Being asked to feature in a ‘half their size’ issue of a weekly magazine isn’t something that happens, you know, ever. But while Shelly Horton was secretly hoping for some help from the Photoshop fairy, she never imagined this…

“Photoshop the shit out of me!”

Those were the exact words I said to Nicky Briger, my friend and editor of Who magazine.

“Sorry Darl, we don’t do that at Who,” she replied.

Over the past year-and-a-half I have lost 18 kilos (cue applause and the instant question ‘What’s your secret?’  Umm eat less, move more, stay consistent.  Dull but it works.)  Anyway I was posing for Who‘s annual “Half Their Size” edition.

Alex Perry made me a dress and I was so freaking excited to show off my new body.

But I also felt terrified about people cocking a disappointed eyebrow because, even with the weight-loss, you’d never describe me as skinny.

A woman’s face is photoshopped in 18 different countries.

I excitedly opened the magazine and was secretly disappointed that they didn’t Photoshop me to look thinner – at all.  But I was happy that my 18 months of hard work had paid off and I was looking curvy but strong.

Slim lined. Sourced Who Magazine January 12, 2015

But on a second look, I saw they had Photoshopped something IN.

You see, I lost the tip of my middle finger on my left hand in a childhood accident. But in the magazine, it had magically reappeared.

I wasn’t upset.  In fact I laughed out loud.

Here’s a close up of my fake fingers.

I rang Nicky, and she was shocked and strongly denied Photoshopping, “We just don’t do it.  I don’t know what’s happened but we did not Photoshop you.”

Woman uses photoshop holiday to fake five-week holiday.

She did some digging and it turns out it was a miscommunication.  The photographer said he’d fixed the fingers and the picture editor thought he meant the main shot where my fingers are curled over. No one noticed it in the smaller pic because really it’s not something you’d look for. It’s a lesson in how these things happen.

“If I’d realised, I would have made him change it back,” said Nicky.  “And darl, I have known you for years and I’ve never noticed you don’t have half your finger!”

I had a giggle. Hardly anyone notices it.

But I am in some very good company to be “missing a bit”, as this gallery shows: (Post continues after gallery):

Celebrities who are missing bits....

Daryl Hannah

Matthew Perry.

Jess Leahy.

Vince Vaughn

Denzel Washington.

Denzel Washington.

Tony Iommi

Scotty from Star Trek.

Telly Savalas.

Jerry Garcia.

Lee Van Clef.

Lee Van Clef.

Christian Bale

Karolina Kurkova

Karolina Kurkova

Megan Fox.

Lily Allen.

Mark Wahlberg.

Mark Wahlberg.

Tilda Swinton

Ashton Kutcher.

Ellen Pompeo.

Jennifer Garner.

Gemma Arterton.

Taye Diggs.