FORM 10-K POWER OF ATTORNEY

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FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GILBERT L. KLEMANN, II, C. RICHARD MATHEWS, and KATHERINE A. O’HARA and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Avon Products, Inc. and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this power of attorney as of March 4, 2004.

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