Cindy Jackson grew up in the United States, where she studied art and photography. After qualifying as a professional photographer, she moved to London in 1977 on a Harvard University exchange program. Having decided in her mid-30s that her face and my proportions were not attractive in an artistic sense, the straight-A student, who is a member of Mensa, embarked on a journey of cosmetic reinvention in 1988, armed with a $100,000 inheritance from her father. The path to self-improvement took her from the small farm community in Ohio where she grew up to dishing out aesthetic advice to “A-listers, rock stars and captains of industry".