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13 Stars Who Asked Not To Be Photoshopped (PHOTOS)

EntertainmentPublished Nov 25, 2015
By Damarys Ocaña Perez
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Photoshop: Lots of stars love it. After all, who would say no to a bit of digital nipping, tucking, and airbrushing to achieve a near-perfect version of themselves? An increasing number of celebs, it turns out. For them, altered images are fraudulent, and help perpetuate unrealistic beauty standards — and they're making a stand, refusing to let magazines and other venues retouch their photos.

Here are 13 celebrities who have said 'No, thanks' to Photoshop and look all the more authentic for doing so.

Image via Hearst Magazines

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Beyonce
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Beyonce

The Queen of Pop was reportedly not having it when H&M slimmed down her thighs in ad photos where she was wearing a bikini. She refused to approve the altered images and the retail giant had to run the original shots.

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Zendaya
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Zendaya

Disney star Zendaya blasted Modeliste magazine for using Photoshop to slim down her torso and legs, posting side-by-side before-and-after pictures on her social media accounts. "These are the things that make women self conscious, that create the unrealistic ideals of beauty that we have," she wrote. "Anyone who knows who I am knows I stand for honest and pure self love." The magazine stopped the presses to restore the images.

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Keira Knightley
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Keira Knightley

After a few too many Photoshopping incidents in which Keira Knightley's small breasts were augmented (check out the difference between the British and U.S. posters for King Arthur, left), the actress agreed to an article with Interview on the condition that a (NSWF) topless one left unretouched. "I think that women's bodies are a battleground," she said. "It does feel important to say that it really doesn't matter what shape you are."

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Jessica Simpson
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Jessica Simpson

Just in time to publicize her reality show The Price of Beauty, Jessica Simpson appeared on Marie Claire's cover and an inside feature unretouched and wearing no makeup. The results were beautiful, though the star received backlash. She countered by saying, "I don't have anything to prove anymore. What people think of me is not my business." Well said.

More from The Stir: 7 Photoshop Fails That Make Stars Look Worse

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Kate Winslet
GQ

Kate Winslet

When Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet put a no-retouching clause in her L'Oreal endorsement contract and it's no wonder: She has a long history of protesting Photoshopped and airbrushed images of her. The most infamous incident was a 2003 GQ cover in which she was photoshopped into a twig. "I don't look like that, and more importantly, I don't desire to look like that," she said.

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Brad Pitt
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Brad Pitt

Gorgeous A-lister Brad Pitt chose to go unretouched for his W cover in 2009. Said photographer Chuck Close, whom Pitt handpicked for the shoot: "You can't be the fair-haired young boy forever. Maybe a photograph of him with his crow's feet and furrowed brow is good for him."

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Britney Spears
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Britney Spears

As the face of Candies, maker of shoes and apparel for younger women, Britney Spears appeared on ads--well, at least part of her did. Spears was not happy when Candies put out pictures in which her already small frame was whittled down and elongated. She released side-by-side before-and-after comparisons herself and the company followed suit.

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Vanessa Hudgens
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Vanessa Hudgens

As the face for the youth-oriented Bongo clothing line, former High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens took the opportunity to send a message about self-esteem to the brand's target audience by eschewing Photoshopping. "It's so important for girls to realize that real beauty shines from within," she said. 

More from The Stir: 15 Raciest Kardashian Magazine Covers

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Cate Blanchett
The Economist

Cate Blanchett

Aussie Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett is a class act, and her cover for The Economist's offshoot Intelligent Life, proves it. She was photographed wearing her own clothes and left un-Photoshopped. Of course the results were glorious—she's Cate Blanchett. And of course she didn't feel the need to tell the world how down-to-Earth she is for doing it. She's Cate Blanchett.

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Marion Cotillard
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Marion Cotillard

She's, well, very French. Marion Cotillard has said she has never thought of herself as a "striking beauty" and aims to get roles where audience is not focused on her looks. No wonder she posed in Vanity Fair Italy with no makeup on, in a cover that was not Photoshopped.

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Coco Rocha
Elle Brazil

Coco Rocha

Canadian high fashion model Coco Rocha was furious after Elle Brazil tweaked her cover digitally to make it seem as if she were nude beneath her outfit. Rocha, who had made her policy of no nudity or partial nudity clear to the magazine, said, "I strongly believe every model has a right to set rules for how she is portrayed."

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Claudia Schiffer
Tank

Claudia Schiffer

Turning 40 can thrust some people into a mid-life crisis, but model Claudia Schiffer went in the opposite direction. She celebrated her natural beauty, and flaws, by posing nearly nude in unretouched photographs for a Tank cover story. She said she's proud enough of her body that she'd continue stripping down for pictures into her 80s.

More from The Stir: 8 Celebs Over 40 With Crazy Hot Beach Bods (PHOTOS)

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Jamie Lee Curtis
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Jamie Lee Curtis

She's always been outspoken and real, and Jamie Lee Curtis was no different on a 2002 cover of More--long before pictures of make-up-free celebs became a trend. She was photographed wearing underwear and no makeup, and was not retouched. The shoot was a way of telling 40-something women "I am just like you."

More from The Stir: 15 Raciest Kardashian Magazine Covers

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