I was a bit gobsmacked by how she looked watching "The Kids Baking Championship". I dunno if she had Plastic surgery or what but it jumped out at me.

in my experience,it takes an eye for detail to notice asiatic features such as valerie's.
i happen to be an italian of chinese lineage.
this traces back to the days of commerce with china.
you may find MARCO POLO from netflix somewhat educational concerning this subject.
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She resembles Nia Peeples, who is part Asian.

very possible sh5b4e is Asian in her DNA or american indian.
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I wonder if she ever had plastic surgery & this makes her look like she is part asian? She never looked like she was in her younger days, so how could getting older make someone now look like they are?

Completely logical. Asians in the UK tend to be Indians or Pakis, due to your occupying their country, and Asians in America, until recently, tended to be Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese or Hmong.
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I see what you mean but interestingly, she doesn't look Asian at all on her B/W Wikipedia photo as a young girl. I've noticed that when some people put on weight, their eyelids become "well fleshed" too and make them look slightly more Asian. BTW when you say "Asians" in the UK, many people automatically think of Indians and Pakistanis whereas in America, most people automatically think of Far Eastern kind of Asians. Isn't that interesting or am I boring you to death?

I always thought that she was at least part Asian. guess not

Not that I know of. What's weird is people over the years have always told me I looked like Valerie 16d0and recently someone asked if I was asian which I'm not so I'm sure its the same for Valerie

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She looks Korean here:
http://imgur.com/xdsrZ

but what about her eyes, cheek bones, coloring? how do u explain that? shes GOT to be Asian in some way!!!!

She's Irish/Italian. Not Asian.