Simone Biles is taking about her procedures in an effort 'to be open, honest and relatable'. Photo: TNS
Simone Biles is opening up about her decision late last month to go public with her three plastic surgeries – including two “you would never notice.”
The 28-year-old Olympic gold medallist told People that she revealed her procedures – a breast augmentation, and eyelid surgery known as a lower blepharoplasty, and one intended to repair her earlobe following an incident when she was young – in an effort “to be open, honest and relatable.”
“Seeing me win medals at the Olympics, that’s not relatable,” said the record-breaking gymnast. “But what is relatable is how we feel about ourselves, what we talk about, what we go through and how we share openly, honestly.”
Biles clarified that going under the knife for her breasts wasn’t because “I didn’t like the way I looked or the way I felt,” rather, “It’s just something that I notice obviously a little bit more because I live in this body.”
The blepharoplasty meanwhile was intended to address what she’s dubbed “the ‘Biles eye bags.’
“We’ve just always had them, hereditary, and so that was just a big flaw,” she continued.
Her decision to get her earlobe “fixed” stemmed from a childhood incident in which an earring “got ripped out.”
On Oct 29, Biles shared a TikTok detailing fun facts about herself, among them, “I’ve had three plastic surgeries, and two of them, you would never be able to tell… Guess,” which followers promptly did.
“I also think it shows young girls that they have the right to their own choices … and that’s no shame added as well,” Biles told People.
Her candour about such decisions extends at least back to summer 2024, when she confirmed to followers that she’d gotten Botox for her 27th birthday, which “didn’t go well” and resulted in “a floating eyebrow.”
“Social media is not real, so that’s why I try to be as transparent as possible,” Biles said. – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
