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In today's video, we discover how the "Markle Sparkle" effect has made its way inside plastic surgeons' offices where an increasing number of women are requesting procedures to look more like Meghan Markle. We follow two women on their cosmetic surgery journey. Watch this episode to learn more.

This video was originally published on Vice and is being repurposed by Refinery29.

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Transcript
00:02The Markle Sparkle is how flawless Meghan Markle is.
00:07Now I'm going to show you some of the items that I purchased that resemble Meghan Markle.
00:14My name is Tara Knapp and I'm going to be getting fillers to look like Meghan Markle.
00:19The golden ratio refers to kind of the quote perfect textbook balance of facial features.
00:25Meghan Markle is a beauty icon because she has so many of the classic symmetrical facial features.
00:31This is a green dress.
00:33Meghan Markle also wears a lot of green which she looks stunning in.
00:36I had my consultation with a doctor and she suggested that I do the cheek and jawline filler to give
00:43me more structure and angle in my face that Meghan has.
00:46So you can just picture what these lips would look like on me.
00:49My name is Kayla and I'm getting lip fillers to make my lips look just like Meghan Markle's.
00:55I see my lips as like small shriveled up like baby lips.
01:02To me, Meghan Markle has the perfect lips.
01:05It's very common these days to have people come in and say they like the freshness of Meghan Markle, the
01:10way she looks.
01:11This is a trend.
01:12I actually have a crown that I keep hidden.
01:18I became a huge fan of Meghan Markle.
01:21She is just beautiful and the American princess that I wish I could have been.
01:34This is a journal that my friend and I created our junior year of high school.
01:37So I have a lot of things of Prince William.
01:41When I was in high school, I was watching a television show about the world's like top 50 hottest bachelors.
01:51And number one was Prince William and I was like, oh yeah, that makes perfect sense.
01:55I just wasn't thinking they would pick a British person.
01:57So I got online and I like was looking up St. Andrews and where he went to school and found
02:03out that they had a study abroad program for high school seniors.
02:07I applied and got accepted to this program.
02:10I was suddenly where Prince William was.
02:13I spent the full six weeks like low-key stalking him.
02:17It says only a few more days until I leave.
02:20Well, a few weeks.
02:21I'm going to have to find his room.
02:24And it's just pictures of Prince William.
02:28Prince William's flat, we were told was like right here.
02:33And of course, I like stalked that street a lot because I thought he'd be there.
02:37I 100% believed that I had a chance at marrying Prince William.
02:44And then once he got married, I 100% thought I had a chance at marrying Prince Harry.
02:49I kid you not, I'm so, yeah.
02:52Here's Prince Harry over here.
02:54It says hot stuff.
02:55I put, yeah, he is.
02:57I colored this chick's hair red so that it would be like we are kissing because, you know.
03:02I was stoked when Meghan Markle became a part of the family.
03:08I love the fact that she's from California.
03:10I'm from California.
03:11And she just has like a really cool style and sense of self.
03:17Assuming that the doctor only does a filler in my jawline and in my cheeks.
03:24With the Botox, it's going to be $5,600.
03:28If she does more filler in my cheeks, it's going to be $1,800 per syringe.
03:32So it could be upwards of $10,000.
03:35What about this one?
03:38Arthur!
03:39Come here!
03:40Sit!
03:41You ready?
03:43You ready?
03:43You ready?
03:44Good boy!
03:47I have put a lot of thought into altering my lips and making them fuller
03:51and getting lip injections for a solid four years.
03:56Meghan Markle's lips are exactly what I want.
03:59I'm tired of having little lips and I want it to actually fit with my face now.
04:03And I feel that she has the most beautiful, like natural lips that I've seen.
04:09And that's a fear of mine to get lips that look fake.
04:12These lip fillers cost about $950.
04:17And then my consultation fee was about $250 or $300.
04:24So together, a little over $1,000.
04:28I've been waiting for a long time for this.
04:30I've been saving up for this.
04:32All of my friends and family know how much I want this.
04:36And I'm finally just so happy that I finally can follow through with it.
04:44Totally ridiculous.
04:46What? This?
04:47Yeah.
04:47Look.
04:49Doesn't it look good on me though?
04:50You've always been a princess to me.
04:55I don't think you need fillers.
04:57But whatever makes you happy, love.
05:00It'll even out.
05:01It's like...
05:01Don't get addicted to this stuff.
05:03I'm not.
05:03Just getting a filler in each area is not going to make me an addict.
05:08You never know.
05:09You never know.
05:11Kevin...
05:11So I told my boyfriend that I'm trying to emulate Meghan Markle.
05:15And he just laughed at me.
05:17He's supportive of me.
05:19And not for nothing, he has like a Misfits jersey tattoo on his arm.
05:23So like, his opinion is...
05:24You gotta take it with a grain of salt.
05:27Meghan Markle's the one who has inspired me to, you know, get some fillers.
05:32And I don't feel bad about it.
05:35The air is like...
05:37Or should I just take my eyes off?
05:38I feel like this mirror is making me really insecure.
05:41Look at this wrinkle right here.
05:43I have wrinkles here from Duckface.
05:46Look.
05:48You do always make that thing.
05:49I have wrinkles.
05:51I feel like every time...
05:53Every time we talk.
05:53Every time I see her, she talks about our lips.
05:56Every time.
05:57We can't take it in a selfie.
05:58You're gonna see my top lip.
06:00We have to take it from far away.
