Magazines have always been in the business of crafting celebrity appearances. Even before Photoshopexisted in 1988, the magazine industry has collaborated with celebrities to carefully present images that shape our consciousness.
Digital editing takes that to another degree. Now, any celebrity can change their appearance in a photo with the swipe of a finger.
For many people, it's a serious problem. One major criticism lobbed at celebrities and magazines is that they promote unrealistic body standards— especially for women.
Celebrities often post Photoshopped selfies. And, of course, altered images are common in advertising as well. Sometimes, though, the manipulation is obvious. And that leads fans, critics, and even celebrities themselves to sometimes react harshly.
Here are 43 celebrity Photoshops that turned into disasters.
Aly Weisman contributed to a previous version of this article.
Lena Dunham was clearly missing something in this 2014 Vogue cover shoot.
Like many things Lena Dunham does, it was controversial.
Her arm mysteriously disappeared.
Other photos from the shoot were also heavily Photoshopped, but Dunham was OK with it. She told Slate that she saw the Photo shoot as a fantasy, not something that was supposed to emulate real life.
"Vogue isn't the place that we go to look at realistic women,"she said. "Vogue is the place that we go to look at beautiful clothes and fancy places and escapism and so I feel like if the story reflects me and I happen to be wearing a beautiful Prada dress and surrounded by beautiful men and dogs, what's the problem?"
Zendaya was surprised to see her body look different in a 2015 shoot for Modeliste magazine.
"Had a new shoot come out today and was shocked when I found my 19-year-old hips and torso quite manipulated,"she wrote on Instagram. "These are the things that make women self conscious, that create the unrealistic ideals of beauty that we have. Anyone who knows who I am knows I stand for honest and pure self love. So I took it upon myself to release the real pic (right side) and I love it."
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