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April 14, 2008updated 17 Apr 2008 11:39pm

Fashion mags being more careful about model pics

By paulmcnally

Fashion magazines have begun airbrushing models’ pictures… to make them look bigger.

The Sunday Telegraph says the move is a response to the ongoing “size zero” and digital manipulation debate.

One retouching agency worker tells the paper: “Everyone is scared of being highlighted as the magazine or label that promotes very thin girls, so they are being a lot more careful about the images they present.”

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