Is Sarah Brightman looking better than she did 25 years ago?

**Honey** · April 9th, 2008, 11:06 AM

She has sold 26 million albums in a career that spans three decades - now soprano superstar Sarah Brightman is rolling back the years with a raunchy new look.

The 47-year-old turned up at the Classical Brit Awards in S&M-style black leather boots, dramatic puffball-style dress, and Jordan-esque hair extensions.

It is a far-cry from the doe-eyed look she became famous for 25 years ago when she was married to composer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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What a difference: Brightman at an awards bash yesterday and pictured 20 years ago

In those days she was more the doe-eyed ingénue, likely to be found perched demurely on the knee of her former husband and mentor.

But her 1984 marriage to Lloyd Webber ended in 1990 in divorce.
And now, with the Pre-Raphaelite ringlets recently been trimmed and smoothed, they perfectly complement the fashionable Gothic look of the singer.
In an interview with You magazine, Sarah said: "I have the sort of round face that you complain about when you're younger, but which serves you well as you get older."
And not only is she basking in the satisfaction of having achieved so much with her music, Sarah also has a young new boyfriend, 41-year-old Bulgarian-born, German-raised Louis Oberleander.
Once typecast as Sir Andrew's toy girl, Sarah now seems to have taken over the globe as the world's bestselling soprano.

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Raunchy image: Sarah Brightman makes a splash at the Classical Brit Awards

Her confident new style is a sure sign of how much Sarah has vamped up her image since she stopped being Mrs Lloyd Webber.
Sarah admitted: "I was quite middle-aged when I was younger.
"I always felt older than my years, maybe because I was married to someone older.
"I think it's typical of women when they love someone that they move themselves into that person's life and go with that."

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Younger outlook: Sarah with new boyfriend Louis Oberleander, 41, attributes her youthful image to her younger friends

And she attributes her young outlook, and image, to her move from Britain to Germany at the beginning of the 1990s.
She said: "All my friends were involved with techno, and suddenly I was being introduced to younger types of music and a different way of doing things.
"And I'm having a lot of fun now."
In 2000, Sarah sold more records than Elton John when she became America's highest-selling British artist. And having made so much money, she reportedly offered to hand back the multimillion-pound divorce settlement she received from Sir Andrew.

Rolling back the years: Is Sarah Brightman looking better than she did 25 years ago? | the Daily Mail

**Just Kill Me** · April 9th, 2008, 11:09 AM

She has odd facial features.

**celeb_2006** · April 9th, 2008, 11:22 AM

good 4 her age

**Butterfly** · April 9th, 2008, 11:38 AM

I love her voice and she is looking good for her age.

**McJag** · April 9th, 2008, 11:39 AM

She does have a unique look. I think she looks so great now. I would kill to have her voice!

**tkdgirl** · April 9th, 2008, 12:05 PM

Looks like Kate Pierson in that first pic!

**Rondette** · April 9th, 2008, 12:07 PM

I yuk at the hair extensions, them's lookin nasty!

**ariesallover** · April 9th, 2008, 02:01 PM

Love her sexy look - hard to believe how dowdy and old she looked previously.

**Laurent** · April 9th, 2008, 02:05 PM

She is looking very good lately. Her voice used to be magnificent, but I've heard people say that it has fallen off in recent years.

**potato_chips** · April 9th, 2008, 04:04 PM

Don't know who she is, but she looks better today than before.

**birdmadgirl** · April 9th, 2008, 04:34 PM

I must have those boots!

**Sleuth** · April 9th, 2008, 04:41 PM

omg i am so glad she fixed herself up and hopefully she stops that annoying wider than wide thing she does with her eyes... in the video clips for the music of Phantom of the Opera i think i just wanted to smack it and give it a dose of mortein cause it looked so disturbing.