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If you've looked at all the glamour magazines lately, all the covers are actresses. If they are on those covers, they are going to try to emulate models. That's just the way it is.

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Portia de Rossi
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: January 31
Actress
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Horsham
Victoria
Australia
Portia Lee James DeGeneres
Amanda Lee Rogers
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Shame weighs a lot more than flesh and bone.
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