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Zoe Delaney

Paula Abdul, 60, unrecognisable as she shows off decades younger new look

Paula Abdul has been showing off a brand new look over this year's festive period.

The American Idol judge, 60, stunned fans on Instagram earlier this week as she shared a collection of snaps taken at Kathy Hilton's star-studded Christmas party.

While Paula's celebrity pals praised the star for her 'incredible' appearance, many of the singer's followers questioned if some photoshopping or heavy use of filters had been used before the images were shared online.

Donning a sheer green dress adorned with sequin detailing, Paula wore her brunette tresses loose as she posed alongside the likes of model Heidi Klum, 49, and Charlie's Angel icon Jaclyn Smith at Paris Hilton's mum's holiday party.

Paula Abdul (left) shared a slew of snaps taken at Kathy Hilton's Christmas party (paulaabdul/Instagram)
The American Idol judge, pictured here in September 2022, looked unrecognisable in the images (Getty Images)

Sharing a bunch of pictures taken at the gathering with her fans on Instagram, Paula captioned the snaps: "@kathyhilton always throws the most fabulous holiday party. Merry Christmas!

"I hope everyone is having a wonderful day relaxing, celebrating and surrounded by friends and family. Sending you lots of love and holiday cheer."

"Love you," Kathy's daughter Paris wrote underneath Paula's update.

Paula looked remarkably youthful as she posed between Heidi Klum and Jaclyn Smith at the bash (paulaabdul/Instagram)
Paula could pass for a teenager in some of the pictures shared to her Instagram page (paulaabdul/Instagram)

"Merry Christmas Darling!" Simon Cowell's ex Terri Seymour added, as Ru Paul's Drag Race star Mrs Kasha Davis commented: "You look ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE as always."

However, Paula's non-famous followers were more focussed on debating how the star, 60, achieved her new youthful look.

"This looks like a completely different person," one Instagram user commented underneath Paula's pictures, as another quipped: "Did the account get hacked? Who am I even looking at?"

The singer's fans begged her to 'lay off the filters' in the comment section (paulaabdul/Instagram)
The star was mocked by her followers for seemingly using filters or photoshop before sharing the snaps (Getty Images)

A third declared: "Wow heavy on the photoshop!"

"Uum lay off the filters Paula because it makes you look like a teenager. You’re beautiful you don’t need that much filter," another comment reads.

One Instagram user sarcastically asked: "Is this Paula’s daughter?"

Paula has previously discussed ageing and having minimally invasive plastic surgery in a bid to keep wrinkles at bay as she grows older.

In 2019, the star explained how she was "aging as gracefully as one can be, with a healthy outlook", as she recalled two tweakments after her 57th birthday.

"I wanted to do something for myself," she explained to People magazine when discussing the treatments from InMode, a minimally invasive plastic surgery company.

Paula is best known to younger fans as one of the original American Idol judges (Getty)

"I’ve had multiple spinal cord injuries and paralysis, and because my arms had paralysis, the muscles atrophied. I work out a lot, and no matter how many times I hit the gym and did bicep and tricep workouts, it was always difficult because I had to rebuild muscle tissue.

"When I found out about InMode’s BodyTite and FaceTite, there was really great improvement. It’s subtle."

Singer and dancer Paula rose to fame after choreographing music videos for Janet Jackson, before going on to top the charts herself with a number of smash hit singles.

The multi-talented star was one of the original judges on the television series American Idol from 2002 to 2009, and has since appeared on reality TV shows like The X Factor, So You Think You Can Dance, and The Masked Dancer.

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