Miss Universe 2004/Australian model/tv personality Jennifer Hawkins has appeared on the cover of Marie Claire (Australia, February 2010) naked and un-retouched to encourage positive attitudes to body image and support the Butterfly Foundation.
Jennifer Hawkins in Marie Claire Februari 2010
Naked, unretouched photographs of the 26-year-old model will appear on the cover of Marie Claire this month, in a bid by Hawkins and editor Jackie Frank to join the “positive body image” trend in glossy magazines.
“I’m not a stick figure – I thought it would be great to tell women to just be themselves and be confident,” Hawkins tells the magazine, which hits news-stands on Wednesday.
The shoot could never have happened without Hawkins being “brave enough to say she didn’t care about the little lumps and bumps and creases”, Ms Frank said, adding more natural photos could only be published if others did the same.
“The real problem is that Australian magazines just cannot get hold of unretouched pictures of (international) celebrities,” she said. “The publicists hold all the power and they just won’t allow it.”
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