckles are no different."

Despite not having any herself, Brixton has always been obsessed with freckles and as a child, she longed for the product she would eventually go on to create. She says the freckle trend - real or otherwise - essentially comes back to body positivity, which in turn is "leading to lower coverage foundations and CC creams and an overall acceptance of skin texture and flaws". She adds: "Self acceptance and body positivity is seeping into beauty standards in an impactful way."

What does Burt think of the faux freckle trend? "It's quite flattering, really," she muses. "At least people are saying they like them so much that they want them, too."

For her though, it's always been about embracing who you are and, she hopes, inspiring younger generations to do the same. Love the skin you're in, kids.

Startups that make electric toothbrushes, toothpaste, aligners, & floss - Business Insider

Posted: 21 Aug 2019 06:31 AM PDT

From prescription medication and eyewear to daily multivitamins and hair-loss treatments, consumer startups are tackling every aspect of your personal health. That includes oral hygiene — how you care for your teeth and gums.

In addition to emotional and physical consequences, there are financial consequences to practicing poor oral care. Compared to other health care services, dental care presents the highest cost barriers to the US population.

Oral care startups hope to keep you one step ahead of these barriers by getting you excited to brush your teeth or floss regularly. While a new electric toothbrush or toothpaste won't be able to solve a cavity you already have, good habits like brushing twice a day with an effective toothbrush and flossing regularly are smart preventative measures to keep you out of the dentist's chair beyond your regular check-ups.

New oral care brands are also tackling cosmetic procedures like teeth whitening and teeth straightening, which are often prohibitively expensive and inconvenient. By lowering costs and making at-home solutions, they give customers further reason to smile a little wider.

The following 11 online startups make toothbrushes, toothpaste, aligners, and other oral care accessories to help you take care of your teeth and smile:

Dough box useful in its time - Wisconsin State Farmer

Posted: 21 Aug 2019 02:41 PM PDT

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Your great-grandmother may have used this antique box in her kitchen, but not many of us use it today since there are newer, faster ways to get the same result. The pine box is 27 inches high by 36 inches wide and 21 inches deep. It has dovetailed sides and tapered legs. The removable top is made of two boards.

Give up? It is a dough box used for proofing bread dough. The box was filled with flour, then water was added and the mixture was kneaded. More ingredients were added, including yeast, and more kneading. Then a rest, letting the dough rise, punching it down, kneading it again, reshaping and letting it rest. This was done several times.

When the dough felt right, the box was covered and moved to a warm place where the dough could "proof." That is what the final rise is called. It was shaped again, put in the oven and baked. Families ate a lot of bread, and most housewives made bread at least once a week. The finished bread was taken from the oven to rest on the lid of the dough box, then cut and served. And the lid had another use. It kept the mice and bugs away from the bread.

The antique box sold for just $219. Today they make electric proofing boxes to do this work.

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Q. A very old silver cup that has been passed down in the family has not one, but two handles. Why? It has an English silver mark for 1671.

A. The two-handle cup was used to drink caudle or posset. Most of the cups were made and used between 1650 and 1690. The body of the cup was covered with chased flowers and animals. Each cup had a lid. The cups were popular with the wealthy and were sometimes given as trophies. They are not often added to large silver collections today because so few old ones are offered for sale. An antique cup would sell for over $2,000. The full-sized cup held caudle and other hot drinks at parties. White caudle was made from oatmeal, spices and white wine. Brown caudle used ale, brandy or dark wine. There was also a non-

alcoholic tea caudle made with tea, eggs and spices. Posset was made of eggs, milk, cream, sugar, almond extract, lemon rind and scotch whiskey, topped with meringue. All these drinks were served hot. It must have been great on a cold night. Small cups were made to be used by invalids who needed both handles but probably drank different mixtures.

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Q. I have an old rug labeled "Grenfell Industries, Newfoundland, Labrador" that I was told is valuable. The rug pictures Eskimos in dogsleds racing on snow. What can you tell me about it?

A. Sir Wilfred Grenfell was a medical missionary who founded hospitals, schools and orphanages for Eskimos in Labrador, Canada, in about 1900. He also started a rug making industry to make money for the area. The rugs were hooked from material that was pulled through openings in a burlap backing. The designs featured local scenes with polar bears, Canadian Geese and puffins, local birds. They stopped making the rugs about 1930. A few collectors were buying them in the 1950s, but they became important examples of folk art around 1980. Average-sized rugs made to put in front of a door sell for a few hundred dollars. Exceptional rugs, either very large or those decorated with a detailed scene, can bring over a thousand dollars at auction.

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Q. We have quite a lot of pieces of Meissen china that my in-laws brought from Germany after the war. It's just boxed up and put away. Is there a market for these items?

A. Porcelain has been made in Meissen, a town in Germany, since 1710. Any china made in the town can be called Meissen. The most famous Meissen factory is the one that used a crossed swords mark. Its porcelain was the finest quality. Pieces sell well, and can be sold at an auction, to an antiques shop or at an antique show. Authentic Meissen by the original company (the Royal Porcelain Factory in Meissen) sells for hundreds to thousands of dollars depending on style, age, fame of artist and size.

