It’s been 30 years since Madonna burst into the spotlight and she couldn’t look more different from the fresh-faced hopeful who first stole our hearts.
Madonna has completely made over her image dozens of times during her long career, setting the style agenda for millions of women around the world.
Now 54, she looks more youthful – albeit puffier – than she did at 44 but denies having had any plastic surgery, insisting her healthy lifestyle is responsible for her unlined face.
Take a look at these pictures spanning the star’s impressive career and judge for yourself.
Madonna in 1978 and 2012.
Madonna in 1978.
Madonna before she shot to fame in 1979.
Madonna was just starting to become a star in December 1982.
A superstar in the making – at the AMAs in January 1985.
A baby-faced Madonna in June 1985.
Madonna looking angelic in March 1986.
Experimenting with short peroxide blonde locks in September 1986.
Madonna without makeup in June 1993.
Rocking a blonde bob in December 1995.
Looking older than she does now in March 1998.
Morticia Addams, is that you? Madonna in October 1998.
Chanelling Cher in October 1998.
Embracing a hippy look in April 1998.
Looking very youthful in June 2005.
Madonna at the 2006 Grammy Awards.
Beautiful at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in February 2007.
Madonna in September 2008.
Looking incredible in concert in November 2008.
Madonna in September 2011.
Madonna looking a little puffy in September 2011.
Looking most unlike herself in January 2012.
At the Golden Globes in January 2012.
Madonna in June 2012.
Madonna on stage in June 2012.
Pulling an unusual face at the Met Ball in May 2013.
Madonna at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.
Looking almost unrecognisable onstage in June 2013.
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