Gwyneth Paltrow replaced Elizabeth Hurley as the face of Estee Lauder - Nov 07, 2020
Gwyneth Paltrow has replaced Elizabeth Hurley as the face of Estee Lauder. The Hollywood beauty has signed a ?1.5million contract with the beauty giants to promote their Pleasures perfume. The stunning actress, who has already been photographed for ads by Mario Testino, said: "Years ago, endorsing a product was considered something an actress shouldn’t do. Now it’s almost like a status symbol." Elizabeth - who will continue to be an Estee Lauder ’spokesmodel’ - is said to have been dropped from the Pleasures campaign because Gwyneth was "more sexy."

A company spokeswoman admitted: "Estee Lauder wanted to vamp up its image and make it more sexy. Gwyneth Paltrow is new and a bit more exciting." Elizabeth, who has modelled for the cosmetics firm since 1995, recently confessed she can no longer get away with her trademark revealing outfits since she turned 40, saying: "I’m never again going to sit eating lunch on a boat in just a skimpy bikini. I just don’t feel comfortable doing that any more."

Meanwhile, Gwyneth’s husband, Chris Martin, has fuelled speculation she may be pregnant with their second child. When asked about the recent baby rumours at the MTV Europe Awards, the Coldplay frontman mysteriously said: "I can’t tell you about Gwyneth, you know that. She’d kill me."

Liz Hurley wants to turn the Taj Mahal pink Oct - 05
Liz Hurley wants to turn the Taj Mahal pink - to raise breast cancer awareness.
The stunning actress is set to give the magnificent Indian palace the shocking makeover as part of a massive charity benefit for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Hurley has reportedly already contacted the Indian government to put forward her unusual request.

She is quoted by America’s New York Post newspaper as saying: "I am trying to get hold of someone in India who could help me. I want to do a huge benefit next year in Agra at the Taj Mahal where we turn the Taj pink for Breast Cancer Awareness." However, Hurley - who is rumoured to be engaged to Indian businessman Arun Nayar - does not want to paint or dye the famous building pink but aims to create the effect with carefully placed lights. The ’Bedazzled’ star got involved with the charity after two of her close friends were forced to have mastectomies - the complete removal of a breast - to beat the life-threatening disease.

Hurley also recently revealed her grandmother died from breast cancer - after she discovered a lump but refused to have it examined for years. She said: "When my grandmother found her lump, she didn’t tell anyone for a few years. I really hope we can be so loud and so annoying to everybody that it won’t happen with anyone else’s grandmother, mother, or, God forbid, anyone younger."