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Q. My husband was an avid Avon bottle collector. He just died and I have thousands of different bottles in my basement -- trains, old-time pipes, a full wall of cars, guns and more. Avon is not sold in our area like it used to be, so can you tell me what I might do with all his treasures?

A. Avon started in 1886 as the California Perfume Company. The name Avon wasn't used until 1929. The company became Avon Products, Inc. in 1939. It made many limited-edition ceramic, glass and plastic figural bottles filled with cosmetic products from 1965 to 1980. Collecting them was a huge fad for about 20 years. That is no longer true. There are still dedicated Avon collectors out there, but prices are very low. If you want to get rid of your husband's whole collection at once, contact charitable resale shops in your area to ask if they would be interested in the collection as a donation. If you want to do more work and sell one or a few bottles at a time, use eBay or another online site, or look for Avon collectors' websites. There is an Avon collectors Facebook group, but it appears most group members are selling, not buying. The Kovels.com online price guide lists close to 1,000 prices of Avon bottles.

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TIP: Don't pull an old book off the shelf by the spine, and don't pack books on the shelf so closely that it is a struggle to get a book out.

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Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel answer questions sent to the column. By sending a letter with a question and a picture, you give full permission for use in the column or any other Kovel forum. Names, addresses or email addresses will not be published. We cannot guarantee the return of photographs, but if a stamped envelope is included, we will try. The amount of mail makes personal answers or appraisals impossible. Write to Kovels, (Name of this newspaper), King Features Syndicate, 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803.

CURRENT PRICES

Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions. 

Spatterware pitcher, American eagle, shield, arrows, blue, footed, c. 1850, 11 1/2 inches, $110.

Side table, fruitwood, shaped skirt, cabriole legs, dovetailed drawer, round pull, 31 x 21 inches, $120.

Mochaware dry mustard pot, cylindrical, bell shaped lid, seaweed, orange ground, c. 1900, 4 3/4 inches, $250.

Rose Mandarin punch bowl, Chinese figures, courtyard, birds, flowers, medallions, 10 1/4 inches, $400.

Wedgwood flower frog, green hedgehog, c. 1875, 6 1/2 inches, $530.

Fox stirrup cup, brown and white fur, brown eyes, raised ears, gilt banded collar, c. 1830, 4 3/4 inches, $560.

Stained glass window, cherubs, centerpiece, fruit, flower urn, lanterns, swags, wood frame, 61 3/4 x 35 3/4 inches, $620. 

Sampler, alphabet, nine alphabet and numeral rows, two chimney house, flowering tree, Martha Ann Dearing, 1819, 16 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches, $870.

Gameboard, checkers, parcheesi, red, yellow, green faux-marble painted ground, c. 1850, 20 x 20 inches, $2,020.

Ercole Barovier vase, "Spuma di mare," glass, unmelted pigment, metallic inclusions, Italy, c. 1940, 10 1/5 x 5 inches, $9,000.

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"Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles 2020 Price Guide" is almost here. It is the only antiques price guide that empowers collectors with the most up-to-date price information based on actual sales and market data. Featuring an easy-to-read format with tips, marks and logos, the 2020 Price Guide gives you 16,000 prices, 2,500 beautiful photographs, 500 factory marks for identification and dating, and 700 categories, including toys, pottery, jewelry, furniture, glass and more.

It's the most complete antiques and collectibles price guide on the market. Kovels' 2020 Price Guide includes a special section, "Collecting Trends: Iconic Designers of Twentieth-Century Furniture," along with a picture gallery of the antiques and collectibles that sold for record-setting prices in the past year. Paperback, 592 pages, 7 x 10 inches. Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal (Sept. 24, 2019). Pre-order today from Kovels.com and get a Fakes, Fantasies & Reproduction No. 21 Booklet, a $7.95 value -- FREE. The cost is $29.99 plus $4.95 postage and handling. You can also order by phone at 800-303-1996, or write to Kovels at P.O. Box 22900, Beachwood, OH 44122.

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Two Imaginary Boys: Pichon-Lalande (Aug 2019) - Vinous

Posted: 20 Aug 2019 08:32 AM PDT

Two Imaginary Boys: Pichon-Lalande

BY NEAL MARTIN | AUGUST 20, 2019

Insert cassette.

10:15 Saturday morning. Estate director Nicolas Glumineau is in off-duty attire, white shirt and black jeans, stubble that will either grow into a bushy beard à la Jean-Charles Cazes or be shaven off by harvest. He sits upon a stool behind the table where bottles of Pichon-Comtesse de Lalande line up for inspection. My eyes gaze upon a panorama that I have seen countless times and that still entrances: regimented vines trailing down toward the domed tower of Latour, and yonder, the somnolent Gironde estuary as it yawns into the Atlantic. The property is usually tranquil. This being mid-August, most people have decamped to the beach and it feels as if we are the only ones left in Bordeaux.


