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Drag queen: Atomic Kitten Liz has wrinkly makeover to show how smoking damages the skin
Last updated at 15:28pm on 22.02.08Pop beauty Liz McClarnon looked old and haggard as she helped promote an anti-smoking campaign in Liverpool.
The Atomic Kitten singer was raising awareness of the dangers of smoking by having liquid latex applied to her face to show what years of smoking does to the skin.
Liz, 26, had one half of her face transformed by a professional latex artist and the other by a glamour make-up girl.
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Sitting for nearly two hours, the Whole Again singer could hardly move as the two make-up girls went to work creating the beauty and the beast.
The D-MYST smoking campaign is run by young people in Liverpool and targets smoking in films and the media.
Ex-smoker Liz, who has been offered two big screen roles, reckons she would turn them down if they required her to smoke.
Getting ready to dash off to the Brit awards, Liz warned people of the effects smoking can have on the body.
The sexy Scouser said: "I can't understand why anyone would smoke and risk doing this to themselves.
"I smoked for four years and my skin was spotty and grey-looking and I thought it was my diet.
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"It was my dermatologist who told me that my skin looked so bad because of my smoking.
"Now I just think you look horrible, you smell horrible and you are killing yourself.
"I'm never going to risk myself again.
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What a drag: The makeover is designed to target smoking in the films and media
"I've recently been offered two film roles which I'm thinking of doing but I hope they don't ask me to smoke.
"I can 100 per cent swear I'd turn them down if they want me to put my health at risk and light a fag in my mouth.
"Everyone knows the damage smoking does to you so why does society carry on doing it?
"I could never be with anyone who smokes no matter how much I loved them.
"I just could not bring myself to kiss them."
