Christina Aguilera has nabbed more than her share of high-profile magazine covers, but this week’s cover of the Australian edition of the tabloid OK! may not be one she’s eager to advertise: The rag features an unflattering photo of the Lotus songbird from the red carpet at the 2012 American Music Awards with the headline “Christina: I LOVE MY NEW BODY.”
Her appearance in the photo is such a marked departure from, say, her Lotus cover artwork, that it led Xtina fans on Twitter to speculate that the pic had been digitally altered to make the singer look worse. So is it true — was there shady Photoshopping afoot?
Based on our (totally unscientific analysis), the answer is no. We returned to the original, unaltered photo directly from the photo agency — as seen in the split pic above — and except for the direction Xtina is facing, the photos are virtually identical.
Still, based on other photos from that evening, it’s mostly just a bad angle. What do you think, Fighters? Was the picture digitally altered, or is this just a case of an unfortunate photo?
You have to be blind not to notice it was altered. Or taken from the worst angle either way its uncoool what they did
Bully Bully Bully!
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but on a serious note, the photo is not altered. i’m not one for poking fun at stars weight but Christina is not a nice person inside either so i have no qualms about it. seriously, everyone in the industry says she’s a b!tch and you needn’t look further than the Voice. I actually really liked Bionic and i was hoping Lotus would be great but it’s just not on par with other mainstream pop albums released this year (Warrior, Pink Friday 2, Trespassing, etc) and again waaaay too many ballads. (we get it -_- you can sing -_-) and THAT is my case for why I think Christina is someone to dislike
Lotus is AMAZING. Kick rocks ass. Christina could buy your whole life hater. Unflattering angle. This bullying on her needs to STOP!!!
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Except Christina’s weight gain wasn’t so recent, like Lady Gaga’s. People have been commenting on her weight since 2011 and she’s been saying she loves her body since then. So, you should probably stop reaching. It was a valiant effort, though.
Christina being a celeb should be held to a different standard then the average nasty looking american. She looks horrible and it can’t be very healthy being that big. It’s not like she can’t afford a trainer or surgery to atleast look a little bit better.
Looking at the other pix, I dont think this has been altered, which is a surprise as her body shape is quite odd to say the least.
Her fans will deny its real (yawn) but you just have to look. Her PR would have also hit the roof if it had been altered and we’d know about it by now.
I want to say ‘good for her for not conforming’ but I don’t think she looks healthy; is anyone healthy being that large?
HOWEVER… could she be wearing a bustle under the dress? Google “victorian bustle”; the shape is very similar…
Good thing healthy doesn’t equal skinny in real life, so you can’t possibly know if she’s healthy or not based on her looks. Woo! That was a close one!
no one’s saying that xtina should be skinny.. but for thos saing that skinny is not healthy, i would definitely agree… but so is being fat. it is never healthy. so i hope lady gaga and xtina should stoop glamorizing it… self-love is grounded on reality.. and reality is, you would feel better if you make an attempt to be healthier.. no one wants a too skinny celb.. but there’s something between being skinny and fat. that is a havng a healthy physique like say Pink’s or Britney’s
Unless you are their doctor, you don’t actually know what their health is like. That’s the point that you seem to be missing. Britney is actually the same size she was when she had her breakdown. Are you implying that she was healthy back then? Don’t worry, I’ll wait………..
this is completely fake. no doubt she may have gained some weight but this is just ridiculous. cmon ppl
The level of bullying directed at Christina is ridiculous. She could be healh for all we now! So people need to stop using that excuse…
I can’t stop laughing
it really shouldnt matter if shes thin or not, she is an amazing singer and thats really all that should matter. and for the health thing “i hope lady gaga and xtina should stoop glamorizing it…” sadly most people are prolly unhealthy in weight but they should still feel amazing about themselves and Christina Aguilera and Lady Gaga are helping that.
DAMN I would not even be mad if my ass looked like that. BOOTY poppin christina get it girl. anyway……. who the f cares? worry about your own body. hating only makes you uglier bitches