Singer Calls Out Magazine for Photoshopping Her Hips
By AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16676)
Boston, Massachusetts
October 22, 2015 7:01am CST
Musical artist Zendaya made headlines this week when she put Modelliste magazine on the spot, asking that they take down photos of her that they had heavily photoshopped. Zendaya also released the unretouched, original photographs, showing her real body proportions.
On her Facebook page, Zendaya stated:
"Had a new shoot come out today and was shocked when I found my 19 year old hips and torso quite manipulated. These are the things that make women self conscious, that create the unrealistic ideals of beauty that we have".
The magazine had seriously trimmed her hips down and made her waist smaller. Zendaya put the photos side by side on her Facebook page, highlighting the difference between the real photo and the manipulated one.
If only more famous women would be so real and demanding. What if no one allowed those fake photos to appear on covers and in magazines? I know that is unlikely, women always want to appear at their best. But what if women could stand together and not be so competitive about beauty that we pay doctors to cut and sew and pull and stretch and allow magazines to photoshop out all our flaws?
I suppose that's a perfect world, and people would rather have perfect photos.
You can see the photos here:
Had a new shoot come out today and was shocked when I found my 19 year old hips and torso quite manipulated. These are the things that make women self...
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Oct 15
I think she is much prettier in the unchanged version
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
23 Oct 15
@Rollo1 She is deff much sexier. and real. Glad she stood up for this
@Orson_Kart (8321)
• United Kingdom
22 Oct 15
I've never heard of Zendaya, but it seems to be the norm now in magazines to photoshop the female celebs bodies. I read (ok look at) the Daily Mail here in the UK and every picture has more comments about the photoshopping done than the actual article. We all like to look at good bodies, but what defines a perfecet body? Not Kim Kardashian's IMO, but it obviously ticks the box for many. Me? I love all the ladies from petite to large. Long as they smile at me and don't scowl. 
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@Orson_Kart (8321)
• United Kingdom
22 Oct 15
@Rollo1 I had forgot to look at the pictures. I think the natural one looks better. The lighting was improved in the photoshopped one, but not her body. She looks better with her curves than without. Why would they even consider altering it?
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@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
22 Oct 15
@Orson_Kart I agree. There is nothing wrong with her curves.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
22 Oct 15
Good for her and bad for that magazine. They really need to stop trying to sell the fantasy woman.
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@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
22 Oct 15
I wonder if they really know what the fantasy woman is. I think they decide and then try to make us believe their image is the fantasy. She was right to call them on it, because they were saying to her "you're not good enough the way you are". I don't blame her for being upset with that.
@Tampa_girl7 (54739)
• United States
22 Oct 15
That says a lot about her that she would call them on this.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
22 Oct 15
they obviously can't find models who are the shapes they want for the photos so they try to create a lie that many women will then try desperately to emulate
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@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
22 Oct 15
Models get paid, but celebrities are glad for the press. So they should call a halt to the photoshopping. Vanity prevents them from doing so. The 19 year old girl can easily say "put my hips back" but it's unlikely that an aging actress will say "put my wrinkles back".
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