Pichon-Lalande's Estate director, Nicolas Glumineau 

"Shall we begin?" Glumineau asks in his nigh perfect English.

"Sure," I reply.

Press PLAY.

Neal Martin: "Every Thursday between 7:00 and 7:30pm, the entire nation sat glued to Top of the Pops. It was the only way we could see what music looked like. Back in 1983, down in deepest Essex, this music-obsessed 12-year-old witnessed a band that looked like nothing else. It sounded so different: a jaunty, jazz-inflected double bass underpinned a leaping melody that masked its lyrical Grimm-like playfulness and the singer's obvious disdain for being forced to mime. I loved pop music and my antenna was sharp. This was infinitely better than Phil Collins. It sounded as if it had snuck in from the musical underworld inhabited by weird musicians who rarely ventured into the Top Ten, and certainly not wholesome family viewing like this. "What on earth does he look like?" my parents scoffed. Their conservative musical tastes extended no further than Wings or The Carpenters. I can't blame them for their derision. This band looked like Edwardian undertakers whose hearse had crashed into a Boots cosmetic counter. The lead singer sported a crow's nest of hair akin to an electric shock victim whose coiffure never recovered. He was Robert Smith. His band was The Cure. The song was "The Love Cats."


Watch: "The Love Cats"

Nicolas Glumineau: "My family are from south Brittany-Vendée. They were not into wine except opening a bottle for Sunday lunch. My father worked for the French railway and my mother was a nurse. First time I listened to The Cure was after a football match. I was in my dad's car. It was in 1984 so I was around 10 years old and the radio was playing "The Love Cats." I was shocked. So was my dad. Before then I was listening to my parents' music: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Crosby Stills & Nash and The Who – Sixties and early Seventies, really. But The Cure was unique, certainly different. Music is my entire life. Always. The first vinyl that I bought was in 1985 – The Cure's Concert, which has such a perfect version of "Charlotte Sometimes." Then I bought my first cassette a few months later, which was Head on the Door. Then I discovered my pivotal album, Pornography, though Faith was always close."

NM: "I did not pelt upstairs to transform myself into an adolescent goth. Thankfully there are no incriminating photographs of me hanging round street corners in funereal garb with panda eyes and a cobweb tattooed upon my forehead. I was too young, and frankly, the look just did not suit me. But I did fall in head over heels in love with their music. I was too young to have wallowed in their early albums, which sound like a Francis Bacon triptych put to noise. My fandom coincided with their imperial phase, bejeweled with effortless outré pop gems such as "In Between Days" and "Close To Me" that lit up the jejune post–Live Aid musical landscape. And my favorite Cure album? Surely their magnum opus, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me,  closely followed by the first album I bought from Our Price, Head on the Door.

NG: "I've never worn makeup and always had short hair. But I was all dressed in black between the ages of 15 and almost 30. But what you might call a very "sober" black, and maybe with a long white shirt under a big black pullover. I've never been a goth but more "dark wave" or "crow."


Robert Smith in 1989

NM: "A year or two later I began a Saturday job in a shoe shop in the center of town. I was the product of a disciplined all-boys grammar school education where the existence of girls was only reluctantly acknowledged. Consequently, I was a dab hand at trigonometry and oxbow lakes, but criminally shy in the presence of the opposite sex. The shoe shop was hell because the entire staff comprised fierce teenage girls breathlessly nattering about raucous house parties. If only they had talked about the formation of oxbow lakes. Resigned to eavesdropping on their enviable lives, I just ate my bag of Wotsits and pondered life as Essex's answer to Morrissey."

NG: "Some of my friends shared a passion for The Cure. I must say I feel a bit isolated right now... but I like it! There was a real momentum of popularity for The Cure in the late 1980s in France up until 1992 and the Wish album. I must say that I've always listened to all kinds of music, whether it's rock, pop, jazz, classical or opera. You have to keep different options. Some girls probably thought I was weird, but it's way worse today because now I'm old-fashioned and weird. So as I said, it makes you feel isolated."

NM: "One day, mid-Wotsit, "The Love Cats" randomly played on the radio. I plucked up the courage to tell a girl seated opposite that it was one of the best songs ever. Amazed that this tongue-tied boy was a fan of what was then still a cult band, we blithely chatted away. My fear of the opposite sex evaporated at that very moment. Thank you, Robert Smith. One subgroup of shoe shop girls frequented an infamous nightclub, the Pink Toothbrush. Many an aspiring alternative rock act currently filling stadia played this dingy club back in their formative years, including, in 1979, The Cure. Think Dante's Inferno soundtracked by Nick Cave, a degenerate La Paulée fueled by cheap beer instead of jeroboams of Richebourg. Saturday night was a cauldron of musical tribes: goths, mods, skinheads and punks. At the end of the night, everyone funneled outside to be shepherded by half of Essex's constabulary until they were sufficiently far away for the fights not to wake the local residents of Rayleigh. Naturally, my parents banned me from this notorious dive, which only increased its allure. Parents fobbed off with an excuse and with fake ID in pocket, a friend and I finally caught the bus to lose our Toothbrush virginity. I paid the entrance fee to what looked like a Minotaur with a green Mohican, the doors swung open and I was confronted by a Saturnalia of punks and goths going mental to The Pogues' "The Irish Rover" in a thick fog of dry ice and Marlboro Light. I bore witness to the power of music (plus cheap lager and cheap narcotics.) "The Irish Rover" segued into "The Love Cats." Girl goths cried. Boy goths applied more lipstick. This was my place. It became my regular haunt until acid house took over*."

