Faith Hill’s Picture Photoshopped

Posted by Lori Henry Aug 1, 2007

Unfortunately, cover images on magazines are photoshopped all the time. Young and thin celebrities are altered to make them look even younger and thinner. Recently, Redbook magazine retouched Faith Hill’s cover shot enough to motivate an outcry from readers and bloggers.

Jezebel.com got a hold of the untouched photo taken of Faith Hill during the photoshoot and compared it to the image that was published on the cover of the magazine. The removing of lines on her face was done, which many people didn’t have too much of a dilemma with, but the problem was the way her body shape was altered.

Faith Hill is naturally tall, thin and looks younger than her 39 years. The photo, though, slimmed her arms even smaller, reduced the leg size underneath her dress, tightened her stomach and smoothed her face to that of a girl in her 20's. Critics are outraged that this type of modification is allowed to such an extreme degree.

I’m curious to know what Faith Hill herself is thinking but she hasn’t yet made a public statement. Some celebrities request that their photos are airbrushed to the extreme because they want themselves to appear flawless, while others, like Kate Winslet, are infuriated that their images have been retouched so much.

"When you looked at the two pictures side by side, there was something inhuman about the retouched photo," says Anna Holmes, the managing editor of Jezebel.com, "I don't think we expected how much they would slim her down" (Baltimore Sun, 2007). Critics say that this is the type of thing that provokes eating disorders.

It’s incredible that a star such as Faith Hill, who actually fits the so-called celebrity mould, is just not good enough anymore. Even her body has to be tweaked in order be acceptable on the cover of a magazine.

What we need to do? Stop buying these ridiculous magazines aimed at women’s pocketbooks and low self esteem. Do you really need to know over a hundred ways to please a man or hear how to apply eyeliner for the umpteenth time? I know I have much more exciting ways to spend my time. But maybe that’s just me.

Rant over… for now.