Unattainable Beauty: The Decades Biggest Airbrushing Scandals.

kelbrian · January 2010

This makes me sick and angry and embarrassed of my body. If women who are as gorgeous as these are not 'good enough' for the public eye, then how would I be viewed?

What particularly makes me sick is the photoshopped image of Filippa Hamilton, that Ralph Lauren model. She was fired for being 'overweight' - she is 120 pounds and 5'8.' She looks positively disgusting in the airbrushed photo. If that is Ralph Lauren's view of beauty, then I am glad that I cannot fit into their clothing. They are disgusting. That model is absolutely gorgeous and needs no airbrushing, although I'm sure the 'normal' photo of her is some as well.

Read then intro here, and then click on 'View Gallery.'

https://www.newsweek.com/id/231629?GT1=43002

by your side · January 2010

i saw this on MSN today...i like Demi's missing chunk of her hip...i like being fluffy.

kelbrian · January 2010

by your side:
i saw this on MSN today...i like Demi's missing chunk of her hip...i like being fluffy.

That was a pretty terrible mistake. I bet that as$hole got fired.

Now I'm not feeling embarrassed, just irritated at the standards of beauty this world has.

*KatieH* · January 2010

I used the image of that model in a presentation I did last semester on young girls having eating disorders. I mean really with seeing "models" like that it's no wonder so many girls stop eating, vomit or over exercise.

olivia_eve · January 2010

I saw a horrific unretouched Madonna photo earlier this week on a blog. They airbrush her into looking non-human.

carolinag · January 2010

soooo gross.

JAC1027 · January 2010

Overall that gallery is disgusting, save Madonna. Thank gawd they airbrushed that face. It was ghoulish before.

mary5198 · January 2010

That's a disgrace. Ugh. I read something about the RL model a few months ago. I don't think she's the first one they've fired for being "overweight", either.

Toosdai · January 2010

None of that stuff has ever bothered me - ever.

I don't look like a model, never have and never will so I have never equated what they look like with me.

I know that people do but it's challenging for me to truly grasp how a chick on a magazine can negatively impact a 'normal' person.

foreignroyalty · January 2010

wow, Madonna's a hag-big surprise.

That FIlippa photo is just a lesson in bad (impossible) proportions. I can't believe no one caught that- it's like photoshop 101 FAIL. It is creepy.

preg_amy · January 2010

Thanks for posting this, Kel. I would have loved to have had this for a few different classes that I took in college. I could have written some killer essays on this.

And for the record, Heidi Montag looked way better before her plastic surgery.

kelbrian · January 2010

Toosdai:
None of that stuff has ever bothered me - ever.

I don't look like a model, never have and never will so I have never equated what they look like with me.

I know that people do but it's challenging for me to truly grasp how a chick on a magazine can negatively impact a 'normal' person.

I find that refreshing, and I wish that I were that way.

I've struggled with bulimia for over eight years. How I perceive myself is completely off at times, like looking in a fun house mirror. That is literally how I see myself in a mirror most days.

These photoshopped women are plastered on every magazine, television show, and movie. It's hard not to be bothered when you have underlying issues, I guess.

punkfiction_v.3 · January 2010

Toosdai:
None of that stuff has ever bothered me - ever.

I don't look like a model, never have and never will so I have never equated what they look like with me.

I know that people do but it's challenging for me to truly grasp how a chick on a magazine can negatively impact a 'normal' person.

this. i typed it out 100 times and deleted.

kelbrian · January 2010

punkfiction_v.3:
Toosdai:
None of that stuff has ever bothered me - ever.

I don't look like a model, never have and never will so I have never equated what they look like with me.

I know that people do but it's challenging for me to truly grasp how a chick on a magazine can negatively impact a 'normal' person.
this. i typed it out 100 times and deleted.

And like I said - I find that really refreshing. I think that's awesome. Smile I'm so happy that there are people who are not affected by this portrayal of beauty.

Judah'sMommy · January 2010

punkfiction_v.3:
Toosdai:
None of that stuff has ever bothered me - ever.

I don't look like a model, never have and never will so I have never equated what they look like with me.

I know that people do but it's challenging for me to truly grasp how a chick on a magazine can negatively impact a 'normal' person.
this. i typed it out 100 times and deleted.

I feel the same and didn't want to seem insensitive by saying so.

earthboundmisfit · January 2010

Toosdai:

None of that stuff has ever bothered me - ever.

I don't look like a model, never have and never will so I have never equated what they look like with me.

I know that people do but it's challenging for me to truly grasp how a chick on a magazine can negatively impact a 'normal' person.

I agree now but I had self-esteem issues as a teenager. I don't look like a model either but oh well..I like having a little fluff. I know DD loves to lift my shirt and play with my fluff lol. It makes a great pillow!

LilMissLadybug · January 2010

kelbrian:
punkfiction_v.3:
Toosdai:
None of that stuff has ever bothered me - ever.

I don't look like a model, never have and never will so I have never equated what they look like with me.

I know that people do but it's challenging for me to truly grasp how a chick on a magazine can negatively impact a 'normal' person.
this. i typed it out 100 times and deleted.
And like I said - I find that really refreshing. I think that's awesome. I'm so happy that there are people who are not affected by this portrayal of beauty.

ditto. I wish I could be one of those 'normal' people that isn't affected by it. But sadly I am not and don't think I ever will be. Hopefully DD can break that cycle..

preg_amy · January 2010

LilMissLadybug:
kelbrian:
punkfiction_v.3:
Toosdai:
None of that stuff has ever bothered me - ever.

I don't look like a model, never have and never will so I have never equated what they look like with me.

I know that people do but it's challenging for me to truly grasp how a chick on a magazine can negatively impact a 'normal' person.
this. i typed it out 100 times and deleted.
And like I said - I find that really refreshing. I think that's awesome. I'm so happy that there are people who are not affected by this portrayal of beauty.
ditto. I wish I could be one of those 'normal' people that isn't affected by it. But sadly I am not and don't think I ever will be. Hopefully DD can break that cycle..

I agree with you both. It's great to hear that it doesn't bother some women. And I'm jealous that I cannot be in that group.

Geekchick921 · January 2010

I always found this pretty interesting. Keira Knightley's King Arthur poster from a few years ago. I love how much more they felt the US poster needed to be photoshopped, God only knows how much they did on the UK one first.

Oh, and I love Kate Winslet, can I just put that out there? She rocks out loud.

VinBert · January 2010

Madonna's was seriously ridiculously over done.... everyone elses' was really not necessary.

Toosdai · January 2010

Oh, I hope that I didn't offend anyone. I really didn't mean to.

I really think I didn't have the issue growing up is because the chicks on the magazine "literally" didn't look like me or anyone in my sphere of influence. In the magazines that my mom had in the house - Essence and Jet - all of the women were normal size or bigger. So that's what I saw and what I identified with.

I do hope that you guys can break the cycle.

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