{"id":127449,"date":"2015-09-02T23:28:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T23:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2015\/09\/02\/it-was-stolen-and-it-was-malicious-cindy-speaks-out-for-the-first-time\/"},"modified":"2015-09-02T23:28:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T23:28:06","slug":"it-was-stolen-and-it-was-malicious-cindy-speaks-out-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2015\/09\/02\/it-was-stolen-and-it-was-malicious-cindy-speaks-out-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It was stolen and it was malicious\u2019: Cindy speaks out for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cindy Crawford has spoken out for the first time about the unauthorised release of a supposedly unretouched photograph of herself. The model hit the news earlier this year when a photo purporting to be a pre-Photoshop version of a Marie Claire picture of her went viral. While many women saw the less-than-perfect image as a positive step, Cindy felt its release was malicious. \u2018I felt blindsided,\u2019 she told Elle Canada. \u2018I was very conflicted, to be honest.\u2019<\/div>\n
The unflattering image showed a then 48-year-old Crawford revealing a less-than-flat stomach while dressed only in her lingerie. In the image the 49-year-old had wrinkles and sagging skin around her stomach area. The photo had allegedly been digitally manipulated to exaggerate any slight flaws. \u2018That picture didn\u2019t reflect what I saw when I looked in the mirror\u2014even in the worst dressing-room lighting,\u2019 she explained. But Cindy felt she was unable to speak out against it, because so many women saw it as a positive step. \u2018It put me in a tough spot: I couldn\u2019t come out against it because I\u2019m rejecting all these people who felt good about it, but I also didn\u2019t embrace it because it wasn\u2019t real – and even if it were real, I wouldn\u2019t have wanted it out there,\u2019 she said. \u2018I felt really manipulated and conflicted, so I kept my mouth shut.\u2019 <\/div>\n
Cindy said she didn\u2019t understand why seeing a bad picture of her should make people feel better. \u2018Why would seeing a bad picture of me make other people feel good? I know my body, and I know it\u2019s not perfect, but maybe I have a false body image; maybe I think I look better than I do. I think that most women are hard on themselves. \u2018However she did admit: \u2018Sometimes, the images that women see in magazines make them feel inferior\u2014even though the intention is never to make anyone feel less. \u2018So somehow seeing a picture of me was like seeing a chink in the armour. Whether it was real or not isn\u2019t relevant, although it\u2019s relevant to me. I don\u2019t try to present myself as perfect.\u2019<\/div>\n
When the picture went viral celebrity snapper John Russo said in a statement to ABC News that the image – from a 2013 cover shoot with Marie Claire Mexico – was \u2018stolen or unlawfully accessed and then altered and distributed to the media.\u2019 Russo added: \u2018It has been falsely claimed that this photograph represents an un-retouched image of Cindy Crawford. This is not true. \u2018It is a fraudulent altered version of my photograph. I am grateful that this fact has been brought to the public\u2019s attention and that corrections are being run in the media.\u2019<\/div>\n
     British journalist Charlene White was first to tweet the picture, causing a huge reaction from fans with many Twitter users hailing the image as \u2018empowering\u2019.  In her interview with Elle, Cindy also talked about the advantages of being an older mother. \u2018My mom was very young, and that worked out great, but for me it was great that I wasn\u2019t a young mother,\u2019 she said. \u2018I was able to be selfish with my time in my 20s\u2014to try to figure who I was and what I wanted. When I did finally have kids, I was ready to put myself second, or third, or fourth…. All of a sudden, your priorities just change. I was ready to let something else be the focus.\u2019<\/div>\n
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Cindy Crawford has spoken out for the first time about the unauthorised release of a supposedly unretouched photograph of herself. The model hit the news earlier this year when a photo purporting to be a pre-Photoshop version of a Marie Claire picture of her went viral. While many women saw the less-than-perfect image as a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}