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=== Celebrity opposition === Photo manipulation has triggered negative responses from both viewers and celebrities. This has led to celebrities refusing to have their photos retouched in support of the [[American Medical Association]] that has decided that "[we] must stop exposing impressionable children and teenagers to advertisements portraying models with body types only attainable with the help of photo editing software".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/fashion/ama-takes-stand-photoshop-medical-association-altering-contributes-unrealistic-expectations-article-1.126921#ixzz1QUW2THCf |title=Photoshop contributes to unrealistic expectations of appropriate body image: AMA |website=NY Daily News |access-date=2016-04-25}}</ref> These include [[Keira Knightley]], [[Brad Pitt]], [[Andy Roddick]], [[Jessica Simpson]], [[Lady Gaga]], and [[Zendaya]]. Brad Pitt had a photographer, [[Chuck Close]], take photos of him that emphasized his flaws. Chuck Close is known for his photos that emphasize the skin flaws of an individual. Pitt did so in an effort to speak out against media using image manipulation software and manipulating celebrities' photos in an attempt to hide their flaws. [[Kate Winslet]] spoke out against photo manipulation in media after ''[[GQ]]'' magazine altered her body, making it look unnaturally thin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Keep It Real Challenge: Photoshop's Impact on Body Image |date=29 June 2012 |access-date=19 April 2015 |url=http://info.umkc.edu/womenc/2012/06/29/keep-it-real-challenge-photoshops-impact-on-body-image/ |website=info.umkc.edu}}</ref> 42-year-old [[Cate Blanchett]] appeared on the cover of [[1843 (magazine)|''Intelligent Life'']]'s 2012 March/April issue, makeup-free and without digital retouching for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Roberts |first=Soraya |title=Cate Blanchett goes without digital enhancement on the cover of Intelligent Life |date=March 22, 2012 |url=http://ca.omg.yahoo.com/blogs/the-juice-celeb-news/cate-blanchett-goes-without-digital-enhancement-cover-intelligent-154517034.html |publisher=The Juice |access-date=March 22, 2012}}</ref> In April 2010, [[Britney Spears]] agreed to release "un-airbrushed images of herself next to the digitally altered ones". The fundamental motive behind her move was to "highlight the pressure exerted on women to look perfect".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/beauty-news/pics-before-after-britney-s-airburshed-candie-s-ads-182755 |title=SEE PICS! Before & After: Britney Spears' airbrushed Candie's ads |last=Claire |first=Marie |date=2010-04-14 |website=Marie Claire |language=en |access-date=2020-04-23}}</ref> In 2014, Hungarian pop vocalist and songwriter [[Boggie]] produced two music videos that achieved global attention for its stance on [[Whitewashing (beauty)|whitewashing]] in the beauty industry: the #1 [[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|MAHASZ]] chart hit "Parfüm" (Hungarian version) and "Nouveau Parfum" (French version) from her self-titled album ''Boggie'', which reached two [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' charts]] (#3 Jazz Album, #17 World Music Album).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Single Top 40 slágerlista - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/single-track-top-40-lista/2014/4 |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=slagerlistak.hu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=It's Boggie for Hungary! |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/it-s-boggie-for-hungary |website=Eurovision |access-date=7 July 2019 |date=28 February 2015}}</ref> In the videos, the artist is shown singing as she is extensively retouched in real-time, ending with a side-by-side comparison of her natural and manipulated images as the song fades out.<ref name="metro">{{cite web |date=January 22, 2014 |title=Boggie Photoshop music video: Singer uses Nouveau Parfum promo to show how digital trickery can transform you | Metro News |url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/22/singer-uses-new-music-video-to-show-how-drastically-photoshop-can-transform-you-4273268/ |access-date=1 February 2014 |publisher=metro.co.uk}}</ref>
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