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A Kim Kardashian super-fan has spent £100,000 on surgery and designer clothes in an attempt to look like his reality star icon.
Jordan James Parke has had 50 lip-filling operations, eyebrow tattoos, Botox injections in several areas and undergone laser hair removal.
After seeing her on reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians a few years ago, he embarked on his crazy crusade.
“I love everything about Kim. She’s the most gorgeous woman ever. Her skin is perfect, her hair, everything about her," Jordan, 23, from Manchester told the Sun.
“I’m addicted to lip-fillers. The bigger, the better. I’ve never felt better about myself. I laugh when people try to insult me by telling me I look plastic or fake. Do they think I’m going for the natural look? If I was, I’d ask for my money back.”
Jordan's lip-fillers have cost him £350 a time, while he has also had cheek-fillers and Botox injections in his eyes, eyebrows and forehead.
He plans to have a nose job next.
"Whenever I see a new procedure, I have to try it. I’m in the clinic so often I get a discount. I do borrow money off my family. But I have worked hard, in sales and at a health club.
"I work so hard as a make-up artist and I grew up with my mum who would spend the last pound in her purse if she wants something. Now, if I want it, I have it. My mum also likes to buy me things, which I’m very grateful for. I am a little bit spoilt, I have to admit.”
And it doesn't stop there. Jordan has spent £60k kitting himself out with designer gear from Prada, Chanel and Louis Vuitton.
He even has a Louis Vuitton sleeve tattoo on his arm - as well as Mariah Carey's autograph.
I can easily spend thousands in one trip and I’m a fiend for buying online. A few weeks ago, I ordered a £3,000 Prada bag then completely forgot about it. I didn’t know what it was until I opened it."
He also drinks in the VIP areas of nightclubs and wine bars, with rappers' favourite champagne Cristal his preferred tipple - at £185 a bottle.
“My look is all about the shock factor. I love all the attention and the stares I get in the street. I welcome the hate — it just means more attention. And if anything, it just spurs me on to get more work done.
