Victoria’s Secret catwalk model, Doutzen Kroes has admitted the retouching that goes on in magazines and advertising can have an adverse affect on women’s body image and self-esteem.
“Sometimes it makes me feel guilty now that I am in this profession that makes certain girls insecure,” the Victoria’s Secret model told Page Six in an article titled ‘I feel guilty about being a sexy model’.
Um, Doutzen? We don’t need your pity, lady.
She goes on: “I always say, I don’t look like the picture . . . If you put me in bad light with no hair and makeup, it’s not good . . . I wake up sometimes like, this is not what I see when I look at the magazine, who is this visitor in the bathroom?”
To us this seems a little disingenuous, it reminds us of Derek Zoolander when he said, ”I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is.” In all fairness, Kroes also mentioned how she’s “happy” about the new Model Alliance bill to protect underage models that came into force last week.
But perhaps instead of taking about her appearance in a world that already puts so much emphasis and value on it she could’ve instead taken a stand against the practice of digitally altering images, as other models like Coco Rocha have. The body positive advocate refuses to have her image Photoshopped.
Now, that’s what we call taking a stand.
Check out some of the retouching that goes on with Victoria’s Secret models:
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I agree with the comments below. Shouldn't Mamamia be applauding the fact that she has come out and said that she doesn't support photoshopping? She's not the one who alters the photos of herself so she can't really be blamed.
If you've read the comments below, why would you post with exactly the same name as a commenter below?
If you've read the comments below, why did you do exactly the same thing?
Because it says to post as guest if you're not signed in. It's not some cool new name that everyone came up with simultaneously.
Don't you think it's a bit shit to post under the same specified name as someone else? (and no, I'm not the other Alice!)
I'm sure the two women named Alice won't come to blows over it; frankly I think it's more shit to be unkind to other people on the internet. But that's just me.
WOW, talk about glass half empty - make that completely empty. I see her intention as nothing less than positive.
Sorry to see you read into it the way you have & feel a put down is necessary in response: 'Um, Doutzen? We don’t need your pity, lady.'
Seems like non plus size models are public enemy no.1 for Mamamia at times - these women are people too, and of our gender.