Posed, retouched, relit, rebackgrounded ... heck, maybe that's what I look like under the same conditions!
Exactly. With proper lighting I look like Brad Pitt.
Of course, “proper lighting” is backlit by a dozen 500 watt lights pointed directly at your eyes...
Probably! I still remember Jamie Lee Curtis going on the cover of one of the mags without any makeup, airbrushing or anything to show us how “fake” everything is and I admired her for that. They pull back clothing with clips and have fans blowing the hair and all sorts of stuff. They also do photoshopping to add cheekbones and so on... I’ve seen the animations of how it’s done and it’s wild.
We could all look like Miss America!