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Back in 2013, Cindy Crawford posed for Marie Claire Mexico. The issue was published with no hoopla, but when Marie Claire (US) was looking to reprint some of the photos, Cindy apparently requested that MC print them without airbrushing or Photoshop. Or something. That’s how I’d like to imagine it went down, but there are other versions of the story, like the photo this un-airbrushed photo is an unauthorized leak that Marie Claire just sort of allowed to happen. Marie Claire did issue a statement about the leaked photo, saying: “It is real and it is gorgeous.” Here’s the unretouched pic:

Cindy Crawford’s April spread in Marie Claire features 100% non-retouched photos. Take a bow Ms. C. pic.twitter.com/ttQz2BcRfg

— Charlene White (@CharleneWhite) February 13, 2015

Is this inspirational? I think it is. We live in an age where we’re supposed to applaud 22-year-old beauties for “taking a stand” and going without makeup in a selfie, but it’s really different for women once they get past their 20s. Cindy will be 49 years old this week (she would have been 47 years old when this photo was taken). She’s a mom with two teenagers. And she’s beautiful and she does not have a perfect body (because NO ONE has a perfect body). If Cindy allowed this leak to happen or even if she’s fine with it after the fact, I applaud her. And she looks great!

Cindy has a new interview with Marie Claire too – you can read it here. She talks about wanting to be a good role model for her daughter, and not wanting to say “I’m on a diet” or “Do I look fat?” in front of an impressionable young woman. But she also talks about knowing herself and knowing that wine makes her puffy and she should only eat the small ice cream cone.

Photos courtesy of Marie Claire, WENN.
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