There's no question that Gigi Hadid looks nearly flawless on the latest cover of Vogue China, but did the magazine Photoshop the image?
The 20-year-old model took to Instagram last week to share the March 2016 cover in which she's sporting a light blue crop top sweater and white shorts, showing off her toned midriff. But as someone who's often photographed in bikinis and showing a lot of skin, fans and followers quickly noticed that the moles on her stomach were absent.
"Wow they totally covered up all your beauty marks on your stomach," one user wrote. "WHY WOULD YOU PHOTOSHOP THAT," another added. "Where are her cute lil freckles?" another follower questioned.
Users also were quick to point out just how much they had lightened her skin. Cosmopolitan points out that China is "known for favoring pale, polished complexions," but as a model who is known for her typically sun-kissed complexion and unique beauty marks, it seems strange that they would Photoshop the image this much.
Hadid was also just featured in the latest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, which hit newsstands last week, and it's obvious in those photos that her moles would have been visible in this image. Hadid is also someone who has been very open in the past about body shamers and how proud she is of her body, although she has yet to comment on the Vogue China Photoshop allegations.
"I represent a body image that wasn't accepted in high-fashion before," she wrote on Instagram in September. "And I'm very lucky to be supported by the designers, stylists and editors that I am: ones that know this is fashion, it's art, it can never stay the same. It's 2015. But if you're not one of those people, don't take your anger out on me. Yes, I have boobs, I have abs, I have a butt, I have thighs, but I'm not asking for special treatment...If you don't like it, don't follow me, don't watch me, cause I'm not going anywhere. If I didn't have the body I do, I wouldn't have the career I do. I love that I can be sexy. I'm proud of it."
