AG Sighting in New Vanity Fair (With Pics)

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I just noticed that the picture has a caption of "American Beauty."
They're making a 26-year-old woman look like a 12-year-old girl. Ick!! I'm so sick of hearing that 50 is the new 30. What is wrong with being 50. Too many women buy into what our society "wants" us to look like, perpetually young. It's unrealistic, and magazines have us all feeling so inferior because they can airbrush and take away all imperfections.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Although I agree with you, the lolita look has been around for quite a while, and is very popular, especially in Japan.

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Reese is VERY short (5'2). Think about it. 5'2 is only 62 inches. That doll is 18 inches and would be about 1/3 of her total height if the photo hadn't been edited.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's really interesting, (I didn't even know she was that short!), I'm 5'3, and yeah, there's no way they didn't stretch that picture, lol!

I would not have recognized her if you didn't say it was Reese. It looks nothing like her. I also like her as an actress. She is very attractive without any help. The AG doll looks very loved! I heard she is a pretty down to earth Mom for Hollywood standards, anyway. Maybe it is her DD's doll. Maybe she is the one buying all the beautiful handmade dresses on e-Bay.

On a similar note, I met some film editors a couple of months ago that worked on the Harry Potter movies. They had to edit out all the acne from the actors. It wasn't horrible acne - just normal teenage stuff. Anyway, they felt bad doing it because it sends such a message of perfection that is unrealistic for the average person. Teens don't need to feel that other teens have flawless skin. Unfortunately, they were forced to do it by the higher ups.

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On a similar note, I met some film editors a couple of months ago that worked on the Harry Potter movies. They had to edit out all the acne from the actors. It wasn't horrible acne - just normal teenage stuff. Anyway, they felt bad doing it because it sends such a message of perfection that is unrealistic for the average person. Teens don't need to feel that other teens have flawless skin. Unfortunately, they were forced to do it by the higher ups.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The thing that bothers me about this is we see pictures of these people that AREN'T airbrushed, we know Dan Radcliffe and Emma Watson have ickle pimples. No one really thinks that all the Hogwarts students are magicing away their pimples, just leave them there! Teens like to see their favorite actors and actresses looking "normal," like them.

I know, I, at 20, have a normal amount of acne, and would love to see Dan, Rupert, and Emma as they look on any regular old day. From pictures of them at functions, and movie premieres (that aren't doctored), they all look just as great in those pictures as they do on screen.

Thanks for sharing that, I'd die to meet anyone who had ANYTHING to do with HP, lol!

The film editors were very nice and interesting. They were in their mid - late twenties and lived in San Francisco. I met them when I was in vacation in Mexico in November. It was raining one late afternoon and they joined my husband and I for tea. We were sort of trapped together for hours because of the rainstorm. They had many interesting stories to share. The woman was an art major in college and then went to grad school for digital editing in California so she could make a living in art. She said she spends most of her time at a very, very large computer screen, and it is not as glamorous as you would think. Most of the time, they don't know what the movie is even about because they get it in such odd sequence that it doesn't make sense. Her BF spent more time with the actors and with set design as well as editing.

I mean we all love to hate airbrushing and photoshopping, but really who wants to look at imperfect pictures? We love to look at people who are prettier than us. Flaws make them TOO human.

As an example I photoshopped myself. Now I know I am not ugly by any means, but in the before (left) I look tired , I am not wearing ANY makeup, and look all over blah.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1.../photoshop.jpg

Here's the editing that happened
Shrunk nose 7% and straightened it
Eliminated freckles
Eliminated undereye puffiness
Decreased dimples by 20%
Enlarged eyes 9% vertically to make them look less almondy
Made my eyes 2% greener
Decreased facial width 3%
Decreased lower facial size (chin) an extra 2%
Lengthened neck 2%

Now would you imagine I did ALL that if you saw just the picture on the right? Of course not! The moral is, never trust a photo.

Very interesting... No, I wouldn't have thought that much was changed in the picture.

I would love to have my legs lengthened and my hips and stomach shrunk!!!!
I wonder how all of us would look on magazine covers!!!!
That is so crazy what they do, the sad thing is men see this and expect us to look this way!!!! Most men I know are super naive about airbrushing and would never guess legs are lengthed etc!!!!!!! They actually believe girls look that good all the time!!!!!!!

http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/dig...ini/index.html

Check it out. It's hard to imagine exactly what they do until you see this . . . the really sad thing is she looked fine beforehand.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is nuts!!!!!!!

By the way is the issue with Lohan on the cover?