Chrissy Teigen Vows to Never Use Retouching Tools on Social Media Again
When Chrissy Teigen recently posted an Instagram of her legs with the caption, “Stretchies say hi!,” she started a conversation about body acceptance. Not only did the photo get women thinking about how they perceive their own flaws, the overwhelmingly positive response also prompted the Sports Illustrated model to reconsider her own social media priorities.
“I was actually just taking a picture of the bruises and then I saw the stretch marks in there. I have those apps, the Facetune and Photoshopping ones, and I just didn’t feel like doing it anymore—and I’m never doing it again, because I think we forgot what normal people look like now, the standard is so ridiculous,” Teigen told Meredith Viera during an interview airing Friday on The Meredith Vieira Show. “I mean, people are nip-tucking [their photos]. It’s gotten to the point where they’re not smoothing their skin anymore, they are actually changing the shape of their body. Nobody can compare to that when you’re fixing yourself so much. It’s so unfair."
She also brings down the celebrity beauty veil not just on herself, but her peers as well. "It started with Botox and everything, of course, but now it’s just grown into this Photoshop phenomenon and I’ve seen these women in person, they are not like that. Please know that. I’ve shot in barely anything with them and it’s just amazing what people do to tweak themselves.”
For someone within the industry to reveal trade secrets and shirk them is just another reason why Teigen is a rarity. She’s an unlikely role model, but a refreshing one at that. Next up: an unretouched bikini spread in a magazine featuring Teigen, bruises, stretch marks, and all.
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