Yes it is. I think the members of this thread will know better than anyone [well except for Kate and her beau!] the true state of her skin since we see HQ close ups practically every day and there is no way it is like that. I'm not saying its perfect [far from it, its sun damaged for sure] but the picture in question is so ridiculous.
I actually wrote to the Daily Mail and complained about it because it angered me so much. I'm sick and tired of agencies getting away with editing photos of celebrities [esp. female] to make them look worse than they actually do. There is uproar when celebrities are made to look better but I don't think people realize that agencies make them look worse as well [a bad photo of Kate is probably worth more $$$ than a good shot.]
The accompanying article was also particularly nasty [the writer picked apart every tiny flaw of Kate and got "experts" to write about why she looked so bad.] I know its the Daily Mail and I shouldn't expect anything less than crass and hateful from them but I personally felt this article and photo was way below the belt. If the writer's intention is to make us "normal" women feel better about ourselves then they are really misguided because (for me) it has the complete opposite effect. If they can do this to a supermodel then what chance do we have? Females always seem so much harsher on other women and it needs to stop. Don't they realize that females can be misogynistic as well?
There is such an obsession with youth. People seem to be under some illusion that aging is a disease you can stop and anyone that they sticks two fingers up to this "youth ideal" is torn to pieces.
Well it needs to stop.
Im sure the Mail will not even bother to read my letter but I really needed to get it off my chest. That newspaper is one of the worst offenders for picking apart celebrities and coupled with its general bigotry is really infuriates me.
grrrrrr
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*gets off of high horse*
oh and you know what? Even if [and its a bit if] that photo is the real deal and Kates skin is wrecked; good on her for not pumping herself full of botox and whatnot. One of the reasons Kate has always stood out for me is that she has always kept it real. Her imperfections make her special.