Do We Believe Them???

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Vanity Fair is claiming that retouching on the Madonna pics in their new issue was minimal - "just a little work on skin tones and blemishes," they say.

Is Vanity Fair lying????

Fuck yeah! (68%)
Nopes (32%)

Total Votes: 148,170

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Posted: Apr 1, 2008 at 1:20 pm / Email this »

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a says – reply to this

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firrst
Tara says – reply to this

2

SUREEEEEEEE
ArmPitt™ says – reply to this

3

Probably!
jackie paper says – reply to this

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first
a says – reply to this

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madonna sucks btw
L-Boogie says – reply to this

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No question
d says – reply to this

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sixth
Janice says – reply to this

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Not a word of it, it looks fake it's so touched up.
df says – reply to this

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Her arms are more toned than this pic shows.
Dramaforyomama says – reply to this

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FIRST
Julie says – reply to this

11

They totally retouched these
Sara B says – reply to this

12

FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jojojo says – reply to this

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10th
Rizzie RIzzo says – reply to this

14

WHO CARES? madge looks hot.
Casey says – reply to this

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That bitch is old and needs to retire.

Little retouching my ass, her hands probably took 3 million to retouch.
Put those crow claws back in ur pants to touch urself cuz lord knows no one wants ur nasty pale, low vitamin D lookin ghost ass.
bathog says – reply to this

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major rework on the crotch. madonnas gynatalia is WAY bigger than that, you cant even see her cesarian.
sijoder says – reply to this

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la vieja esa esta mas retocada que tu
whore says – reply to this

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whore
mikey says – reply to this

19

she needs to pack it up. ferrealz. shouldnt shee be at home with her kids?
Amy says – reply to this

20

I'm sure her kids are proud of their nearly 50-year old mother. Very impressive to the adoption officials as well, no doubt…
Lauren says – reply to this

21

That picture looks like something out of a Madonna themed patch for the Sims 2.
sugar. honey. ice. tea says – reply to this

22

Lying they ass off.
n8tvegrl says – reply to this

23

Who cares…. look at her! I
Vivi says – reply to this

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April Fooooools, she is 50 for chrissakes.
PerezSupporter says – reply to this

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They completely removed any muscle tone from her thighs, and we all know about the man arms.
wee wee says – reply to this

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Obviously lying.. duh.
Rob St Rob says – reply to this

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this is really her. she doesnt look good without make-up but when she does have it on she looks like this, and we all know she has a good body not like Fatriah.
Shirley says – reply to this

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Her arms are way more muscular than that!!!
Tim says – reply to this

29

Oh please. I don't care who you are, when you reach that age you just don't look like that anymore.
Kelsey says – reply to this

30

first!
skinniejeen says – reply to this

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o crap i meant to vote yes but i did no. oops lol
elise says – reply to this

32

corse they are lying…wher are her man arms??
RyeJay says – reply to this

33

That's one hot barbie doll…..
Sarah says – reply to this

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For no retouching her hands look pretty . . . un-veiny, lol. True, they probably didn't have to air brush any flab off her, but I think there still would have been airbrushing at least on her hands, which Perez has pointed out in other posts how vein ridden they are.
Made in Spain says – reply to this

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hi!!!
i don´t know that man "perez hilton" but today in a spanish programme (Spain in not Mexico) has put this blog. But i prefer our national professionals like Patiño o Mariñas, and our famous stars (Paquirrín, Belén Esteban, Pipi….)
So if you want to watch a good programe, you should watch "Sé lo que hicisteis…", maybe you can´t see it on tv, but in youtube you can. Kissess to Patricia and Ángel!!!
and… Miki Nadal está bueno!!!!jeje
adios
julie says – reply to this

36

Perez just posted a pic where she looks like He-Man. Her arms were so huge and they totally look normal now plus her legs are way more toned than in this pic.
simone says – reply to this

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maybe she just didn't work out the guns that day, or YEAR?
Sloane says – reply to this

38

She looks like a mannequin. She has always had a great (fit) body!
stellarciarra says – reply to this

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6th
Four Minutes! says – reply to this

40

I LOOOOOVE MADGE!
She has obviously been touched up a bit but
she's in pretty killer shape either way!

Can't wait for the new album!!
Donna says – reply to this

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you tainted the vote by having : Fuck Yeah. Everyone wants to say Fuck Yeah… even if it is a Nopes. So… how can you get an accurate reading when you do that?? You can't.
I think Madonna is awesome and she really works hard to keep her body looking healthy. I still answered Fuck Yeah. >grin
zeb says – reply to this

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how many pictures of this hag do we need to see? we get it, she's got a shitty new record, she's been around for a long time, she keeps herself in shape and she likes to wear boots. enough already. go back into hiding.
stacy says – reply to this

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I tend to believe VF - the skin tone/blemishes make sense. But Madge is in tip-top shape; probably better than most 20 year olds. Too bad there are so many jealous haters here that cant stand to see a woman 30 years older than them look better than them!!
madonna sucks says – reply to this

