Taylor Swift, Before and After

Ever since she burst onto the country music scene as a teenager more than a decade ago, Taylor Swift has cultivated her image as the quirky, innocent “girl next door.”

And it paid off. Now 32 years old, she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, one of the most-followed people on social media, and was the youngest person ever on Forbes’ list of the world’s most powerful women.

“There’s an ever-widening gap between the Taylor Swift who sings about finding her one true love and being weird in middle school and the Taylor Swift who is slowly being revealed by her actions,” argues Amy Zimmerman in The Daily Beast. She describes her as “a singularly controlling, fame-obsessed artist, mercenary and tough as nails,” who has “prioritized her career above all.”

It’s a fascinating take on Taylor’s pursuit of fame—and if you noticed her changing looks over the years, you might wonder if cosmetic enhancements played a role, too. (Spoiler: It certainly appears that way!)

Let’s see what she might have done by examining her beauty evolution from 2006 until now