Playboy Mansion alum Holly Madison slips into a bikini for a photoshoot in this week’s issue of the academic journal Life & Style, and she’s decided to forgo any retouching.
As Holly told the magazine:
“I’d rather be overweight and curvy than super thin with no curves,” Holly, 32, exclusively tells Life & Style at the photo shoot on Feb 21. “I’m proud of my body.”
“I’ve always had a butt, and I want to keep it – cellulite and all. I’m not perfect, but I love my curves.”
Super jumbo version of the photo at the source, in case any of you (Mancouchers?) want an up close and personal look at Ms. Madison’s, uh, assets.
Yay to Holly for going natural!
orchid / 216 posts
aw she doesn’t look bad!
I like her confidence; all girls need to realize that beauty is from the inside and out…it’s not just outer beauty that counts!
orchid / 242 posts
She looks smokin’.
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C: Yay for her!
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Shoot, I wish I looked like her. Unairbrushed pictures like this make people more real to me, regardless of their fake personalities.
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this makes me so happy!! she looks great. it’s so good to see an untouched photo in a magazine…it’s depressing seeing all the “perfect” bodies in magazines all the time, when really, no one has a “perfect” body!
lily / 5148 posts
Awesome =D
tulip / 16 posts
I LOOOOVEEE her!! I am a big fan of her and Kendra Wilkinson. An A+ to Holly for keepin it real.
rose / 802 posts
Um… what curves? She’s gorgeous, but I wouldn’t necessarily call her “curvy,” which is typically a kind word for “big.” She’s got a bikini-ready body.
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love her and the positive body message shes sending
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shes beautiful
i wish i looked half as good as she does
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shes still super hot!
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I think she looks good… but I can definitely see where she’s been getting flack for gaining weight.
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I think my favorite part is where they obviously would normally airbrush the scars from getting a Playboy bunny tramp stamp lasered off.
THAT’S a real photo.
And she still looks great. Weight gain and all. I’m glad we’re moving past the stick-thin retouched-photo fantasy land and moving more into a women-need-not-starve-to-look-great world.
dahlia / 2382 posts
Holly looks great! I love her & Kim & Kourtney Kardashian for taking a stand against excessive photoshop! I’m not a fan of Holly’s but she scores awesome points from me for this! Everyone should be proud of their shape!
cherry blossom / 26 posts
Young girls need to see more photos like this, so they know that having meat on your bones, cellulite, and a curvy figure is just another beautiful and natural part of being a woman. Go, Holly!
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She looks hot! lol
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Thatta girl!
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holly still looks good. but ugh, can this woman not be “proud” of herself without the skinny-hating? also, life & style should hire some editors that know how to fucking punctuate.
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She looks good
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yep
rose / 812 posts
She looks HAWT
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She has a nice body but that bikini is too tight.
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She looks good, and I like her confidence. Not too much a fan of the overweight = curves part. It’s not like you haaave to be overweight to have curves, and it’s not that all skinny people have no curves. It’s all genetic. She could be overweight and still have no curves, just bumps. But that’s a different subject, good for her and Kim.
daffodil / 1569 posts
@not___enough@xanga - oh i didn’t notice that! so cool
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Yeah, I don’t know anyone who wouldnt tap dat.
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I think shes gorgeous.
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She’s 99% perfect. Which is better than 100%, I think. More natural. Not airbrushed. Wish I still looked like that.
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This is so refreshing! I understand that photoshop is useful, but I feel like it’s used WAY too much and I’m tired of seeing “perfect” people on every single picture! It’s inspirational to see normal people on magazine covers!
Love this! And she looks gorgeous without all the editing!
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good for her but I personally am a fan of celebrities, who look like fantasy characters with surreal features that don’t look like everyday average people.
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She’s gorgeous and I love this.
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Overweight? Cellulite? Whaaa?
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She’s actually hot. Had no idea.
sunflower / 339 posts
She’s absolutely beautiful. No touch ups needed.
hydrangea / 85 posts
I absolutely love Holly
sunflower / 271 posts
now if everyone was liek this…we’d probably not have as many esting disorders in girls who live off magizines….-_-
rose / 903 posts
Awesome. I love the lasered area, and the whole butt area in general.
Makes me proud to be not-so-perfect. You go girl.