NG: "We had some indie clubs in Bordeaux from the 1980s until the early 2000s. Some were very classic New Wave music and others much more The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Front 242, Einstürzende Neubauten, Christian Death and so forth. I also played music. I started to learn bass guitar after hearing The Cure's "Siamese Twins." That was a revelation. The bass sounded so heavy, like a tolling bell in the mist." 

NM: "Inevitably my first girlfriend was a goth. Her medieval nom de plume was "Jo the Goth," presumably second cousin twice removed of Joan of Arc with just as much weight of the world on her shoulders. She was my first proper date, one that ended at the dregs of a house party where we practiced French-kissing to The Cure's appropriately titled "The Kiss" playing at deafening volume. Perhaps Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" would have kindled more romance rather than six-minutes of squalling feedback, but still, tongues exhausted, we danced to "The Love Cats," during which we fell in love and I mentally planned our wedding. She dumped me after five weeks and three days. I was heartbroken for approximately 23 minutes."

"A few months later, summer 1989, my friends bought tickets for the final date of "The Prayer Tour" at Wembley Arena. Packed like sardines into my mate's dad's white Ford Escort 2.0 Turbo Cabriolet with electric blue go-faster stripes, we refueled at McDonalds and found our seats among the thousands of teenagers trying to be different by all dressing head-to-toe in black. The opening bars of "Plainsong" were almost drowned out by screams. At more than two hours with four encores, Robert Smith could give Springsteen a run for his money. It was epic. Jo the Goth was there, somewhere in the crowd, having moved several boyfriends on from yours truly. **"

NG: "I saw them on stage for the first time in Bordeaux in December 1987. It was a classic concert. There was an intro movie that showed Robert Smith's lips and eyes. I was so happy. They started with "The Kiss" and the thrumming, raging bass of my hero, Simon Gallup. The best gigs were on The Prayer Tour in Bordeaux in July 1989. That was darker and romantic. I saw the four-hour concert at Paris Bercy in 2008, where there were fewer keyboards and more guitars, and more recently at Hyde Park to celebrate their 40th anniversary. That was emotional." 


My original tour program for The Prayer Tour. Inside Robert Smith reveals that his favorite drink is, alas, not Pichon-Lalande but "a cool cider."

NM: "That chapter of life is closed. In a few weeks I was off to university. I was an independent adult. My love for The Cure never waned but my omnivorous musical tastes splintered. Save for the peerless "Friday I'm In Love," The Cure's new songs no longer chimed as they once had. They belonged to the previous decade. Overnight it became a bit passé to like The Cure. When I hear their later work now, I realize that the songs were just as good. I had changed, not them. But fashion eventually turned full circle and The Cure became hip again, nowadays frequently cited as an influence by countless artists. Adele has covered them and they have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Few groups sustained a career spanning many years and remained both critically acclaimed and commercially successful around the world, not least in France, where they have long enjoyed an enormous following. There is nobody like Robert Smith. He never sold out. He never changed. His music resonates now as much as it ever did."

NG: "There is no more beautiful song than "Friday I'm In Love." Well, maybe that is not true, but that is what I told to a girl that I was trying to date. Pop is only one part of The Cure and Robert Smith. I think introspection and the darker side of music is definitely more his thing. After Wish, Wild Mood Swings was boring except for a couple of songs, though Bloodflowers and 4:13 Dream are really good. But nobody knows any of them because now there are no pop songs on the radio. The good thing is that The Cure has lasted and they are still creative, if not in a bubbly pop style."

NM: "My collection of precious Cure vinyl is alphabetically ordered behind my desk and I still hunt down rarities. My wife detests The Cure. She says they sound like a wailing cat, which would probably please Robert Smith. I watched them headline Glastonbury. Smith is approaching 60 now but he still looks the same and his voice is better than ever. I marveled at their rich and seemingly endless back catalog of classic and that live, they sound better than ever."

NG: "I still listen to The Cure very often but not every day and mostly on CD. My wife Marie, who was born in the Médoc, has convinced herself that she too likes The Cure, but I think she doesn't want to disappoint me. She has no choice. She joined me to see them in Paris and at Hyde Park and we both have festival tickets to see them in August this year."

Press PAUSE.

August 2018

Since his days at Château Montrose, I have known that Nicolas Glumineau is a lifelong fan of The Cure. As a trained baritone, he could be expected to love, say, Verdi, but maybe not Robert Smith. We would not expect that he regularly gigs around Bordeaux, playing bass guitar in a band. Three or four years ago, he told me that Pichon-Lalande would undergo extensive redevelopment: the entire winery, the original château and its surrounding gardens. Off the cuff, I suggested that when the work is completed, we should mark the occasion with a few vintages while listening to our favorite band. So it came to pass, and we spent a couple of hours examining vintages selected by Glumineau, soundtracked by "A Forest," "Just Like Heaven" and of course, "The Love Cats."


