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'Embrace your flaws!': Alexa Rae Joel insists she only had a nose job while pledging to be an 'honest' voice for women

Published: 21:49 EST, 29 August 2015 | Updated: 02:28 EST, 30 August 2015

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Alexa Rae Joel may have gone under the knife for a nose job, but that does not mean she thinks women should try for perfection.

The 29-year-old singer opened up on the subject of women accepting who they were in an interview for the August issue of 25A Magazine.

'You can embrace your flaws,' the daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley insisted while admitting that such an act could be difficult.

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Flawed: In a recent interview with 25A Magazine, Alexa Rae Joel insisted that young women need to embrace their imperfections

'I've been very honest with the press,' Alexa said when asked about her own image issues. 'The only thing I have ever had done is my nose.'

In 2010, Alexa had rhinoplasty surgery to correct a deviated septum and to gain a better self-image.

'I liked everything else about my physical appearance,' she told People at the time. 'But [my nose] always bothered me a bit. I had thought about it for five years.'

Famous family: The 29-year-old singer is the daughter of Billy Joel (left in 2011) and Christie Brinkley (right)

��"If I had only been around to hear / What the jukebox used to play / When heart and soul resounded sweet and clear / In a sentimental way"...��✨ ��Performing My 'Song Of Yesterday' // Inspired By The Great Ray Charles #TunesAtTwilight #SweetSoulMusic

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'I think I look more like me than my father's daughter now.'

Despite her own need to change her appearance - however slightly - Alexa wanted to be a role model to other young women facing pressure over their appearance.

'My dream is to be able to promote a message of honesty, whether with music or in anything that I'm doing,' she said in the 25A interview.

Honestly imperfect: A singer and songwriter like her father, Alexa (right in 2007) has spoken openly about getting a nose job in 2010

'I don't think to be a role model you have to be perfect,' she added. 'I want to be a voice for young women.'

Alexa noted that the current cultural climate did not make embracing imperfection an easy task for most women.

'There's a lot of pressure on young women,' she said. 'We need more honest women who are willing to talk about their struggles.'

Feeling good: While she insisted that she has had no other plastic surgery, Alexa (above in 2009) wanted the rhinoplasty for medical and personal reasons

The eldest daughter of both 66-year-old Billy and 61-year-old Christie, Alexa has had experience being a role model to her younger half-siblings, Jack and Sailor (both Christie's children).

On August 12, Alexa got a new little sister - Della Rose, the daughter of Billy and his fourth wife, Alexis Roderick, 33.

Big sister: Alexa has had experience being a role model to her younger half-siblings Jack (left on August 21) and Sailor (right) - her newest sibling, Billy's daughter Della Rose, was born on August 12

'An Angel On Earth.... starting from birth: Introducing my brand-new little sissy, The Darling....... DELLA ROSE Sweetest little baby, everybody knows,' Alexa wrote to Instagram to celebrate the baby's birth.

A musician like her father, Alexa is an accomplished pianist and lyricist who recently completed a residency at New York City's Cafe Carlyle.

She lives in Manhattan, where she has been dating restaurateur Ryan Gleason.

��An Angel On Earth.... starting from birth: Introducing my brand-new little sissy, The Darling....... ��DELLA ROSE�� "Sweetest little baby, everybody knows"...... ��✨ #MightyLikeARose #WorkingOnHerOnesie #LoveAndLetLove #DarlingDella #WelcomeToTheWorld

A photo posted by Alexa Ray Joel�� (@alexarayjoel) on Aug 14, 2015 at 5:07pm PDT