Fw: TONI BRAXTON'S IMPLANT BURSTS

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Subject: TONI BRAXTON'S IMPLANT BURSTS

> UK THE MIRROR

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> UNBREAK MY PARTS TONI SKIPS MOBO AFTER HER BOOB IMPLANT BURSTS

>

> WHEN she dramatically pulled out of the MOBO Awards US diva Toni Braxton

> told organisers she had " a mystery illness " .

>

> Next we heard that she had backed out because the prestigious music event

> " clashed with her birthday " .

>

> But now we can reveal the terrible truth behind her failure to make it to

> last week's big ceremony... one of her breast implants had exploded.

>

> The awful mishap happened a few days before she was due to fly to Britain

> and perform her latest chart hit, He Wasn't Man Enough For Me and carry

> out a string of promotional activities.

>

> While organisers scrambled to find a stand-in, Toni - whose song Unbreak

> My Heart was a worldwide smash - was in LA recovering from surgery to

> repair her ruptured bust.

>

> Our spy tells us: " She was absolutely terrified when this horrible thing

> happened.

>

> " It was all so unexpected - it has really shaken her up.

>

> " It's such a common thing now to have implants and no one bats an eyelid

> when someone has it done. But when it goes wrong it can be really

> scary. " She's fine now and getting on with life as normal. "

>

> Toni, 32, the daughter of a church minister, had her breasts enlarged in a

> bid to boost her boring image.

>

> With the help of a team of fashion experts and a fitness trainer she

> underwent a dramatic transformation from dull girl-next-door to sexy pop

> temptress.

>

> Almost overnight she found herself on the cover of men's magazines

> everywhere and next month she appears on the front of the raunchy FHM.

>

> But her steamy new image seems to have come with a heavy price although

> her aides were last night playing the whole sad saga.

>

> A spokesman for her Arista label said: " We don't comment on our artistes'

> personal lives. "

>

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