Karol G says she’s pleased with how she seems to be. That’s why the singer is publicly expressing her disappointment with the how GQ Mexixo digitally manipulated her picture.
The Colombian artist, born Carolina Giraldo Navarro, took to Instagram Thursday to share a bare-faced selfie and the May 2023 cowl of GQ Mexico as a comparability.
“I don’t even know where to start this message. Today my GQ magazine cover was made public, a cover with an image that DOES NOT represent me,” started the caption.
“My face does not look like this. My body does not look like that and I feel very happy and comfortable with how I look naturally,” she wrote.
She went on to clarify that her pleasure towards the duvet has been tainted by the edits.
“I was very happy when they confirmed it would be there, but despite making clear my discontent with the number of [edits] they did [to] the photo, they didn’t do anything about it,” she shared. This made her really feel as if the publication did not assume her precise picture was worthy of being on the duvet.
“As if to look good I needed all those changes,” she stated.
For Giraldo, publicizing her discontent has bigger implications: she needs to make sure different girls aren’t holding themselves to a false commonplace as a consequence of her images.
“I understand the repercussions this can have, but beyond feeling it’s disrespectful to me, it’s to the women that wake up every day looking to feel comfortable with ourselves despite society’s stereotypes,” she concluded.
Her remark part was stuffed with customers applauding her resolution to talk up and commending her dedication to transparency.
“We love you. Thank you for representing natural beauty and speaking up about these things so many of us are afraid of,” wrote one consumer.
Others shared that they hope this second reveals publications the significance of authenticity.
“This is a call out to stop editing people and start respecting people’s bodies and features. It’s 2023 and they still wanna edit women’s bodies out there. Learning that diversity exists and respecting that we all look different and that’s OK and normal, is one more step against the aesthetic violence we’ve been dragging for decades,” shared one other.
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