This one-off tasting appealed to me in many ways. There is the collision between two presumably unrelated worlds, fine wine and alternative rock, essentially the ethos that first motivated me to write. Aesthetically, Glumineau is not your quintessential Cure fan; quite the opposite. I like the idea that an estate manager and ambassador par excellence for a historic Grand Cru Classé has, or at least used to have, a secret history. There is this other side to his personality that I believe informs his approach to his work and his uncompromising pursuit of excellence. Then there are the parallels between our lives, from discovering The Cure as teenagers and ultimately leading to this one-off tasting and article. How did we get from there to here?

As for the technical details of Pichon-Lalande, well, I've written about them before, and you'll find much of what you need to know in Antonio Galloni's article on Vinous a couple of years ago. Just as a musician strives to compose something different and original, a wine writer can, I think, be forgiven for offering an alternative take on the subject and presenting, as I hope is the case here, a unique perspective upon a winemaker that you will not find anywhere else. Just in case, tasting notes can be read on the link just as with any other Vinous piece.  

A final thought: Can you imagine if one day Robert Smith turned up at Pichon-Lalande? How would his number one fan react?

"I will pour Pichon Comtesse 1982, which is dense, powerful, complete, emotional and has an endless finish..."

Ah, service back to normal – a proper answer without any obtuse references to an indie band.

"... just like Pornography, which was released the same year."

* Against the odds, the Pink Toothbrush is still going strong today in the exact same location in Rayleigh.

** Even more unbelievably, while writing this article I returned to my hometown to convalesce. I met an old school friend for coffee one morning and, unbeknownst to me, Jo the Goth was sitting at the next table. It had been over 25 years since we last met, so I failed to recognize her. I have since learned that she is now married to a member of the excellent Teenage Fanclub... but I still cannot forgive her for dumping me in 1988.

Press EJECT and give me the tape.

(My thanks to Nicolas Glumineau for answering questions that I doubt he will ever be asked again. Thank you to Robert Smith for his music and for being Robert Smith.)

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Who is Jade Goody’s mum Jackiey Budden and what happened on Celebrity Big Brother? - The Sun

Posted: 21 Aug 2019 03:14 AM PDT

JACKIEY Budden became instantly recognisable as the mum of the most famous reality TV star in the UK - Jade Goody.

And after famously getting embroiled in the Celebrity Big Brother racism row in 2007 her infamy was cemented. But what is the grandmother-of-two doing now?

Jackiey Budden is the mother of the late Jade Goody

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Jackiey Budden is the mother of the late Jade GoodyCredit: Doug Seeburg - The Sun

Who is Jackiey Budden?

Jackiey Budden is a TV personality and the mother of the late Jade Goody.

She was born in April 1958 in Southwark and is the grandmother of Jade's sons Bobby and Freddie Brazier.

Jackiey was married to Jade's heroin-addict dad Andrew until they separated when Jade was just two years old and Jackiey raised her singlehandedly.

Andrew later died of an overdose in 2006.

Jade also has a son Brett and suffered a miscarriage at the age of 55.

Jackiey is openly a lesbian and in a 2006 interview with the Mirror following her £85k cosmetic surgeon transformation, she said: "It's taken 13 years off me. A lot of ex-girlfriends have been coming out of the woodwork wanting to see me again now.

"But I've just come out of a long-term relationship so I'll see how it goes."

Her current relationship status is not known.

Jackiey often talks on daytime television about her daughter's legacy

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Jackiey often talks on daytime television about her daughter's legacyCredit: Rex Features

What happened on Celebrity Big Brother?

On January 3, 2007, Jackiey entered the Celebrity Big Brother House for its fifth series alongside her daughter Jade and her boyfriend Jack Tweed.

While in the house, Jackiey clashed with Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty on multiple occasions.

She professed to not be able to pronounce the name "Shilpa", instead calling her "Shiwpa."

Jackiey also referred to her as "Princess" as well as "the Indian".

She became the first person to be evicted on day eight.

Jackiey was the first to be evicted from the CBB house in the fifth series

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Jackiey was the first to be evicted from the CBB house in the fifth seriesCredit: Channel 4

But the controversy didn't stop with her departure as Jade and fellow castmates Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara famously got caught up in an international racism controversy .

The race row sparked over 54,000 viewer complaints over the treatment of Shilpa in the house as well as international outrage.

It lead to Jade being evicted to complete silence after Big Brother took the unprecedented decision to not have a live audience waiting for her.

The scandal prompted the show to stop broadcasting until 2010 after Ofcom ruled Channel 4 had breached its code of conduct for airing the alleged racist comments.

