Kate Winslet is a queen, but we've known that since her "Titanic" days. Now, the gorgeous, Oscar-winner has gotten even better with age, some 18 years later.
As a high profile celebrity, Winslet is used to her photos getting retouched to make her look slimmer, more attractive (how?) and achieve the "ideal" image of beauty through Photoshop and other softwares.
However, Winslet, 40, now a mom of three, has had enough. She is currently the face of Lancome cosmetics, and has recently signed another contract with its parent company, L'Oreal. In her contract, however, there is an agreement that her photos are to remain unretouched.
As for her new agreement with L'Oreal, Winslet said to E! News, "I do think we have a responsibility to the younger generation of women. I always want to be telling the truth about who I am to that generation because they've got to have strong leaders,"This isn't Winslet's first battle with photo retouching. In 2003, she first fell victim to this when she covered GQ, which completely photoshopped her body. "The retouching is excessive. I do not look like that and more importantly I don’t desire to look like that. I actually have a Polaroid that the photographer gave me on the day of the shoot … I can tell you they’ve reduced the size of my legs by about a third. For my money it looks pretty good the way it was taken," she said at the time to Hello! Magazine."
The excessive photoshopping didn't stop there. 10 years later, Vogue retouched her photo so much on their cover the actress was barely recognizable.
With Winslet standing against Photoshop, I only hope more women in Hollywood will follow suit. The unrealistic expectation of women in advertising, TV, movies and other forms of popular culture are simply unrealistic and unattainable. From the perfectly clear skin, tiny waists, long legs, luscious locks and completely flat stomachs, I could confidently tell you that a majority of women do not look like the super-models we see all over the media.
Unfortunately, many young girls strive to be as perfect as these women from the ads, publications and TV. As a result, more and more girls and women are suffering from eating disorders including anorexia and bullemia; check out these statistics for more shocking information about how common eating disorders are, and their link to depression, anxiety and more.
Fortunately, however, Winslet is a powerful female figure in the business. Although she is just one of many, here's to hoping more powerful females will do the same. Go, Kate; kudos to you!