06:03I feel like you will look like Meghan after you get them done.
06:06Cause you guys have like a lot of the same features.
06:08You have the...
06:09Freckles already.
06:11Well, thank you.
06:13But...
06:13Hot.
06:14I won't see it until uh...
06:17You'll see it.
06:18I got my lips.
06:21Ew.
06:22I'm just trying to take it off.
06:24It doesn't even look bad.
06:25Yeah, it really does.
06:27Let me see it.
06:28I don't even see it.
06:29Let me see it.
06:31Every day I look in the mirror and put my makeup on is every day that I think about my
06:36lips.
06:37My friends always used to bust my chops about my lips being small and not being able to wear lipstick.
06:44Which I'd laugh along with them, but it secretly always bothered me.
06:48I am beyond ready to look like Meghan Markle.
06:51I'm excited.
06:52Couldn't come sooner.
07:00Watch out, buddy.
07:03Come here.
07:04Come here.
07:05Come here.
07:07When I was about five years old, my parents got a divorce.
07:12And I didn't really have friends that I could talk to about it or really knew what was going on
07:17in my life.
07:21On TV, I saw that there were two boys in England named Prince William and Prince Harry who were going
07:27through the same thing.
07:28The fact that, you know, two royal brothers can be going through the same thing as some girl in California,
07:36it just made me feel better because everybody around me couldn't relate.
07:42And that's what started my obsession with the family.
07:47I could have never guessed that as a five or six year old girl, two brothers, Prince William and Prince
07:53Harry, who lived halfway across the world would influence me to get fillers to look like one of their wives.
08:00It's just not something that you can comprehend, but it shows how this family has been a mainstay in my
08:09life.
08:09And they've influenced me in all of these little ways.
08:25We'll put a little needle stick and then what we'll do is we'll run the needle in through here and
08:31inject as we pull back.
08:32The lower lip, we're going to fill along this line.
08:37And then we're going to put the same cannula into this area and draw back and fill it.
08:52I feel like I'm drooling and I don't know.
08:57Okay.
08:59So I'm going to have you sit right here.
09:01You're all right.
09:02Okay.
09:03You doing okay?
09:04Yeah.
09:05Okay, great.
09:05So he'll be right in.
09:06Sounds good.
09:07Okay.
09:08Feels numb?
09:09Yeah.
09:09Okay.
09:10It's just what we want.
09:33You can find those again.
09:41You can see the tip of it there, just past the center.
09:45This is the part that might hurt a little bit.
09:47And then I'm going to just mold it.
09:49Open your mouth just a tad.
09:51So I can feel that where it is and the symmetry of it and it's malleable.
09:55So I can sort of put it where I want it.
10:01Take a quick look.
10:03Ooh.
10:05Yay.
10:07Look at that.
10:08I'm so happy.
10:08Doesn't it look great?
10:10And like it just really looks natural.
10:11And that's exactly what I wanted.
10:13I have like the rusting face that I always wanted.
10:20My mom said, is that a top lip?
10:23Looks so good.
10:24Send more close-ups.
10:26And then my dad said, wow, okay, looks beautiful.
10:29But you were also beautiful before it.
10:32Do you think we look alike?
10:35I even wore the shirt.
10:58Relax, scrunch them together, and smile really big.
11:03So you're definitely a good candidate for Botox in the forehead,
11:06glabella, and crow's feet to smooth out some of those etched fine lines.
11:17You're going to feel a couple of little pricks,
11:18but I'm going to do everything I can to keep you really comfortable.
11:22Just don't forget to breathe.
11:24So here I am softening your 11 lines,
11:29these glabella furrows that you're making when you frown.
11:33Okay.
11:49You're going to feel a little prick right here.
11:53And again, we're injecting right on the periosteum.
11:56I'm injecting on withdrawal and always aspirating for safety.
12:02So we're going to do a lift and sculpt technique.
12:05And this is not only making the filler smooth and not lumpy or bumpy,
12:10but it's also lifting those malar fat pads back up into the position where we want them to be.
12:19Okay.
12:21Okay.
12:21So let's take a look.
12:23Wow.
12:24It's just so super pretty.
12:26If you turn your head a little bit this way,
12:27you see that we've given you a little bit more cheekbone definition.
12:31You know, you were already very beautiful to begin with,
12:33but I think this is just slightly, subtly accentuating your facial beauty.
12:39Hi, babe. You look great.
12:41Well, I'm a little red because I'm just like a bleeder or whatever.
12:44Because you're a ginger, but...
12:44Yeah.
12:45But I love it.
12:48Do you notice a difference or are you just saying that?
12:50No, I do.
12:51What do you think?
12:52Like, really?
12:53I look great.
12:55Okay, whatever.
12:57I'm excited.
12:58I think I'm with you.
12:59I don't know because you're just like, yeah, you look great.
13:01Yeah, you look great.
13:02Usually you're more talkative.
13:03But I'm very, very happy that I got fillers.
13:06I know.
13:09So...
13:18Now that I have my lip fillers, I'm really looking forward to definitely going out more
13:23and taking a lot more group pictures and being able to wear lipstick especially.
13:28It feels unreal, to be honest.
13:34I've always been somebody that's cared about their appearance.
13:37For me, if I feel good, my confidence seeps into every other part of my life.
13:43To me, like, looking like a royal, even though I can't be one, is priceless.
14:03In my life, I guess I'm too impatient.
14:03I wish the babyWaiter before.
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