Jackiey famously entered the CBB house in 2007 alongside Jade and her boyfriend Jack Tweedy

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Jackiey famously entered the CBB house in 2007 alongside Jade and her boyfriend Jack TweedyCredit: Channel 4

What has Jackiey said about Jade?

In August 2019, Jackiey told Sun Online that the pain of her daughter's death is as raw as the day she died.

She said: "It's been ten years but it's still the same as every day that's gone past – I have a big gap.

"I miss everything – even our arguing, or her kicking me out – we could only take so much of each other as we're so similar."

She still lights six candles for her every night and on the tenth anniversary of her daughter's death, Jackiey visited Jade's grave for the first time in five years.

Since Jade's death Jackiey has made several TV appearances on shows such as This Morning to talk about her late daughter and her struggle with disability after damaging her arm in a motorbike accident that killed her brother.

She also wrote an emotional open letter to Jade where she shared her regret for not being a better parent to her daughter.

Jackiey admitted that she has had a troubled past, including taking
narcotics and breaking the law but has pledged to make a new life for
herself.

Jackiey added: "I wasn't a good mum with Jade. I was a druggie and I was into
credit card fraud.

"I regret that but now I am off drugs, I don't smoke weed and I don't smoke
cigarettes. I drink sometimes but that's it.

"This time, I promised myself I would have been a really good mother. To have
lost the chance is heartbreaking."

Jackiey underwent 85k worth of cosmetic surgery

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Jackiey underwent 85k worth of cosmetic surgeryCredit: Channel 4

Has Jackiey Budden had surgery?

Yes - In 2006, Jackiey famously underwent an £85k plastic surgery transformation on Living TV's Extreme Makeover.

She had face, neck and eyebrow lifts, a nose job, botox, cheek implants, lip enhancement, and liposuction and breast implants in the full-body overhaul.

Jackiey increased her cupsize from a 34B to a 34D before having £50k worth of dental work.

At the time she told the Mirror: "I wanted a new nose, and boobs that weren't on my belly and under my armpits."

Jackiey has previously spoken out about getting in a motorbike accident that left her brother dead and her disabled 20 years prior to her surgery.

She revealed to the Mirror in 2006 that she "hated the way she looked" and that despite seemingly outwardly confident "I'd go back home, curl up and cry my eyes out".

She added: "I knew I wasn't ugly but I looked much older than I was. I don't smoke or drink but the stress and worry from my accident had put years on me.

"It had wrecked my arm and distorted my face. My teeth were horrid. When I lost the use of my left arm I started to use my teeth instead. I'd use them to grip pots and pans when I was washing up or to open bottles. I ruined them.

"My nose had been broken twice. Once in the accident and another time when an ex-partner hit me in the face with an iron."

Jackiey has tried to keep Jade's memory alive since her death

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Jackiey has tried to keep Jade's memory alive since her deathCredit: PA:Press Association

What are the rest of Jade Goody's family doing now?

Since her tragic death, Jade's sons Bobby and Freddie now live away from the public spotlight with their dad Jeff Brazier, who married his partner Kate Dwyer.

The two boys served as best men for their dad, and Jeff says he still takes his sons every year at Christmas to visit their mum's grave.

Now 16, Bobby has wowed his mum's fans with his striking modelling shots after signing to agency the Unsigned Group.

While Freddie, 14, is working part time at a coffee shop - and the customers love him.

Speaking about protecting their privacy, Jeff said: "The first thing I did eight years ago was get a privacy ban.

"That meant there could be no photos of them in any publication, so they could have as normal a childhood as I could give them."

Jeff has joined a campaign to encourage people to conquer their FOFO – the Fear Of Finding Out – and get regular health check-ups.

He told the Sun Online: "Jade had warnings, she had letters from the doctors and in her mind she hoped that if she just ignored it, it would go away.

"We know how that ended up and I know as the father of the two children who were left behind that the last thing you want to do is bring two children into the world and then tell them they are going to have the rest of their childhood, from the age of four and five, without the most important person in their lives."

'appalling'

Fans' disgust at Jade being told she had cancer but didn't know call was filmed

GOODY TIMES

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'IT LIFTED HER'

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DREAM DRESS

Jade Goody 'laughed for the first time in weeks' when she tried wedding dress

Jade Goody's mum Jackiey Budden breaks down in tears as she reveals daughter's legacy is fading as smear test rates drop

Gala a success for local business community - News - Log Cabin Democrat

Posted: 20 Aug 2019 09:45 PM PDT

The Log Cabin Democrat held its second annual Best Of Faulkner County Community Choice Awards gala on Thursday at the Brick Room in downtown Conway.

Hundreds of community business leaders and guests attended the event to honor the chosen favorites in the county.  

This year's contest brought in more than 330,000 votes from around 11,000 people. 

Leo Cummings and Todd Cate from Black Dude/White Dude podcast, emceed the event, rallying the crowd from start to finish, cheering and laughing along the way. 

Several from Conway Regional Health System, which took home multiple awards during the ceremony, were in attendance representing the company. 

