What is the big no no when it comes to magazine covers? If you are unwashed, the answer is reshaping the body. You can photoshop (once called airbrush) lines and blemishes. You can brighten teeth and eyes. But when you reshape a body, you get in big trouble.
That's what happened to
Self magazine, as they really are guilty of the most ironic lie.
Self has almost done a complete body transplant on Kelly Clarkson.
The sin is laughable on so many levels. First, Kelly Clarkson is the poster girl of average girl done good. That includes her body shape. She's not curvy, she's not skinny, nor fat. She's average. The final product on
Self's cover... portrays Kelly as a slim model, perfect in every way.
That doesn't bother you? OK try the asserted quote on the cover of Self which reads:
Kelly Clarkson Stay True to You and Everyone Else Will Love You. Too!To the left of Kelly is the 64 point font type:
Slim Down Your Way and down the page continue the overtures of how to be thinner.
The kicker? The foot of the cover reads
Total Body Confidence You may want to think perhaps Kelly has lost some weight for the photo shoot. Wrong. Here is video from the shoot showing Kelly with her average hair, eyes and body shape.