Every year, Monaco hosts something called the Golden Nymph Awards. My opinion: it’s just some vague sort of scam to entice film and television stars to come to Monaco for a few days and hang out. Technically, the awards are the final act in Monaco’s “International Television Festival,” but it’s just like a tourist thing, or something to make Monaco seem like a celebrity hotbed. Anyway, Princess Charlene attended the closing ceremony last night and we should talk about the photos!

First of, her gown was lovely. I’ll start with something nice! This gown is Carolina Herrera and it really suits Charlene and her figure. She’s a big, tall woman with broad swimmer’s shoulders, and sometimes it feels like she struggles to figure out how to deal with her shoulders sartorially. This is how – sleeveless, with wide straps and a V-neck. The fuller skirt suits her too. I’m not totally in love with this off-white/cream color, but whatever.

Something not so nice: good lord, her face is a mess. There’s the plastic surgery, which becomes more and more evident with each passing year, and then there’s the makeup! Who is doing Charlene’s makeup? And why are they doing it this way?? You guys yell at me for my hatred of bangs, but few of you know that I have an equal hatred for PINK EYE MAKEUP. There is literally no reason for any woman, of any coloring, to wear pink eye makeup. That’s all. Oh, and Charlene desperately needed some kind of stronger color on her lips.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Backgrid.

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