"Speaking on behalf of our employees and physician partners, it is an honor for Conway Regional to be selected among the very best in Faulkner County by the readers of the Log Cabin Democrat," Matt Troup, CEO and president, said. "Being honored for such a wide array of health care, leadership and wellness services reflects our overall commitment to providing high quality health care services to the people of Faulkner County. These awards would be not possible without the outstanding care and services provided by our employees and physician partners every day."

Adam and Amanda Bledsoe took home best chiropractor for their work at Bledsoe Chiropractic for the second year in a row. 

Regarding this year's event, Adam said he loved how quickly the awards ceremony – which recognized nearly 150 businesses and owners – went, an impressive feat considering the amount of awards handed out. 

"We are ecstatic to have an opportunity to serve the wonderful people of central Arkansas," Adam said. "There are so many talented and wonderful chiropractors in our area so we feel very humbled and honored to win the Best Of award.

"Our patients are simply the best, and we certainly couldn't do it without our amazing staff. Here's to giving hope through healing."

Greenbrier's Laurinda Ray, owner of Doggy Day Spa, was able to bring several of her employees to the gala, which is good, because she took home best groomer. 

"A lot of hard work and long hours go into the buisness and it's nice being appreciated," she told the LCD. "I'm glad my employees could join me this year. I wanted them to experience the gala because last year was so fun." 

David Meadows, the publisher at the LCD, the gala was an amazing night to celebrate the successes of so many local companies, the entire Faulkner County business community a "robust one," well represented during the Thursday night event. 

"These local companies enrich Faulkner County in so many ways and the Log Cabin was proud to be able to recognize them again this year," he said. "I'm so thankful for the Log Cabin staff's effort to make it a special night for those in attendance. They deserve the credit for pulling together such a wonderful event."

2019 Best Of Faulkner County Winners:

Persons of the Year:

Conway: Johnny Adams at First Security Bank.

Greenbrier: Shawn Hammontree at Circle H Auction Co.

Mayflower: Dr. Blair Greenwood at Mayflower Medical Clinic.

Vilonia: Felicia Crawford-Brooks at Sparkling Sparrow.

Top employers:

Best boss: Mike Coats of Mike's Place.

Best employee recognition program: Conway Regional Health System.

Best overall leadership: Conway Regional Health System. 

Beauty & Health:

Best allergist: Dr. Collie Shaw at Central Arkansas ENT Clinic.

Best audiologist: Dr. Courtney Matyja at Arkansas Hearing & Audiology.

Best barber shop: Matt's Uppercuts.

Best day/medical spa: The Spa'ah.

Best diagnostic center: Conway Regional Imaging Center.

Best chiropractor: Dr. Amanda Bledsoe at Bledsoe Chiropractic.

Best cosmetic injectables/fillers: Conway Women's Med Spa.

Best dentist: Dr. Aaron Forrester at Groovy Smiles Pediactric Dentistry.

Best dermatologist: Dr. Shelley Russell at Russell Dermatology of Conway.

Best general practice physician: Dr. David Naylor at Banister-Lieblong Clinic.

Best hair salon: Salon Platinum.

Best home health care: Conway Regional Homecare.

Best hospital: Conway Regional Health System.

Best manicure/pedicure: European Nails & Spa.

Best MRI: Conway Regional Imaging Center.

Best OB/GYN: Dr. Andrew Cole at Conway OB/GYN Clinic.

Best optometrist/ophthalmologist: Dr. Susan DeBlack at DeBlack Eye Center.

Best orthodontist: Orthodontic Associates.

Best orthopedic care: Dr. Tom Roberts at Conway Regional Center for 

Orthopedics & Sports Medicine.

Best pediatric dentist: Dr. Aaron Forrester at Groovy Smiles Pediatric Dentistry.

Best pediatrician: Dr. Alan Lucas at Arkansas Pediatrics of Conway.

Best pharmacy/drug store: American Drug.

Best physical therapy: Pediatrics Plus.

Best urgent care: Conway Regional After Hours Clinic.

Best yoga: Glover Fitness.

Clothing:

Best children's clothing: Rhea Lana's.

Best consignment clothing store: Yours Truly Consignment. 

Best shoes store: Wilkinson's Mall.

Best women's clothing: Golden Girls.

Dining:

Best appetizers: Mike's Place.

Best Asian cuisine: Fuji Japanese Steakhouse. 

Best bakery: Julie's Sweet Shoppe & Bakery.

Best BBQ: Whole Hog Café.

Best breakfast: Stoby's Restaurant.

Best brunch: Stoby's Restaurant.

Best buffet: Holly's Country Cooking.

Best burger: David's Burgers.

Best business lunch: Cross Creek Sandwich shop.

Best caterer: Tacos 4 Life. 

Best chicken wings: Foghorn's

Best dessert: Andy's Frozen Custard.

Best diner: Boby's Grill & Cafeteria.

Best dining experience: Mike's Place.

Best doughnuts: Shipley's Do-Nuts.

Best food truck: Arkansas Pineapple Whip.

Best fried chicken: Slim Chickens.

Best hibachi: Fuji Japanese Steakhouse. 

