Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Shape cover has Internet gossip boiling…was she airbrushed? New candid pics of the actress in a bikini while on vacation have insiders guessing.
Jennifer Love Hewitt is on the cover of October’s Shape magazine… and her shapely bikini bod is under scrutiny. Celebjihad.com placed the cover photo near a recently taken candid photo, and declared that only “malicious gut worms” could have produced the body on the fitness magazines cover. The gossip site even went so far as to say that the Ghost Whisperer star was “in” on the airbrushing agreement.
Evilbeetgossip.com weighed in on the matter, as well, chastising the magazine because it “airbrushed her size 2” um…bottom. The site delivers a stringent spanking for the reputed hypocrisy of a magazine devoted to fitness and body confidence “airbrushing inches off someone as thin as Jennifer Love Hewitt to make her look even thinner.” But, was that really the case?
Shape’s October cover features Jennifer in a white bikini, standing in the traditional “skinny” pose. That is, body turned slightly away from the camera, with the lower arm and hand covering the hip and so-called saddlebag area of the thigh. The other hand rested lightly on the hip, with the elbow akimbo, drawing attention to the waist’s definition. Her left leg is also crossed ever so demurely over the right, creating an even leaner silhouette.
The comparison photo, featuring the starlet in a black bikini wandering a tennis court, is possibly the least flattering pose fathomable: full frontal shot, with legs slightly apart, not paying any attention to posture at all. Looking at the definition of Love-Hewitt’s abs right below her rib cage, as well as the pose, she may have simply detoxed and worked out intensely before the photo session. That’s a standard for any celebrity. And, interestingly, the actress’ arms actually look slimmer in the candid photo than they do in the magazine cover.
But, while the photo editors at Shape most likely left lovely Ms. Love’s thighs alone, Hollywood pundits still speculate whether the actress had plastic surgery to achieve her hourglass physique. Rumors of a breast augmentation have circulated for some time, but in truth, her breasts look very natural. If anything, she may need to consider a breast lift later in life, if she goes on to have children, because breasts of her size can often sag after nursing. Likewise, it’s unlikely that the bikini-clad brunette underwent liposuction, since she’s still quite young, and her thighs are well-rounded, and in proportion to her hips.
The actress herself is ’so over’ all the cosmetic surgery gossip, and posted a heartfelt message on her website in hopes of helping other young women learn to love their bodies, regardless of their shape and size.
“I know what I look like, and so do my friends and family. And like all women out there should, I love my body,” penned Love-Hewitt. “To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini — put it on and stay strong.”
