A local children's AIDS charity had recently hoped that Sharon Stone, everyone's favorite loose-screwed screen siren, would auction off a one-of-a-kind "Sharon Stone" Barbie doll at a fundraiser, but when the actress took a look at it, she found it woefully underrepresentative of her own, still-fabulous-at-forty-eight looks. Reports Page Six:

DON'T mess with Sharon Stone's likeness! The diva agreed to be honored at Saturday's benefit in Santa Monica for the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation. She planned to auction off a custom "Barbie" doll Mattel made in her image. But she flipped when she saw the result, claiming it looked nothing like her. Stone refused to come to the benefit, choosing the Carousel of Hope ball instead. Stone's rep, Cindi Berger, said, "That is absolutely correct. The doll didn't look anything like her. [Stone] was never committed to going."

The alleged forsaking of an entire ward of AIDS babies over something as insignificant as Mattel's failure to properly recreate the accurate eye-spacing or contours of an aqualine nose on a 12-inch plastic doll may seem petty, but for a movie star, their enduring, copyrightable image is all they've got. And while the report doesn't mention what ever became of the rejected doll, we imagine the charity ultimately found a practical and satisfying use for it.

• NO DOLL FACE [NY Post]

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