Navratilova, 53 and platinum blonde, has become more feminine with time, her high cheekbones giving her a regal bearing.

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When Tom is taken ill, he is cared for by a young woman with sensual lips, high cheekbones and blue-black hair.

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With his high cheekbones and dazzling smile, Martinez has the charisma of a mainstream star, which he is to many in the Cuban-American musical community.

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His face is arresting, a long, narrow brow over almond eyes lit by youth and restless ambition, high cheekbones and a cool jazz man's trimmed mustache.

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Hilary Swank, as Amelia Earhart, has a big, toothy smile, high cheekbones, and short, irregular hair that seems to have been chopped by a butcher knife.

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She had high cheekbones.

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Niloofar, who is twenty-seven, is a striking woman with a strong face and high cheekbones, and, on the day I met her, at the Parliament, she wore, instead of a burka, a brilliant turquoise shalwar kameez and head scarf all the more noticeable in the assemblage of drably suited and robed male M.

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