Best ice cream: Andy's Frozen Custard. 

Best Italian food: Pasta Grill. 

Best local coffee shop: M's Daily Dose.

Best Mexican food: El Acapulco.

Best overall favorite restaurant: Mike's Place.

Best pizza: U.S. Pizza Co.

Best ribs: Whole Hog Cafe.

Best sandwich shop: Cross Creek Sandwich Shop. 

Best seafood: Mike's Place.

Best steakhouse: Mike's Place.

Best sushi: Umami Sushi & Grill Fusion.

Best under $10: Cross Creek Sandwich Shop. 

Entertainment & Leisure:

Best birthday party location: Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park.

Best family amusement: Cinemark Towne Centre & XD. 

Home Service & Finance:

Best accountant: Lisa Stephens CPA, PLC.

Best active living retirement community: College Square Retirement Community.

Best apartment complex: Centerstone Apartment Homes.

Best architect: Rick Sowell at Sowell Architects.

Best bank: First Security Bank. 

Best electrician: Fureigh Electric.

Best home builder: Scott Lucas Construction & Custom Homes.

Best home security: Conway Corporation.

Best insurance agent: Jay Bernard Agency at State Farm Insurance.

Best investment firm advisor: Garcia Wealth Management-Northwestern Mutual 

Wealth.

Best landscape company: The Plant Outlet.

Best law firm: Molly Lucas at Lucas Law, PLLC.

Best lawn care service: Grassroots Lawncare.

Best mortgage lender: First Security Bank.

Best moving company: Semper Fi Movers.

Best nursing home: Salem Place Nursing & Rehabilitation.

Best real estate agent: Stefanie Schrekenhofer-Dace at RE/MAX Elite.

Best real estate company: ERA Team Real Estate.

Best swimming pools: Conway Gardens & Pools. 

Kids and Education:

Best dance school: Sonshine Academy

Best day care: Kiddieville Christian Childcare

Best karate school: 501 Martial Arts

Best music school: Conway Institute of Music.

Best pre-k: Little Life Academy. 

People and Places:

Best Conway business: Conway Corporation.

Best Greenbrier business: MoJo's Pizza.

Best Mayflower business: Taylor's Made Cafe.

Best Vilonia business: Harwell Designs of Vilonia.

Best event venue: The Hole in the Wall Catering & Events.

Best hotel: Hilton Garden Inn.

Best houses of Worship: New Life Church. 

Services:

Best appliance repair: Hudson's Appliance Service.

Best carwash and detailing: Splash Carwash.

Best carpet cleaning: The Carpet Center

Best cell phone repair: A-1 Cellular Repair

Best customer service: First Security Bank

Best dry cleaner: Model Cleaners.

Best employment agency: Express Employment Professionals.

Best fence company: Legacy Fencing.

Best funeral home: Roller-McNutt Funeral Home.

Best heating and A/C Service: Freyaldenhoven Heating & Cooling

Best locksmith: A-1 Lock & Security.

Best pest control: Delta Pest Control.

Best pet boarding: Hound's Hideaway.

Best pet groomer: The Doggie Day Spa.

Best photographer: Whitney D. Photography.

Best Plummer: Salter Plumbing.

Best printing company: Conway Copies.

Best residential/commercial cleaning services: Trendy Cleaning Service.

Best roofing: Collins & Son Roofing.

Best satellite or cable provider: Conway Corp.

Best self-storage companies: Safely Tucked Away Mini Storage.

Best siding and windows: Coney's Garage Doors.

Best tattoo parlor: Primal Urge Tattoos.

Best veterinarian: Chestnut Animal Clinic. 

Shopping:

Best antique store: Jenifer's Antiques.

Best Farm & Feed Store: Tractor Supply Co.

Best floor covering store: The Carpet Center.

Best florist: Tipton & Hurst.

Best formal wear: The Royal We.

Best furniture: Cajun Brothers Furniture & Mattress.

Best garden center: The Plant Outlet.

Best gift store: Haynes Ace Hardware.

Best hardware store: Haynes Ace Hardware.

Best health store: Liz's Health Market.

Best home & garden: The Plant Outlet.

Best home electronics store: Zellner's Appliance & TV.

Best jewelry store: Brooks Fine Jewelry.

Best mattress store: Cajun Brothers Furniture.

Best menswear: Bell & Sward.

Best pawn show: Braswell & Son Pawnbrokers.

Spirits:

Best happy hour: Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom.

Sports:

Centennial Valley Golf & Country Club.

Best gym: Glover Fitness.

Best personal trainer: Mallory Lefler at Conway Regional Health & Fitness Center.

Vehicles, Dealers & Services:

Best auto body/collision: Halter's Body Shop.

Best auto dealer service department: Smith Ford.

Best auto glass repair: Discount Auto Glass.

Best auto repair independent: Barkley's Auto Service.

Best car salesperson: Jason Spradlin at Caldwell Toyota.

Best new car dealer: Smith Ford.

Best oil change: Austin Brothers Tire & Service.

Best used car dealer: Smith Ford.

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