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“These are the things that make women self conscious, that create the unrealistic ideals of beauty that we have,” said Zendaya, who posted the before-and-after photos side by side.
In a letter posted online Thursday, Editor-in-Chief Amy McCabe said she was pulling the magazine to “Have the images restored to their original, natural state.”
“Upon review of the final edited images which had been submitted to us by an independent editing company, together, as a collaboration between myself, Zendaya and her parents, we concluded that the images had been retouched to an extent that was not acceptable and not true to the values and ideals we represent and promote in our publication,” McCabe wrote.
The episode is the latest in a series of mini-controversies involving images of mostly female models that have been retouched to remove blemishes or enhance body parts.
Retouching images of models and celebrities through such tools as Adobe Photoshop remains a common practice in magazines and on the Internet.
Perhaps as a result, kids as young as age 5 are starting to develop concerns about body image, according to a report this year from the child advocacy group Common Sense Media.