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Angelina Jolie is the perfect role model for the Celebrity Age

There are celebrities like the Kardashian sisters who would go to the extent of publicizing their personal lives for money. And there are celebrities like Angelina Jolie who keep reminding the world that there is more to being a celebrity than just the money, fame and superstardom that comes with it.

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Angelina Jolie might have disappointed quite a number of people out there when she decided to marry actor Brad Pitt after his divorce from Jennifer Aniston (most remembered for her role as ‘Rachel’ in the popular sitcom ‘Friends’). A lot of people (including her fans) dubbed her the home wrecker in the Aniston’s life. However, Jolie rose above all that criticism and more to become what she is today – a woman of substance and a role model for millions of women out there. And here’s why we think so!

It came as a shocker to many when Jolie recently admitted that she had undergone an elective double mastectomy in order to reduce her chances of contracting breast cancer by nearly 85 percent. Jolie opted for the procedure after learning that she was a carrier of the mutated BRCA1 (which would greatly increase her chances of getting breast cancer).

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More surprising than the fact that Jolie had undergone the surgery (along with a breast reconstruction surgery) was that she openly admitted to doing it. In a day and age when celebrities try to hide even the smallest of nose jobs and nip tucks, admitting that she had decided to forgo her prized assets for the sake of her family made Jolie earn the admiration of everyone around her, including her former nemesis Aniston who actually cried when she heard the news.

While some may argue that Jolie’s humanitarian efforts are for the sole purpose of publicity, we think otherwise. Jolie is associated with so many humanitarian organizations worldwide that it would be hard to believe that the actress would do all this just to get some additional publicity.

Some of the ventures Jolie is associated with (and doesn’t boast about to others) include the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (in 30 countries and counting), the environment conservation center called Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation in Cambodia, the Jolie-Pitt Foundation, the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict which aims to educate people affected by natural or manmade disasters, the Kids in Need of Defense foundation that aims to provide legal counsel to unaided immigrant children, and the Jolie Legal Fellows Program which employs lawyers to enforce child protection rights in Haiti.

Jolie also handles a day care facility that takes care of HIV infected children. And she always makes it a point to donate sums in millions of dollars to victims of several national and international catastrophes. And the list doesn’t end here!

Another thing we love about Angelina Jolie is that she never insists on receiving the celebrity treatment when she dons her humanitarian avatar. The actress always insists on spending her own money for trips and prefers to stay and work under the same condition as other volunteers; something that places her far ahead of her contemporaries who are known to throw tantrums to get even their smallest demands met.

And finally! In addition to raising her own three biological children, Jolie has provided a beautiful and loving home, and a world class education for her three adopted children. She may be a world renowned celebrity outside. But inside the house, Jolie is just like any other mom who dotes on her children. She doesn’t wear makeup! She doesn’t care abouther film star looks. And she doesn’t think twice about stepping out in her track pants and sweatshirts for some ice cream with her kids! A perfect role model for all those mummies out there!

There you have it! That’s Angelina Jolie for you. A successful film star, a loving mother and a wonderful humanitarian all rolled into one beautiful, age-defying body and soul. Brad Pitt may be lucky to have her in his life. But we are even luckier to get a person like Jolie to look up to, a person who makes us heave a sigh of relief upon realizing that there are still some beautiful gems left out there in the otherwise self-absorbed celebrity world.

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