Bristol is now claiming it was jaw surgery to explain her new appearance

From MSNBC

Bristol Palin admits her recent change in appearance was due to a procedure — but not plastic surgery.

The 20-year-old daughter of 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin tells Us Weekly that she underwent corrective jaw surgery in December, a month after she finished third on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars." Her face now appears thinner, with higher cheekbones and an angular jaw.

The new look, complete with Palin losing 5 pounds, was unveiled April 30 at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C.

"Yes, it improved the way I look, but this surgery was necessary for medical reasons," she told the magazine for its May 23 issue, which will be on newsstands Friday.

Palin said she had the procedure so her jaw and teeth could properly realign.

While growing up, she wore braces and a device to help correct an overbite. But she said her dentist warned her that she'd have to have surgery one day.

The Palin family's lawyer declined to comment to The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Palin said she is pleased with the new look.

"I look older, more mature and don't have as much of a chubby little baby face," she told the magazine.

Palin said she doesn't obsess over her face and would consider plastic surgery only in an extreme situation.

"I wouldn't get plastic surgery unless I got in an accident or something terrible and got disfigured," she said.

Palin will be back on TV by the end of the year, starring in a reality series for the Bio Channel. The as-yet-untitled series will follow her move from Alaska to Los Angeles with her son, Tripp, to work at a small charity. She will live with actor brothers Kyle and Christopher Massey.

Kyle Massey is a fellow "Dancing" contestant and Palin's good friend, the network said.

I smelled bullshit the second I read the title to this story on MSNBC.

Jaw surgery DOES NOT CHANGE YOUR CHIN.  Bristol had a double chin before the "surgery".  Dental surgery does not remove the fat under a chin.  Nor does it change your eyebrows and forehead either.  Do the Palin bitches ever stop lying?  Oh never mind.

Bristol's plastic surgery-Update

Look what Bristol has done to herself:

I have to admit it, before Bristol had work done on her face, she was a pretty girl, no wonder Levi wanted to fuck her.  But now she looks at least 10 years older.  It's really sad a 20 year wants to have plastic surgery.  At that age your face is still developing.  I'm sure having a mother like Sarah did not help  Miss Quitty was also Miss Wasilla and I'm sure Bristol was compared to her a lot.

Here she is at the Candie's Foundation. Look at her lips.

MSNBC has picked up the story as well.

Is that you, Bristol Palin?

The 20-year-old abstinence ambassador showed off her svelte new shape at the Candie's Foundation 2011 benefit gala on Tuesday, complete with a dark new 'do and a figure-hugging one-shoulder dress.

Her weight loss wasn't the only thing that has people talking. Gawker, Perez Hilton and The Frisky have speculated that the single mom got plastic surgery, noting her angular jawline and more pronounced cheekbones.

No word on how the single mom slimmed down — or whether she went under the knife — but Bristol was happy to tell Us Weekly about her 2-year-old son Tripp's latest milestones.

"He's talking and running around," she told Us. "Right now he's taking skating lessons, so that's something fun that we get to go to. I love everything about him!"

Still, being a teen mom and the daughter of Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin hasn't always been easy.

"There are a lot of things that I love about being a mom, but you know what? Being a teen mom is not ideal at all and I wish that I could have had Tripp when I was in a married relationship," Bristol added. "I'm going to let Tripp know how hard it was for me to be a teen parent and how not ideal it is. I know that he'll learn."

So has People Magazine.  Which surprises me cuz they are really Pro-Palin.