Wed, 21 January 2009 at 4:08 pm

Ashley Judd: Belle of the Purple Ball

Ashley Judd is all smiles in a beautiful Monique Lhuillier gown at the Inaugural Purple Ball at the Fairmont Hotel on Tuesday (January 20) in Washington, D.C.

The 40-year-old actress selected a mist grey crinkle gazar one shoulder gown, which features an asymmetrically draped bodice and soft bubble tier skirt.

A few hours earlier, Ashley stood in the chilly stands below the inauguration podium where President Barack Obama took his oath.

“I did layer,” Ashley said of her long underwear and blanket wrapped around her. “And I did get cold, but I expected that. It was all part of the experience.”

10+ pictures inside of purple-licious Ashley Judd…

Photos: Carrie Devorah/WENN, Joe Kohen/Getty
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# 26

boogie @ 01/21/2009 at 10:49 pm

she’s 40 folks! Can’t expect people to retain their youthful looks forever.

She reminds me of her mom.

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Liza @ 01/21/2009 at 11:07 pm

^ 40 is not old at all. There’s more going on than aging with her face.

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pafan @ 01/22/2009 at 12:28 am

I wish the Hollyweird mentality would just let people mature naturally and not push them into whatever she’s doing to herself.

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Raichill @ 01/22/2009 at 2:51 am

Her face does look odd.

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Anastacia @ 01/22/2009 at 6:02 am

what happend with her face???

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alex_p @ 01/22/2009 at 7:10 am

oh wow. it really looks nothing like her.. she used to be SO beautiful

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palvasha @ 01/22/2009 at 8:38 am

haha she looks like baloon

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no, not Ashley! @ 01/22/2009 at 12:49 pm

Ugh, now Ashley’s on the can’t get enough plastic surgery bandwagon! ? Noooooo! She looks so weird with the fat face, asian eyes and stuffed lips. God, her face must have collapsed for her to need all that altering. I can’t take any more of this.

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# 34

Amy @ 01/22/2009 at 7:54 pm

Beautiful.

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melly @ 01/22/2009 at 11:33 pm

Definite cheek implants. How could such a beautiful woman mess with herself that way? I just saw her in a preview for some awful movie with Harrison Ford, and I knew right away she had f****d with her looks. What a shame. What comes over people? I think it’s kind of a sickness. Lara Flynn Boyle the most egregious example of self-destructive plastic surgery.