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Fit at 40: Gwyneth Paltrow, Eminem, Sofia Vergara the celebrities who just won’t age (hello picture evidence)

Still got it! A serious case of the Benjamin Buttons? Peter Pan syndrome? Whatever you call it, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz, Sofia Vergara and co. have ALL got it.

Gwyneth Paltrow is the latest star to turn 40 today (Cooee! Happy Birthday Gwyneth!) while Cameron Diaz, Sofia Vergara, Selma Blair et al have all hit the big (and rather beautiful) four-o this year.

They don’t just have digits in common though, oh no, because this lot are putting the phwoar into forty too (not to be confused with forty two) with every single last sexy one of them looking fit. At forty.

If anything they look younger now, than when they were in their twenties. How do we know? We’ve only gone and got you some pictoral evidence!

Better than that, we’ve popped said pictoral evidence in a picture-packed gallery below.

Simply click on the arrows and see if you can guess which celeb pics are from 2012 and which are from yoooonnkkks ago [NB the dodgy clothes are something of a giveaway… ignore them, if you can…]

Fit at 40! The stars who refuse to grow up, because their beautiful bone structure just won’t allow it… we're-so-happy-for-them humpf

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NOW: HAPPY BIRTHDAY GWYNETH!
NOW: HAPPY BIRTHDAY GWYNETH!
NOW: HAPPY BIRTHDAY GWYNETH!
 
NOW: HAPPY BIRTHDAY GWYNETH!

Gwyneth Paltrow turns 40 today (depending on when you're reading this) HURRAH!

No, but seriously, hurrah. You look great Gwyn. What's your secret please? You've denied botox, but admitted "a little laser" here or there ('there' presumably being your face). Want to swap?

THEN: Gwyneth's barely aged, since 1996
THEN: Gwyneth's barely aged, since 1996
THEN: Gwyneth's barely aged, since 1996
 
THEN: Gwyneth's barely aged, since 1996

Wentworth Miller, at 40? Or 14?
Wentworth Miller, at 40? Or 14?
Wentworth Miller, at 40? Or 14?
 
Wentworth Miller, at 40? Or 14?

Actually, this is Wentworth Miller at 35. Just wait until you see how much he's changed...

Nothing! Not an iota! The man looks EXACTLY THE SAME
Nothing! Not an iota! The man looks EXACTLY THE SAME
Nothing! Not an iota! The man looks EXACTLY THE SAME
 
Nothing! Not an iota! The man looks EXACTLY THE SAME

Perhaps a little shinier, but that's just because moisturisers are so jazzy in 2012. Wentworth Miller IS Peter Pan slash Benjamin (cute as a) Button.

THEN OR NOW? THEN OR NOW?
THEN OR NOW? THEN OR NOW?
THEN OR NOW? THEN OR NOW?
 
THEN OR NOW? THEN OR NOW?

Granted, the hair on Carmen Electra SCREAMS 1999. Which is just as well, as that's when this picture was taken.

Since then, Carmen has turned 40, and turned back the actual clock (in a nutshell, she looks ridiculously young - click n' see above)

NOW: The year 2012, and Carmen looks 12
NOW: The year 2012, and Carmen looks 12
NOW: The year 2012, and Carmen looks 12
 
NOW: The year 2012, and Carmen looks 12

Sofia Vergara is about to make YOU feel jealous
Sofia Vergara is about to make YOU feel jealous
Sofia Vergara is about to make YOU feel jealous
 
Sofia Vergara is about to make YOU feel jealous

Not only is she an Emmy 2012 award winner - for Modern Family. But she is also getting younger by the day, while simultaneously ageing gracefully. She is GOOD.

THEN: TEN YEARS YOUNGER
THEN: TEN YEARS YOUNGER
THEN: TEN YEARS YOUNGER
 
THEN: TEN YEARS YOUNGER

Seriously, she looks twenty years younger now. Math isn't our strong point but come on, how is Sofia so fiiiit!?

THEN OR NOW? THEN OR NOW!?
THEN OR NOW? THEN OR NOW!?
THEN OR NOW? THEN OR NOW!?
 
THEN OR NOW? THEN OR NOW!?

Ben Affleck, THEN, looking young.

Ben Affleck,NOW!
Ben Affleck,NOW!
Ben Affleck,NOW!
 
Ben Affleck,NOW!

... Okay we joke, this is him then, in 1998. Forteen years younger, at the tender age of 26 [we had to ask Rainman that one].

Goatee aside (thank heavens / Jennifer Garner) the man has barely aged! *applauds Ben*

Selma Blair turned 40 this year too!
Selma Blair turned 40 this year too!
Selma Blair turned 40 this year too!
 
Selma Blair turned 40 this year too!

Is she 40 here...

NOW: Selma Blair
NOW: Selma Blair
NOW: Selma Blair
 
NOW: Selma Blair

... or here? She's 40 here, but there's no denying she's barely aged either.

THEN: Cameron Diaz
THEN: Cameron Diaz
THEN: Cameron Diaz
 
THEN: Cameron Diaz

NOW: Cameron Diaz at 40 AND fitter than ever
NOW: Cameron Diaz at 40 AND fitter than ever
NOW: Cameron Diaz at 40 AND fitter than ever
 
NOW: Cameron Diaz at 40 AND fitter than ever

Eminem is a manchild. Fact.
Eminem is a manchild. Fact.
Eminem is a manchild. Fact.
 
Eminem is a manchild. Fact.

Here is is in the early noughties...

Eminem NOW
Eminem NOW
Eminem NOW
 
Eminem NOW

Here he is in 2012 - aged 40 - and the man(child) hasn't aged an iota.

Jenny McCarthy here, looking young
Jenny McCarthy here, looking young
Jenny McCarthy here, looking young
 
Jenny McCarthy here, looking young

Jenny McCarthy looking young back in the day
Jenny McCarthy looking young back in the day
Jenny McCarthy looking young back in the day
 
Jenny McCarthy looking young back in the day

She hasn't aged, her clothes have, THANKFULLY.

Thandie Newton's law of gravity*
Thandie Newton's law of gravity*
Thandie Newton's law of gravity*
 
Thandie Newton's law of gravity*

*NB science gag. Thandie is beautiful, at 40 as above.

Or back when she started out.
Or back when she started out.
Or back when she started out.
 
Or back when she started out.

She looks younger now, right? Right? Either way this lot are fit at 40. And we want what they have (bone structure, good genes and money).

 
 

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