Although models frequently sign agreements allowing for their images to be altered, most probably don’t expect entire legs to go walkabout. Dutch model and Victoria’s Secret Angel Doutzen Kroes – who appeared in this ad for Vogue China – was just as shocked by the amputation as everyone else.
Fellow Victoria’s Secret Angel Erin Heatherton is similarly disconcerted when her freckles are removed through the use of Photoshop. Digital enhancement, she told the New York Post, is “a bittersweet story. You look better, but it’s a lie.”