Instead of spending money to invest in a porn company, or, better yet, on a shovel to have herself buried in her backyard, this dying chick wants to look like Demi Moore before she goes:

A woman with an inoperable brain tumour is spending $50,000 on plastic surgery – so she can die looking like movie star Demi Moore.

Lisa Connell, 29, will use the money her mum Angela had saved up for Lisa’s wedding to pay for her new look.

“I’ve always dreamed of looking like Demi Moore and I’m determined that when I die I will,” she said.

Despite being a stunning brunette, Lisa has never been happy with her appearance and is convinced the surgery will make her look as beautiful as Demi, who is no stranger to cosmetic surgery herself.

She added: “People think I’m crazy for wanting to do this, but I know it will make my last months or years happier. I want to die beautiful. This is my way of getting the control back in my life.”

In a race against time, Lisa will undergo liposuction, a breast enhancement and eyebrow lift, plus work on her skin and teeth to fulfil her dream.

But mum Angela, 48, said: “I really don’t want Lisa to put herself through this. She is a beautiful girl and she doesn’t need the surgery.

“It was really hard for me to accept when she said she wanted to do this but she is my daughter, I love her and I want to bring joy to her life for however long she may have left.”

Lisa was just 27 when her life fell apart after she was told she had an inoperable brain tumour known as a meningioma.

The tumour was diagnosed after she had a miscarriage in 2006. Lisa had been suffering painful headaches and loss of sight in her left eye when she was pregnant and both conditions worsened after she lost the baby.

A scan at London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital showed she had a large tumour in the centre of her brain. It’s not cancerous, but because of its position it can never be removed.

After the diagnosis, Lisa, of Barnet, North London, attempted suicide twice as she struggled get her life back on track.

Lisa said: “It is like living with a ticking time bomb. No specialist can tell me how long I have to live. I was so desperate I even tried to overdose on sleeping tablets.”

After meeting another brain tumour sufferer who urged her to stay positive, Lisa began a keep-fit programme, raising money for charity on a sponsored run.

However, just before Christmas Lisa’s condition worsened and she was admitted to hospital with a brain infection. A scan in January revealed the tumour had swelled – further limiting the amount of time she has left to live.

It was this scan which made Lisa decide to have the cosmetic surgery.

She said: “It is not the usual dream of someone with a terminal illness but it is my body, my choice.”