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Lindsay Lohan's little sister Ali (who now wants to be known as Alianaseems to either be experiencing the world's most unfortunate awkward phase or has put herself into the hands of some seriously overzealous surgeons. The photo at left is of Aliana earlier this month, while the drastically different inset is only from March of this year. Are her looks shifting due to dropping baby fat and going through a teenage growth spurt? Or are her fuller and more pronounced features the result of professional restructuring?

Prominent Hollywood plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Rey, known for his reality television show Dr. 90210, tells E! Online: "Ali appears to have lost quite a bit of weight, which can dramatically alter a person's face. Cheeks protrude more and [her] overall appearance is somewhat gaunt."

"It does appear as if she may have had a rhinoplasty," Dr. Rey, who's in São Paulo participating in the Miss Universe 2011 pageant, reveals. "Because in her photos now, her nose appears narrower and the tip more defined." Not to mention her noticeably fuller lips, more defined chin and jawline, and less sleepy eyes, now appearing wider and more alert. 

Aliana signed a multi-year modeling contract with NEXT Model Management last month.She has also modeled for her sister Lindsay’s 6126 fashion line. "As a young girl who is growing up, it's natural for her facial features to change slightly, and we see this with many of the younger models we represent," says Alexis Borges, agency director of Next Model Management L.A. "Aliana is a beautiful 17 year old girl who is growing into her face and body, as is the norm for someone of her age." 

Borges added: "We take pastoral care of our models very seriously and encourage the models to maintain a healthy lifestyle and body shape."

Is the sudden change in the young model's appearance simply a consequence of growing up, as her mother and reps are insisting? Or did the 17-year-old's appearance go awry after going under the knife to perfect her runway look?

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Wardrobe malfunction, indeed. 

Discount retailer Target is still reeling from the nightmare that the launch of its sought-after Missoni collection caused, as customers continue to take to the web to express their anger over the fashion fiasco. Will the highly publicized faux pas take customers elsewhere for their designer threads?

Curbed.com complains, "Now that the Missoni budget collection has successfully knocked Target offline and screwed up just about everything else, eBay sellers are laughing all the way to the bank.This is our favorite of the absurd number of Missoni for Target auctions happening right the second: one guy's selling a full/queen-size comforter and sham set for $715. Original cost of the cotton/polyester bedding? $99."

In addition to the gleeful seizing and reselling of the zig-zagged items by ruthless fashion pirates, hapless fashionistas who were lucky enough to purchase by phone or the web are losing hope as stories circulate of widespread cancelled and botched orders

"If you placed online orders for Target's Missoni line," New York Magazine cautions, "you may have received an e-mail from Target late last week asking you to confirm that you still wanted the order, which would be delayed for at least a month. "If we can't deliver your item(s) by this new estimated delivery date, we will automatically cancel your order," the e-mail message read. We did not place orders for the line but are told that when going to the Target site to confirm orders, customers were only given the option to cancel orders." 

"After reaching out to Target for comment on Friday, late last evening we were only sent the statement Target has posted to its website, reading that "unprecedented demand" for the line "impacted our Target.com site and affected the shipment and delivery of select guest orders." Target does not say when or if all customers who placed orders will receive them."

Will the Missoni debacle drive loyal Target fans elsewhere? Or will savvy shoppers keep coming back?

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