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shes fine more power to her!
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Her body is a lot like mine… I don’t see why you can’t just work out though. It’ll help make you curvier, by defining your butt muscles and minimizing your waist. whatever though, I think she’s gawgeous.
orchid / 130 posts
UHM… I’d still want her body.
hydrangea / 54 posts
I love Holly. And that she did this shows SO many girls out there what REAL looks like. I absolutely love this, and love her that much more for this.
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i like her attitude
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good for her!
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Beautiful & her confidence in herself makes it even better! Definitely makes me feel better about myself as well…we need more women out there like this refusing photoshop and are pround of their size just like Marilyn Monroe was.
<3
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Thats awesome good for her
she has a great show
orchid / 148 posts
she’s fkn gorgeous
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thats awesome.. thats really wat needs to happen
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I feel no shame in saying this. She’s got an awesome butt.
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Sorry to burst your bubble, guys, but this photo has certainly been retouched. Maybe not to the extent it normally would, but there are some things that are for sure edited. Most magazines that release “unretouched photos” are still retouching them. It’s just that the people who only care about the clothes and the gossip that normally read them would never notice it. As an aspiring photographer, I’ve done extensive Photoshop work. And this certainly is Photoshopped.
xX Ame ~*~ Hana Xx
sunflower / 432 posts
Awesome. I wish there was a magazine that never retouched any photos. That would be cool.
sunflower / 432 posts
@Broken_Black_Moon@xanga - Where is it photoshopped? I’ve seen untouched photos of myself and my friends that look just like this.
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She looks beautiful. Boo to airbrushing!
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Love her! I stopped watching The Girls Next Door when they left.
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lol honestly if she didn’t care and was never into becoming skinny with no curves she wouldn’t have reacted the way she did on her show Holly’s World when she was told to lose weight and started asking if she seemed fat and went on a diet…. yeah lots of confidence right…
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She’s only 32? She looks more like 42.
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Confidence is hot and she’s sizzling.
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@JusticeCho@xanga - Agreed.
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She looks beautiful =)
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very cool
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She ought to grow her natural hair color out, too. Too many bleach blonds.
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this actually makes me more sad because she’s so naturally hot lolol. damn!
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Looks fine to me.
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Wow, I love her!
cherry blossom / 35 posts
wow this really encourages me! praise God for this coming out in truth on the front cover of a magazine!
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Yeah, she loved her body so much she got implants. Natural indeed…
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I WOULD DO HER IF I HAD TIME.
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did she have laser tattoo removal?
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haha. yea…she’s “natural,” except for the fake boobers, tons of makeup, and bleach-blonde hair.
silly.
orchid / 190 posts
ooo
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Beautiful, beautiful, and beautiful. I love this.
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i love her body but her voice is so high! lol.
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@SuburbanSweetheart - It isn’t a word for big, though. Big people just use that word so that they don’t have to call themselves fat. Not saying that fat people can’t be curvy, plus sized models are usually gorgeous and have amazing curves. But “curvy” doesn’t and shouldn’t mean “fat rolls”. So she really is curvy, small waist and a nice butt.
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I love it !
Finally something un-airbrushed !
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Wonderful confidence.
sunflower / 291 posts
Did you just call Life & Style academic?
No….
REALLY?
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yay for no retouching!
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good for them thats what i like to see , REAL people not fake airbrushed shit.
xoxox
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good for her.
daffodil / 1615 posts
Good for her! She looks terrific
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She still looks fantastic.
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Not my ideal, but she does look great
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I love this!
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I don’t know who she is, and if I did, I probably wouldn’t be too fond of her, but DANG! Go Holly! Thank you for a REAL photo. This actually makes me feel good about myself. Her body looks great. Any guy would be thrilled to get their hands on that. That’s all woman right there.
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i think that’s pretty awesome. good for her.
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Bleh, whatevs. Nice message she’s sending out, but if she’s all about natural, why not let her hair go natural? She looks good, but it’s not the look I’m aiming for.
Anyway, I’m wondering what that yellow thing she’s holding is.
rose / 802 posts
@Just_For_Shits_And_Giggles@xanga - I never said “curvy” meant “fat rolls,” as you so kindly put it. I just don’t think the word “curvy” necessarily applies to any star who dares to be bigger than a size 0.