British talk show host Graham Norton explained Dolly's secret to a tiny waist — and it's not what you'd think. Dolly looks thin on stage because of her microphone pack placement! While most singers keep their microphone packs attached to their waists, Dolly keeps hers in her wig!
Dolly Parton, whose petite, hour-glass figure is as famed as her songwriting and singing, also has a Lace Embrace corset.
So basically, Dolly got tattoos to cover up scars and now she wears long sleeves all the time to cover up both the scars and tattoos. It sounds like a lot of work, if you ask us... But even though Dolly is always in long sleeves, she's still known to be a style icon in the entertainment industry.
Date of birth: January 19, 1946 (Age 72) Full name: Dolly Rebecca Parton Born place: Sevier County, Tennessee, USA Height: 5'0'' (152 cm) Weight: 52 kg (115 pounds) Dolly Parton's body measurements: Chest: 41” (104 cm) Waist: 25” (64 cm) Hips: 38” (97 cm) Hair color: Blonde Eye color: Green Dolly Parton is an ...
Fluctuating between extreme dieting and binge eating, Dolly quickly gained 50lbs to her diminutive 5ft frame. "I was always just a hog, I still am. I'm short and I have a big appetite. I can't do nothing just a little," she said in 2017 book Dolly on Dolly: Interviews and Encounters with Dolly Parton.
She suffered from endometriosis, a painful condition that can lead to infertility. By 1984, she underwent a partial hysterectomy to treat her symptoms, a procedure in which the entire uterus and part of the cervix are removed, according to an interview with Closer Weekly.
At the end of her episode, she had only lost 40 pounds in almost a year. Dolly has since given some updates about her life.
Dolly Rebecca Parton is born to Robert Lee Parton and Avie Lee Parton near Sevierville, Tennessee.
“I didn't have children because I believed that God didn't mean for me to have kids so everybody's kids could be mine, so I could do things like Imagination Library because if I hadn't had the freedom to work, I wouldn't have done all the things I've done,” Parton said on Today.
Dolly said she loved junk food, including pizza, McDonald's, French fries, popcorn and other snacks. The star revealed how she would go from binge eating to dieting and could gain 10lbs in 10 days. Known for her slim figure, Dolly also admitted she is not afraid of the occasional bit of cosmetic surgery.
Then, a few years ago, Parton set the record straight during an interview with People in 2020. "I do have some tattoos, that's true," she told the publication. "But they're tasteful.
For Parton, that something is her 55-year marriage to Dean. "I've known how to keep my husband private," the country legend explained. "It's just natural to me to protect the things and the people I love and to protect my own privacy."
According to Dolly's creative director Steve Summers, the singer wears gloves as a matter of style. “She doesn't like her elbows,” Steve told InStyle. “[They ask] 'what's wrong with her hands? ' She's 73, and she doesn't like them!”
Dolly was just nine years old when the baby died, and fought back tears as she gave the interview. She had named her baby brother 'Larry', and wrote in her 2020 autobiography that she had planned extensively for his arrival.
'Cause I wear wigs all the time, and so it goes right over it and we just kind of mic it around and it works perfect." Parton has embraced wigs as part of her signature style since she started performing on The Porter Wagoner Show in 1967, though we imagine the addition of mic packs came much later.
Before planting her feet firmly in the country music scene, Dolly Parton almost toe-tally lost a part of her foot. The legendary singer/songwriter, 71, recalled a childhood accident during her appearance on the Dr.
1. Banana Pudding. Banana pudding is a Southern staple and Dolly calls this dessert one of her favorite foods. Her personal recipe is even used in her theme park, Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee which has won best amusement park food four times in the last seven years by Amusement Today.
Country legend Dolly Parton is beloved by listeners of all ages, but despite her large family and her strong bond with kids, she and husband Carl Dean have never had children of their own.
Parton's pivotal career moment came in 1967, in the form of a phone call from the syndicated television series The Porter Wagoner Show, whose flashy-dressing, traditional country–singing host was looking to replace his duet partner, Norma Jean. As a team, Wagoner and Parton became immediate audience favorites.
Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus share a special bond. Aside from being two of the most successful singers in the music industry, they also share a familial connection: Parton is Cyrus' godmother.
Her parents paid for her birth with a sack of oatmeal.
Her family was so poor that grain was all her father had to give the doctor who delivered her.
The history of Dolly Parton and Carl Dean's 56-year marriage, and their secret to long-lasting love. Dolly Parton and Carl Dean tied the knot in 1966 after meeting at a local launderette, and though Dolly went on to become a superstar, they're still happily married today.
In 2019 the singer's creative director Steve Summers revealed Parton favors long sleeves and gloves (particularly her custom-made rhinestone-encrusted fingerless ones). “People always ask why she always wears sleeves—well, she's 73 years old, and she doesn't like her elbows,” he told InStyle.