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Kylie at 40: The very different faces of pop's great chameleon
Updated 02:08am on 27 May 2008
She's transformed her image time and again, survived failed relationships and beaten breast cancer. Tomorrow Kylie Minogue celebrates her 40th birthday.
Here, FEMAIL reveals the ever-changing faces of pop's mistress of reinvention. . .
Kylie Ann Minogue does her first photo call in 1968 (left) and in 1971 aged 3 and Melbourne's finest
That toothy smile is already in evidence in 1974 (left) and aged 12 when Kylie is already acting on Australian television
Showing her aptitude for music in 1982 and at Camberwell High School in Melbourne in 1984 (right)
More attitude and more hair in 1985 and in Neighbours in 1986 (right)
Her first single Locomotion goes to No 1 in Australia in 1987 and she vamps it up in 1989 for her role in The Deliquents
1989 and she has a number one album and a rock star boyfriend and by 1991 (right) she has more confidence as a stage performer
The leopard who can change her spots (left, 1992) and in the same year she cements her role as a style icon
Opting for a softer image in 1993 with a Forties-style look and going sartorially sleek for the 1994 World Music Awards in Monaco (right)
Taking inspiration from Sophia Loren in 1995 (right) and a professional lowpoint in 1998 as her eponymous album dives in the UK
Confirming her chameleon status at the Life Aids Ball in Vienna in 1999 and in a rare, dressed-down moment (left, 1999)
