Who's the Joker? Kylie overdoes it on the lippy

11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Ever-youthful looking Kylie Minogue is not looking her naturally beautiful self in these pictures taken at the launch of her new swimwear range for H & M.

In fact, with her loony-lippy she looks more like Batman's arch-enemy The Joker.

With her tense, almost forced smile smothered in garish red lipstick and waxy complexion it looks as though the 38-year-old has overdone it on the make-up.

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Painted lady: Kylie Minogue over does it on the makeup as she promotes her swimwear range in Shanghai

Painted lady: Kylie Minogue over does it on the makeup as she promotes her swimwear range in Shanghai

Is this who she's modelling herself on? The Joker as played by Jack Nicholson

Is this who she's modelling herself on? The Joker as played by Jack Nicholson

Sporting a blonde bob, and floor-length Oriental-style dress the Showgirls singer was attending a venue in Shanghai, China, for a concert to promote her swimwear range.

After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 the singer took a break from the limelight but after making a full recovery has since kept busy with the launch of her perfume called Darling, and has now turned her attentions to her stylish range of swimwear.

Could it all be she is filling the gap boyfriend of four years, Olivier Martinez, has left behind?

Woman in white: The singer wore a floor-length embossed gown and showed off a new blonde bob

Woman in white: The singer wore a floor-length embossed gown and showed off a new blonde bob

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