She famously sang 'It's expensive to be me' in her short-lived pop career, is rumored to have once spent $40k-a-month on a glam squad and has admitted to undergoing plastic surgery during her marriage to embattled ex-husband Tom Girardi.
But on Sunday, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne, 50, gave fans a rare glimpse into how she looked before all of that, as she shared an epic throwback image of when she was just 18-years-old.
In the black and white headshot, circa 1989, a fresh-faced Erika looks almost unrecognizable without all the smoke and mirrors - including a well-documented nose job that she underwent at age 41.
Wow: Erika Jayne looks unrecognizable in a fresh-faced throwback snap that she posted to her Instagram account on Sunday (circa 1989)
Major makeover: Erika Jayne (pictured L in 2009 and R in 2020) has had quite the transformation during her marriage to Tom Girardi
Erika's expensive vanity purchases have been called into question this year, as ex husband Tom, 82, is accused of embezzling millions that was owed to the relatives of Lion Air Flight 610 plane crash victims in 2018.
The reality star has also been named in the suit, over an alleged payment of $25m that Tom is said to have given her for personal expenses. However, Erika has denied having any knowledge of the situation and the alleged embezzlement.
Still, there is no doubt that living the high life with her rich older husband Tom helped Erika's dramatic transformation take shape over the years.
Transformational: Erika, 50, pictured left, circa 1989, and right earlier this year
After meeting when she was just 27, Erika married Tom in 1999, and the pair stayed married for 21 years before she ended it last year.
Her transformation can be partly attributed to the nose job and Botox injections she has previously admitted to having.
The RHOBH star confessed to having a nose job at age 41 on Watch What Happens Live.
'It was the same face, just a different nose,' she said when presented with a photo of herself looking dramatically different in 2010.
Before and after: Jayne has admitted to having a nose job and spending upwards of $40,000 a month on her beauty routine
But it isn't just cosmetic procedures that are responsible for her head-turning look.
Erika spends a fortune to look as good as she does, and once admitted to having regularly spent upwards of $40,000 a month on her beauty routine.
'If you want to look good—it's hair, it's makeup, it's wardrobe, and then those people that help facilitate that...they're not cheap,' Exxpen$ive singer said on the Wendy Williams Show in 2018.
Now: Erika is pictured above on a recent reunion show for Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
The eye-popping amount is actually relatively reasonable compared to others, Erika
