Britney Spears Releases Unretouched Photos
Britney Spears is letting it all hang out.
The singer, 28, has released unretouched photos from her 2009 Candie's photo shoot alongside the digitally-altered ones.
In the first photo, she stares seductively into the camera with her arms behind her head while wearing a pink, cut-out bathing suit. In the ad, her thighs and midsection are slimmer and blemishes have been removed from her calves.
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In the second photo, shot from behind, Spears holds her arms above her head while looking over her shoulder. Compared to the original, a small patch of cellulite is removed, her booty appears smaller and a back tattoo is gone.
A source close to Spears tells the UK Daily Mirror that she allowed the photos to be released to highlight the enormous pressure women are under to look perfect in Hollywood.
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"Britney is proud of her body - imperfections and all," says the source.
At the time of the shoot last summer, Spears said, "I had so much fun shooting the Candies for Kohl's campaign. My favorite set-up was against the gigantic wall of pink cotton candy." (According to her Twitter, she’ll pose for the next Candie’s campaign in a few weeks.)
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She's not the only star who has copped to airbrushing recently.
Kimora Lee Simmon's newest ad for her Baby Phat scent, Dare Me, makes her appear drastically thinner, which caused speculation she'd used a body double. (She welcomed son Kenzo in May 2009.)
Wrote the reality star on Twitter, "Of course that's my body!!! With all the help I could get from the airbrush!!! Lol!"
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Hey everyone! We in the marketing arena have got to start being more responsible with how we advertise to certain consumer groups. Kudos to Britney for posting these...maybe her next step will be to consider not endorsing a brand that perpetuates such advertising "puffery" - AbbyMalikPR
Dunno how I managed to this piece but at first thought, I thought the picture on the RIGHT was the better looking Britney. (I didn't pay attention to the efx) Hmm, guess that's just age and maturity setting in. (we can hope) =D
Just leave Brittney alone as the You Tube fan said! She looks perfect in the pic without any touch ups! Hollywood sucks and is the root of all evil instead of money! She's beating your system one day at a time and I'm so proud of her!
To "I'm not receps girlfriend"...I bet he's DAMN glad you're not his girlfriend. You'd probably call him ugly, fat and butt ugly!! To Drama S: Don't worry, "I'm not...." posts on every article and says the exact same thing!!! As for Brittany, she looks freakin FAB!! Wish I was that thin!
i think she looks better in the untouched photo!! go Brit!!!
Great pic even before editing. look a little like pam anderson without the implants.. keep it real and you will never fail! You go girl!
@mia: actually kim did release her pics before they were touched up! remember everyone made a big deal about it saying how much cellulite she has! look it up!
@ I'm not Recep's girlfriend: You think Britney is FAT? Are you blind? It's people like you that make women and young girls have eating disorders and insecurity. She had TWO kids, has the sexiest legs I have EVER seen and she's had them all her life, and probably wears a size 2 and you call her fat? I must be a whale then because I just had a baby and obviously don't look like that. I'm working out for health though, not to be a Tori Spelling look-alike. These people are human beings. And who are YOU to judge? Upload a pic of you...Let's see how unfat and perfect you are. You clearly have insecurities of your own that make you speak ill of people. Especially something as superficial as looks. And you are pissing me off because I now have a beautiful daughter that I have to raise in a society with worms like you. Good for you Britney! You look great! People need to get a life and stop tearing each other's looks down. It's killing us as empathetic and REAL humans with feelings. My poor daughter...Beauty is inside and you are one ugly mother f@#ker. Here's to you Britney! And every other woman in the world...Save for the Heidi Montags. Go us! We are beaautiful! And if my daughter gets an eating disorder or cries every day cause she thinks she's fat and ugly and thinks the only way she is beautiful is if she has a cocaine diet and looks like a Olive Oyl...I'm coming after your a$$! P.S. Get off the damn computer and get a life. Must you judge people you don't even know? Really how pathetic is your life? I'm going now because I actually have a life...So...Peace!
There's nothing wrong with touched up photos... they don't have to release photos showing there bodies in down stages... everyone can workout & try to keep their bodies in shape & they don't need the public shooting pix of them when they are not!!! Work out & good diet & keep trying to stay fit & healthy... ppl can reshape & regain their bods! =)
I think she looks beautiful in both! I wasn't sure which was before and which was after, lol!
I think she looks more beautiful and gorgeous in the untouched photo..I prefer that one..
Britney is completely fake. They probably took thousands of shots of her and she chose shots that didn't look too bad. We see how she really looks all the time and it's not like that. For one thing, her legs are not nearly that long and slim. Now she should release some of her real singing so we can compare it to what's on the recording. Oh, wait, she hasn't sang anything real in the last 10 years. Maybe she'd like to release some of her dancing from this tour where she is just standing there flapping her arms like the short-legged duck she resembles. You people really need to be deprogrammed.
I'm with lola, she looks AWESOME even without retouches! being honest is refreshing...
Righteous woman! Congratulations on being honest about your body and who you truly are. You have fame due to talent and looks unlike the talentless fame due to big butt Kardashians. That whole family Jenners and all the women are so vulgar and set such a bad example for men and women that they make me want to barf.
I like the unretouched better, personally. It's more natural and sexy. :)
GOOD FOR BRITNEY!! SHE LOOKS GREAT IN BOTH! I LOVE THAT SHE IS NOT AFRAID TO BE REAL. YOU GO GIRL!!
Britney looks great in both pics, but I like the unretouched one best. It shows her athletic "dancer's legs".
She looks good either way.. only her legs were cut out.. But how about all the other stupid girls in hollywood.. Would Kim do this too? I doubt it.. Britney is getting back on track and I respect her for that.. After all she's been through she accepts herself like she is.. I just love her
Britney always looks like trash.