Let's hope it's just the world's most unflattering photograph.
What do you do if you are lucky enough to possess what is widely considered the sexiest body on the planet?
If you’re Candice Swanepoel, it appears, you lose weight.
A horrible amount of weight.
These pictures surfaced as Victoria’s Secret launched their latest lingerie range at The Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles.
With Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima.
It should come as no surprise that great things, apparently, lie in wait for this world-beater South African model.
She has just had what was widely reported to be a stellar set of Fashion Weeks, has broken through into the realms of the highest fashion editorial (Mario Testino! Italian Vogue!) and has been considered for massive film roles.
And now these awful pictures.
What on earth happened?
Does she believe that she should be thinner?
Why?
I’m crossing my fingers that truly awful these shots are just horribly unflattering pictures. Or that they are evidence of mischievous retouching or anything other than what they look like: Which is a suddenly very sick woman.
Many young models are vulnerable to the pressure of losing weight and conforming to an unrealistically skeletal industry norm, but Candice?
Candice, (everyone who knows her says,) is smart, well-adjusted and extremely well advised. Her career has been professionally, lovingly and responsibly managed.
The notion that a strong and healthy, successful young woman like her could still fall victim to the curse of an eating disorder is profoundly depressing.
Think of all those other models who don’t have what she has to protect them, back them, look after them.
Sigh.
Via The Daily Mail
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WTH??? She looks awful and WAY too skinny….its scary!
Now that she’s away from our Beloved Country she is missing out on all the authentic South African treats like milk tart, koeksisters, and a decent braai. FEED HER WHEN SHE GETS BACK!
I reeeeeaaaally hope that is juts a bad PhotoShop pic. She looks disgusting. She looks scary. And just how can ANYONE’S hips be THAT much smaller than their shoulders??! *sad face*
She’s been Americanised!
NO NO NO NO NO, that is just horrid!!!! Please don’t let it be!!!!!
I’m thinking its photoshop too. AT least I hope. Her legs look plain weird and actually, having a waist that small makes her hips seem bigger.
definitely americanised! FFS she looks like the skinny blonde version of Megan Fox! Disappointing, shameful and just sad to see this happening to a once stunning model.
yes – hope she gets a little fatter! this is scary thin!!!
maybe models wouldnt get SO thin if magazine, clients, and people in general werent constantly telling them to slim down, tone up, get in “shape” which is, really to the point were you can only eat steamed vegetable and have to gym so much that you are constantly tired, and then even when you are thinner they ask you to get thinner
It’s not photoshop Jenna, why would they be worried about her if it was a bad photosopped picture? and why would they photoshop a photograph that is not for a shoot and also not photoshop the other two girls???? that was a dumb comment!
OMG she looks scary!!