There’s been a lot of talk over the September 2009 Self Magazine cover story image of Kelly Clarkson… Like all cover images, this one has been airbrushed/photoshopped:

However, the cover story is titled “Stay True To You And Everyone Else Will Love You, Too”. Which, given just how photoshopped the picture is, seems a bit hypocritical and/or ridiculous to many people.

What do you all think? Discuss your thoughts in the comments section!

Here’s a recent photo of Kelly to compare to the magazine image:

Photo via PacificCoastNews

The July/August issue of Muscle & Fitness Magazine is running a cover story about Kim Kardashian and her new fitness & training plan.

According to the article, Kim has been doing workouts with trainer-to-the-stars Gunnar Peterson, who has also worked with Jennifer Lopez, Angelina Jolie and Matthew McConaughey. Kim claims that she wants to “represent a girl who’s working hard to get in shape.”

“I want to represent a girl who’s working hard to get in shape,” she says. “It’s a process. People want the easy way out and the easy fix, but there isn’t one.”

Diet: Kim says that she feels guilty when she cheats on her diet now that she’s trying hard to get fit.

“It’s amazing,” she says. “The more I work out, the guiltier I feel when I cheat, so I cheat less and less. Now I try to eat fish and vegetables for most of my meals.”

(Sounds like she is on a low-fat, low-carb diet!)

But something doesn’t ring true… we heard a couple weeks ago that Kim was spotted buying cookies for the ‘Hollywood Cookie Diet’. And the Muscle & Fitness magazine cover is clearly very heavily retouched! In fact, we just saw some un-retouched photos of Kim from last month (see the Life & Style below):

So what exactly is going on? Did they really Photoshop her to within an inch of her life or has she miraculously put on several pounds of muscle and leaned down? What do you all think?

Source: Jul/Aug 2009 Issue of Muscle & Fitness