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Hell yes they are lying. That picture of Madonna actually makes her looks remotely like a female. Madonna is disgusting on so many fucking levels it's not even funny. No STRAIGHT man would ever admit that they would want to have sex with her, even if they were blackout drunk. Her music is shitty, her looks are awful and her personality is the worst on the planet. Plus she has the most obssesively rabid homosexual fans on the planet who rage against anyone who would dare something negative about their precious whore. In closing FUCK MADONNA. FUCK HER AND HER STUPID FUCKING KIDS AND ALL HER EVEN STUPIDER FANS. I wish she would fall in fucking volcano or get attacked by pack of rabid wolves.
nooowaaayyy says – reply to this

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First of all she's a dancer, there is NO way her legs look like barbies… hahaha and she's like a million years old! Show her as she is!
Karla 'latina 100%' says – reply to this

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hola perezsito!!! muchos saludos
claro que está retocada, pero claro, a su edad usar solo un poco de retoque en photoshop ya es ganancia!! ya quisiera yo estar asi a los 50 jaja
besos!
Zoe Wilder says – reply to this

47

A little photoshopping…good lighting…Madonna looks bitchin.
Photo Dude says – reply to this

48

If the photographer is good, he or she knows the proper way to take a photo where very little retouching is needed. Just because she's 20 years older than you, Perez, and looks 20 years younger than you do, that doesn't mean a lot was done to make her look that way.
Damez says – reply to this

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Ive seen her in person -her face looks great-its been inhanced of course but wouldnt need much retouching. And no Madonna does not suck btw–she could buy you and your mama.
Cat says – reply to this

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Poor Madonna. She just can't let it go. I am so glad that when I was Lordass' age that my Mom did not showcase her poontang. Madonna is so over and transparent.
icelandic girl says – reply to this

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Check her hands out. Aren't they like a granny hand? They sure look photoshopped to me!
The D says – reply to this

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WHOSE HEAD IS NEARLY AS BIG AS THEIR UPPER LEG??? LIARS!!!
edmund says – reply to this

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who care that photo is hott!!!

Those boots are fierce!!!
YumYum says – reply to this

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Madge the Vadge has probably got a contract with them. If her right arm isn't retouched, then she better get to a doctor because it is wasting away. Look- she is in manly shape- no question about it- but those muscle veins and the disproportion of her hips and shoulders has GOT to be photshopped. She looks creepy and unreal in this. Vanity Fair's editor is ALWAYS full of crap. You have to skip the editorials in that rag IF you are stupid enough to read it. It reads like something angry third graders would write about the teacher! the articles are boring and just juvenile.
Jess says – reply to this

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Oh my god, I LOVE those boots!!! Anybody know who makes them?
brandy says – reply to this

56

Someone had to photoshop those massive arms of hers to look less dude-like.
VIRGINIA says – reply to this

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HER LEGS DON'T LOOK LIKE THAT, THEY'RE FUCKING MUSCULAR AND SCARY LOOKING
keight says – reply to this

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they can do wonders with filters, lighting and make-up!
FAGALOCIOUS says – reply to this

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MADONNA LOOKS GREAT AND ALL BUT THESE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN PERFECTED FO SHO!!!
cola says – reply to this

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Madonna is old and I don't want to see her thighs anymore
kimm says – reply to this

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you can tell she looks all fake and shit!!!
taffey Dollar says – reply to this

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C'mon! Look at those arms! Somebody magically erased those hideous bulging veins! Plus her skin looks unnaturally smooth–like she just got injected with imbalming fluid!
lil k says – reply to this

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Lose the retro hairstyle Madge…for pity's sake! Unattractive!
Ashley says – reply to this

64

well……the word blemish could encompass a lot of things…
Greta Garbo says – reply to this

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It looks like a goddamn painting!! BULLSHIT! EVERY INCH looks photoshopped!
Sophiqua says – reply to this

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They ALWAYS retouch her hideous man-arms in ALL of her photos because they're so unsightly. They always look WAY bigger in candids.
Steve says – reply to this

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PLEASE. Look at her Barbie-like legs.
dne says – reply to this

68

yah u r gaty
FFS says – reply to this

69

She hasn't made a good album since Ray Of Light.

Retire please.
Thigh Airbrushing is good says – reply to this

70

Those thighs, even for Madonna, are airbrushed. Puhleeze. And there is no longer anything sexy about this woman. What in the hell happened?
Obsessed says – reply to this

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Where are the zombie hands ??? even Mariah's airbrusher cant fuck with whoever did these
Jeff says – reply to this

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Looks like they got a photo of a young bo derek mixed up with madonna photo
mollymouse16 says – reply to this

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what is their obsession with putting her in granny underwear for all her album promo photos lately??????????
Jim says – reply to this

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Of course they are lying, they had to cover up the herpes sores around her bikinni area.
Amber says – reply to this

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Those boots are gross
chaka khan says – reply to this

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dude everyone looks good in a black and white photo… duh
nicole says – reply to this

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they are lying! they had to do alot of work to tone down her man arms!
fried chicken says – reply to this

