Rumer Willis calls 'Vanity Fair' photogs bullies for photoshopping her

'Whether or not they realize it, it is a form of bullying.'
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Neha Prakash
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Rumer Willis has joined the ranks of celebrities speaking out against Photoshop. 

The actress posted an Instagram Tuesday of an image from a recent Vanity Fair photoshoot, claiming the photographer had digitally altered her face to make her jawline appear smaller. 


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Willis asked people to stop posting the image, adding, "I love the way I look and I won't support anyone who would feel a need to change the way I look to make me beautiful. Whether or not they realize it, it is a form of bullying." 

The photo was taken by Mark Williams and Sara Hirakawa for VF's May issue as a part of an 18-page spread of famous sisters, including the Haim and Waterhouse siblings. 

Williams and Hirakawa did not take the allegation lightly, releasing a statement to People denying Rumer's face was altered. They blamed the issues on camera lenses. 

The retouching that was done to the photograph was only done to resolve some distortion with using a wide angle lens for a group shot, and not to alter or modify anyone's face. We used a wide angle lens, and it might've made Rumer's chin look smaller from the higher angle that we shot the image. We did correct for the optics of the lens slightly as people's heads get distorted through the wide angle lens. We certainly did not intend to change the way she naturally looks.

Willis has been open about her body confidence struggles, revealing on Dancing with the Stars last year that she had once considered plastic surgery due to name-calling about her face. 

The actress is also just one of many celebrities, including Lena Dunham, Zendaya and Kerry Washington, who have fired back at magazines for heavily using Photoshopping to sell an unnatural look. 

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Neha Prakash

Neha Prakash was Mashable's Senior Watercooler Reporter, covering viral content, Internet culture and all things Kardashians.Before being a reporter, Neha was a Mashable intern covering news and politics. Neha previously interned at AOL/Huffington Post managing content and social media for its health and fitness sites.She earned her Masters degree from Columbia Journalism School in May 2012, and graduated with a B.A. from Penn State University in 2010.

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