Last week, the world met Toby Sheldon: a 33-year-old songwriter who has had five surgeries and spent over $100,000 to look like Justin Bieber. Unfortunately, Sheldon is not much of a pioneer when it comes to celeb-inspired surgery.


As psychiatrist Dr. Carole Lieberman told Yahoo, "Consciously or unconsciously, people think that if they look like a particular celebrity, it will bring them the power that a celebrity has, the power to attract people, to be a heartbreaker, to have guys or girls swooning over them.”


Here are eight people who have gone under the knife in an attempt to resemble their favorite stars:


Nicholas Ryan as Ryan Gosling


Aspiring actor Nicholas Ryan, 32, spent over $5,000 on Botox and filler injections in an attempt to look like Ryan Gosling. "He was deficient in the jaw, along its border, so we basically built out the entire jaw, squaring it off just like Ryan Gosling's," said Beverly Hills surgeon Dr. Tim Nevin. Ryan says he is happy with the results, post-op, adding, "Ryan Gosling does well with the ladies, hopefully so can I."


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Myla Sinanaj as Kim Kardashian


After releasing a sex tape titled "The Anti Kim K: XXX," Myla Sinanaj underwent $30,000 in procedures, including liposuction, lip injections and breast implants. "I’m obsessed with her body," she told TMZ, "And want mine to be exactly the same."





Ashley Horn as Lindsay Lohan


At age 18, Lindsay Lohan's "long lost" half sister Ashley Horn underwent five procedures, spending over $25,000 to look like LiLo. 'I've gotten rhinoplasty, a bit of refinement underneath my cheeks and jawline, some fat injected into my chin and some fat injected into my upper cheeks,' Ashley told InTouch magazine, where she first revealed her new look.


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Mike and Matt as Brad Pitt


Arizona twins Mike and Matt opted to look like Brad Pitt, believing the resemblance would finally allow them to "make it big." Both underwent porcelain veneers, chin implants and rhinoplasty, and though neither has ever been mistaken for Brad, they are decidedly pleased with the results. "It will change your personality," Mike said of the procedure, "The way you act and carry yourself forever. I never knew that I could be as happy as I am right now."


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Crystal as Britney Spears


In hopes of looking like the Queen of Pop, Crystal opted to get rhinoplasty, fat grafts in her cheeks, lip injections and breast implants totaling nearly $25,000. After the surgery, Crystal planned to use her new look to impersonate Britney in her new job as a stripper.


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Sha as Pamela Anderson


Nineteen-year-old Sha opted for lipo, breast and lip implants in an attempt to resemble Pamela Anderson. After the surgery, she said she "loved all the attention" and soon after posed for the "college edition" of Playboy. In her follow-up interview with MTV, Sha said she picked the "Baywatch" babe because she is "smart in her business, and knows how to take advantage of every opportunity that comes with being beautiful."


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Lisa Connell as Demi Moore


When terminal cancer patient Lisa Connell announced that her dying wish was to look like Demi Moore, the "Ghost " actress tried to stop the procedure, tweeting, "Wish I could contact this woman Lisa Connell who wants to have surgery to look like me and encourage her to not to! She is a beautiful girl!" Connell went through with the procedure, spending over $60,000 on breast implants, liposuction and an eyebrow lift, as well as alterations to her skin and teeth. She responded to the backlash, saying, "I want to die beautiful, so this is my way of taking back control of my body."


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Miki Jay as Michael Jackson


Miki Jay, a U.K. mother of three, became obsessed with Michael Jackson after winning a talent show in 1991. She has spent over $16,000 getting her nose, chin and cheeks to look like Jackson's. Although, it seems the change has been profitable. The performer claims she makes $240,000 a year as a professional impersonator.


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  • Kris Jenner's Major Facelift


    For Kim's wedding, Kris famously got a facelift on the E! reality show. However, then a skincare line called Frownies <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/07/kris-jenner-facelift-lawsuit_n_1496837.html" target="_blank">sued Jenner for broadcasting that she got a facelift</a> when she was supposed to be promoting the anti-aging treatment.




  • Pete Burns' Deadly Lip Injections


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    Poor Reid has had many mishaps with plastic surgery. She had a botched stomach and lop-sided breasts that apparently were fixed in 2006.




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  • Ashley Simpson's Nose Job


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  • Woman Can't Close Her Eyes After Plastic Surgery


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  • Courtney Love's Change


    Her face lift and lip injections made her face look lopsided!




  • Women Injects Herself With Cooking Oil


    In 2008, a Korean woman addicted to plastic surgery <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3439638/Cosmetic-surgery-addict-injected-cooking-oil-into-her-own-face.html" target="_hplink">injected cooking oil into her face</a>, according to the Telegraph.<br>

    After Moiku's story made headlines worldwide, viewers sent donations to enable her to reduce the size of her face. During the first procedure, surgeons removed 60 grams of foreign substance from her face and 200 grams from her neck, according to the Telegraph.




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    The British student thought a "butt enhancement" would start her hip-hop career, according to the Daily Mail.




  • Women Injects Heated Beef Fat To Face


    A 63-year-old face surgery addict died after<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035595/Facial-surgery-enthusiast-Janet-Hardt-63-dies-injecting-heated-beef-fat-face.html" target="_hplink"> injecting heated beef fat </a>around her mouth and chin, according to The Daily Mail. <br>

    Janet Hardt died from a bacterial infection that weakened her colon, but the injection itself didn't cause death, a coroner said. In fact, Hardt had done this procedure several times in the past.




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  • Woman Dies After Illegal Liposuction


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  • Woman's Lips Swell To Four Times Original Size


    Laura Summers, 27, woke up after a <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/real_life/4463217/Models-lips-swelled-to-four-times-their-normal-size-after-botched-jab.html" target="_hplink">£200 lip injection with lips that had swelled to four times their original size</a> according to The Sun magazine.

    Summers has spent over £60,000 on plastic surgery procedures but has <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/31/laura-summers-lip-injections-surgery-photos_n_1723651.html?utm_hp_ref=style" target="_hplink">decided to stop</a>, saying, "I played Russian roulette with my health and my looks and I will never do it ever again."

    (Instagram)




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