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They made her legs about a foot longer. Isn't she only like 5'4"? Also her pale, geriatric looking legs and arms had to be seriously colored in and contoured. I think they're implying there was no retouching on her face. It's an immobile mask. That I can beleive.
Give These Boots to Britney, She Needs New Ones says – reply to this

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The VaJayJay is at least tucked away. And #48, please tell us how you really feel. By the way, is anyone else experiencing minor typing vibration when typing here at Perez's site? It's sort of fucking up on me. Yesterday is was jiggly and slow, today it's vibrating and jumpy. The cursor is jumpy. Fix that, Perez It's probably too overloaded with fucked up ads. Harumph.
lauren says – reply to this

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hello perez you have commented before about her old lady hands and all the sudden she does vanity fair and they are gone? hmmm it is possible she got some top secret work done on them but highly doubtful!
susieq says – reply to this

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They should airbrush in pictures of her husband more often —- maybe that would qwell rumors of her sham marriage
linda says – reply to this

82

please stop the stupid spammers - their websites will only give you viruses - con't someone do something about this??????
Katie says – reply to this

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Are they fucking kidding????? Her arms actually look like they belong to a woman, so those have been waaaaaay touched, her legs look like they're plastic, and it looks like they copy and pasted her face from like 15 years ago! Tisk tisk, vanity fair.
mell says – reply to this

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maybe it's because it is far away, but her right arm looks horrible. maybe i'm just crazy. but it really looks terribly skinny. ew.
Obsessed says – reply to this

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Re: Give These Boots to Britney, She Needs New Ones –
I think you get the vibration when you move around from screen to screen too fast..sometimes when I slow down it goes away
Pablo Picuntso says – reply to this

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She looks like one of those wooden figures you use as a model in art classes. It' slike she's being held together by rubber bands and paper clips
lannie jones says – reply to this

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That grandma's been photo-shopped yo. Sorry, but I heard through reliable sources that Madonna's been botox'd up the ying-yang. Her face is now stiff as a board….just like that other grandma - Cher.
jac415 says – reply to this

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I love her boots
Verodemort says – reply to this

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Um, helloooooo. With all the plastic surgery she's done herself, and the amazingly manly muscles she has, I don't think they really had to do much photoshopping! She keeps herself in tiptop shape, ya know?! haha. Even with all that said, she does look pretty fierce.
Amber says – reply to this

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Did we not see her man arms yesterday - sure did not look like these.
BULLSHIT says – reply to this

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WTF?!?! You mean to terll me that the manly-muscled with skin flap arms disappeared on their own? What about her infamous zombie hands? I'll have to call bullshit, and I bet I'm not alone on that one….
bathog says – reply to this

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where is she hiding her enormous gynatalia? that moose knuckle of hers has got to be a foot long and 6inches wide. it does look like a painting!
JJ says – reply to this

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PEOPLE!!! THE AIRBRUSHING IS DELIBERATE TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A TAMARA DE LEMPICKA PAINTING, ONE OF MADONNA'S FAVORITE ARTISTS WHO'S WORKS SHE COLLECTS. SHE OWNS SEVERAL OF THEM AND SOME APPEARED IN HER OPEN YOUR HEART AND VOGUE VIDEOS.
JJ says – reply to this

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PEOPLE!!! THE AIRBRUSHING IS DELIBERATE TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A TAMARA DE LEMPICKA PAINTING, ONE OF MADONNA'S FAVORITE ARTISTS WHO'S WORKS SHE COLLECTS. SHE OWNS SEVERAL OF THEM AND SOME APPEARED IN HER OPEN YOUR HEART AND VOGUE VIDEOS.
RIOS says – reply to this

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they totally retouched these her skin probably took 10 million to retouch
elle says – reply to this

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as a trained Photo retoucher i gotta say i believe they are being honest about minimal work done to her photos.. i blew there picts up as much as i could and i can usually call out what was done to them. there look like barely photoshoped honest exposure plays a big part and a dead giveaway is black and white..

any other celeb i'd say tons of work get's done. Madonna is botoxed and buff and makeup does wonders they didn't need to do much to make her fab..
Erin says – reply to this

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Perez, I love you, but you've been posting so much stuff about Madonna lately…no more for awhile, please
ronn says – reply to this

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Anyone with an ounce of brain matter knows that photo's don't need retouched if you use the proper lighting and make-up to begin with.
Some of these 'tweens should be so lucky to look that good and have that body when they reach 50…….if they reach 50!
hknappster says – reply to this

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I work with photoshop… There is a lot of sharpening, looks like maybe a filter to make her skin uniform and smooth. Def. a blending tool used, the background wall is probably a second layer with some texture added… But all in all they did a great job… And who really cares? Most models have a lot of photoshop work done to them, it makes the photos stand out from all the other Madonna shots, right?
Sandra says – reply to this

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Maybe not. I'm a photographer who shoots magazines and it's all in the lighting, makeup and posing. If you have that first, you don't need photoshop to make someone look amazing. So sure, I believe they did use it as a minimum - but they would have spent hours on everything else.