A GLOSSY magazine is under fuego for allegedly slimming down Kate Middleton's waist for the cover of its royal wedding issue.
Kate's waist on the cover of Grazia in the UK appears much slimmer than the rest of her body and does not match other fotos taken on the day, which showed her with a much fuller waist.
Other publications all ran pictures of the fuller figured Kate - including the Australian edition of Grazia, which also featured Kate on the cover in her wedding dress.
The UK Grazia cover foto originally included Prince William holding onto Kate's arm and was altered to mostrar Kate on her own in her wedding dress, the magazine admits it removed the Prince and retouched her arm but denies thinning her waist.
"Grazia prides itself on being a publication that champions women and women’s bodies, and we have no reason to make Catherine Middleton appear thinner," dicho a statement on the Grazia UK website.
"We know that many of our readers will be aware that it is common practice to retouch and enhance imágenes to fit the style of a publication; both in tabloid and broadsheet newspapers and in magazines.
"However, in this instance, Grazia did not make any changes to the image of the Duchess of Cambridge in order to make her look slimmer than she is. We did, however, remove the Duke; and the Duchess' arm was adapted in order to fill in the resulting gap."
The image has sparked fresh debate over the portrayal of women in the media with many saying Kate had already lost a significant amount of weight for her wedding day, some having dicho perhaps to much.
Kate's waist on the cover of Grazia in the UK appears much slimmer than the rest of her body and does not match other fotos taken on the day, which showed her with a much fuller waist.
Other publications all ran pictures of the fuller figured Kate - including the Australian edition of Grazia, which also featured Kate on the cover in her wedding dress.
The UK Grazia cover foto originally included Prince William holding onto Kate's arm and was altered to mostrar Kate on her own in her wedding dress, the magazine admits it removed the Prince and retouched her arm but denies thinning her waist.
"Grazia prides itself on being a publication that champions women and women’s bodies, and we have no reason to make Catherine Middleton appear thinner," dicho a statement on the Grazia UK website.
"We know that many of our readers will be aware that it is common practice to retouch and enhance imágenes to fit the style of a publication; both in tabloid and broadsheet newspapers and in magazines.
"However, in this instance, Grazia did not make any changes to the image of the Duchess of Cambridge in order to make her look slimmer than she is. We did, however, remove the Duke; and the Duchess' arm was adapted in order to fill in the resulting gap."
The image has sparked fresh debate over the portrayal of women in the media with many saying Kate had already lost a significant amount of weight for her wedding day, some having dicho perhaps to much.
