“I don’t want to look like somebody else,” she stated.

She feels that surgery would change her appearance in a way that would make her unrecognizable.

But, she claimed to be open to cosmetic rejuvenation methods that are less invasive.

Vanessa Williams posing and smiling

“The technology now for lifting, sculpting, tightening, is incredible.

And there’s a machine for anything,” she stated.

In the span of 1 year, Williams has decidedBotox wasn’t giving her the results she wantedeither.

Vanessa Williams smiling

She has never fully embraced the aging process until now.

“I have not gotten any …

I don’t do fillers, I don’t do Botox anymore.

She now refuses to undergo any cosmetic procedures.

“I want people to know this face has lived.

That’s kind of where I am at this point, at 61,” she claimed.

Now she realizes that her main focus is her happiness, and that happiness comes with self acceptance.

She still focuses on her appearance, though, through fitness and health.

I want to stay alive.”

And she is doing well, and still defying her age despite leaving some cosmetic treatments behind.