Photos & Photoshop

Have you ever opened up a magazine and seen a celebrity posed in all their glory and thought "why can't I look like that?" Believe it or not they don't even look like their photos.  In today's world of digital images and Photoshop, nothing is really as it seems.  

Dylan Jones, editor of the British GQ, wrote, "These days you only get two kinds of pictures of celebrities - paparazzi pictures or pictures like these which have been highly styled, buffed, trimmed and altered to make the subject look as good as is humanly possible. We do that for everyone, whether they are a size six or a size 12. It hasn't a lot to do with body size. Practically every photo you see in a magazine will have been digitally altered in this way."

We've included a few photos to illustrate to you just how touched up some of these photos are.

It's clear to see that even the people that society deems "world's sexiest" or "most beautiful" is just an average person with the help of digital enhancements.

How do you feel about celebrities after seeing these pictures?  Let us know in the comments.

Source: Mashable