Tess Christian 50 years.The woman claims that the past 40 years, she is not smiling.And it does it with quite specific purpose: that way, Tess, she said, keeps the freshness of the face.
Every Friday Tess and her friends meet for dinner at a local restaurant.The more pouring champagne, the conversation becomes louder, the more sound of laughter at the table.But this is always a cheerful sight of something strange.While other women smiling and laughing, 50-year-old Tess is sitting at a table with an impenetrable expression, not even a smile out of the corner of the lips.
No Christian is not without a sense of humor.Just 40 years ago she came to the conclusion that not to smile - a great way to keep your face youthful and wrinkle-free, and made a conscious decision not to smile or laugh.
"I do not have wrinkles, because I have to train yourself to control facial muscles, - says Tess, - all interests, whether I have Botox. No, Botox is not, and I know that my face is because Inot smiling and laughing with girlhood. My persistence paid off. I have to face no audio lines. Yes, I am vain and thirst remain young. My strategy is more natural than Botox, and more effective than any doroguschy salonor face cream. "
Methods Tess may seem very hard, but it is clearly not alone in seeking to inhibit facial expressions in an attempt to prevent the formation of wrinkles.
And some experts believe that such a method may be effective.Only here is it worth to bring a life full of smiles and cheerful laughter, a sacrifice for the sake of the face had no wrinkles?Tess believes that it is necessary.
Christian, which, incidentally, is an instructor in the art of cookery vegetable company, said: "Do not think that I'm unhappy. I am very cheerful person, I just have no need to show it."
the way, the first of its decision not to smile was not associated with the fight against wrinkles.This was the reaction of 10-year-old schoolgirl on rigid rules and strict discipline in the Catholic school where she studied.
"The local unsmiling nuns did not like when the kids were laughing. I was always told to remove the smile from his face, so I learned to hold back," -rasskazyvaet Tess.Upon reaching adulthood, Christian realized that her face is."I was always impressed by Hollywood stars of the old school, such as Marlene Dietrich, for example. She never smiled and looked at it brilliantly."
man with whom she meets frequently ask her to smile."In such cases, I say, do not smile, not because they are not nice to me."
her ex-husband Nigel, who is older than her for 4 years, she met in 1990.In March 1991 they had a daughter Stevie.
"Nigel never worried that I was not well, - says Tess. - It is even amused. After the birth of Stevie, I was very happy, but even then did not feel the need to smile. It was then a straight face was my secondkind. "
Tess and Nigel were married in 1993.Wedding photographer for a long time tried to persuade the bride smile in the picture, but she refused.The couple divorced in 1998, but not because of the unsmiling Tess.
Stevie already 24. Christian asserts that her daughter never resented my mother for refusing to smile.
And friends and girlfriends?They make a Christian, as it is.The truth is the nickname she was given appropriate - the Mona Lisa.For the face, tight like in the picture of the great Leonardo.
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