Whether you love Photoshop or not, it's never OK for someone to edit your photos without your consent — especially if they're making some drastic changes.
In recent years, more and more celebrities have spoken out against the use of Photoshop in everything from magazines to music videos. In August, Chrissy Teigen spoke out against Photoshop at the 2017 BeautyCon Festival in Los Angeles, California.
"Nobody knows what a real face looks like anymore," the model said during her candid panel. Teigen also slammed society's unrealistic beauty standards and the prevalence of edited photos on Instagram.
In her message, Teigen is far from alone. INSIDER rounded up 17 times celebrities have criticized heavily edited photos of themselves. Check out their inspiring, refreshing, and body-positive responses below.
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In March 2018, 'Riverdale' star Lili Reinhart accused Cosmopolitan Philippines of Photoshopping her and her costar, Camila Mendes.
In a series of posts on her Instagram Story, Reinhart claimed that the magazine edited her and Mendes' waists to appear slimmer. Reinhart, who was featured within the pages of Cosmopolitan Philippines' March issue, included a photo of her body from Cosmopolitan US' February issue — which she said was not digitally altered — to make her point.
"Camila and I worked incredibly hard to feel confident in the bodies we have," Reinhart wrote in her Story. "It's an everyday battle, sometimes. And to see our bodies become so distorted in an editing process is a perfect example of the obstacles we have yet to overcome."
Mendes, who appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan Philippines' March issue, later commented on the incident in her own Instagram Story. "We want readers to know that those bodies are not ours," the actress wrote. She continued: "They have been distorted from their natural beauty. [...] I'm not interested in having a slimmer waist, I'm more than satisfied with the one that I already have."
Later that month, Reinhart opened up about her reaction to seeing the Photoshopped pictures of herself.
In an interview with Elite Daily, Reinhart talked candidly about the ways in which society's unrealistic beauty standards affect women's relationships with their own bodies.
The actress said that the incident with Cosmopolitan Philippines "showed [her] a dystopian idea that we have in this industry — that a 24-inch waist is normal, and that's what people should have and should look like," Reinhart explained. "I just find it disturbing that they felt the need to alter our bodies in order to cater to what they thought would sell better, or what they thought is more attractive."
The actress also clarified that "there's nothing wrong with people who have 24-inch waists." She just does not want to be Photoshopped to "[look] like something that [she's] not."
In a separate interview, Mendes said she felt "very insulted" when she realized she had been Photoshopped without her consent.
Mendes told People in late March that she and Reinhart were "shocked" that the magazine Photoshopped their bodies despite the actresses' frequent body-positive statements.
"That [Cosmopolitan Philippines] would...manipulate our bodies when we are literally preaching body positivity is so personally insulting, and it's also insulting to the readers," the actress said. "You're spreading a false message about what people look like, you know? If my waist was that slim then great, do whatever you want, but it's not!"
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