A doctor has been ordered to pay $5,000 to a Venice woman for failing to give her a “Cinderella Story Makeover” that she won on LA talk radio show, a judge ruled last week.
On March 15, Columbine Bloodworth was picked from three women on Conway & Steckler’s on-air contest co-promoted by KLSX 97.1 and plastic surgeon Dr. George Boris of Culver City because she had “small breasts and not a nice nose,” said Carolyn Cohen, a consultant at Boris’ office.
But Bloodworth, a 32-year-old photographer, said she only wanted a nose job. According to the winner release form and the contest rules, Bloodworth could choose between a nose job or a breast impants. However, when she arrived at Boris’ office, consultants there told her she had to have both surgeries as part of the complete makeover.
“She had to do everything. But she wanted just the nose job. It’s like if you go to the ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and you don’t want to pull the wheel — you just want to play cards,” Cohen said.
The office couldn’t deliver the results Bloodworth wanted, Cohen admitted.
“We don’t do Michael Jackson’s nose on somebody who is a Mexican,” she said.
Doctor Boris said Bloodworth came in with unrealistic photographs, asking to have her nose look like Brooke Shields’. Not only that, Boris said Bloodworth also wanted her chin done and liposuction.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 18, 2002. Read the original PDF.