She strode to fame as the barefoot pop princess of the 1960s.
So perhaps it is no surprise that Sandie Shaw has eschewed the facelifts favoured by other stars of her era and opted for a dramatic "foot lift" instead.
The singer, who became the first UK act to win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 with Puppet on a String, recently revealed the full extent of the painful cosmetic surgery she underwent to transform her "ugly" feet.
Despite being most famous for taking to the stage shoeless, Shaw, 63, told ITV's Daybreak show: "I like my face but I've never liked my feet.
"I did it when I was 60 — I gave it to myself as a present. I had my bunions taken away, I had one toe shortened, one toe straightened. It was a full foot lift — they are wonderful."
‘Interesting again'
The singer recently complained that she "couldn't wear really nice shoes" before the surgery but said her feet had "become interesting again" after the operation.
Shaw, who trained as a psychotherapist in the 1990s, said her misshapen feet were inherited, rather than the result of her barefoot performances.
Jason Hargrave, consultant in podiatric surgery at the Harley Street Foot and Ankle Centre, said cosmetic foot surgery had increased in popularity in the UK in the past few years.
He added: "Bunion surgery is very common, with one in three people developing one at some time in their lives. It is more common in women than men.
"Toe straightening sometimes comes with the bunion surgery, as the growth of the bunion can affect the bone of the toe as well, so many people get both done at the same time.
"Shortening the toe is more a cosmetic procedure than a medical one. It is mainly women looking for this procedure, as they sometimes have problems wearing certain types of footwear, causing them discomfort or bleeding.
"It is big in the US but is becoming common everywhere."
The procedures are already popular among celebrities. Victoria Beckham is reportedly considering an operation to remove her bunions and Ruby Wax had the surgery three years ago.
After her operation in 2007, Shaw said she was left with "swollen, misshapen, yellow and bruised appendages on the ends of my legs".
She added that they got "prettier every day" but said the process made her realise she "could never have a facelift".
Recently, Shaw was putting her best foot forward for the premiere of the British film Made in Dagenham.
She sings the title track for the movie, which tells the story of the sewing machinists' strike at the Ford factory in Dagenham in 1968. The action led to legislation ensuring equal pay for women. Shaw worked at the factory in the early 1960s as a trainee computer programmer.
