Actress Rebel Wilson just added another career highlight to her list and she couldn’t help but share her excitement on Instagram. “I never would’ve thought this element would be added to my life: Vogue cover girl.”
“This is such an amazing experience. Thank you Vogue Australia and to all the designers and stylists who worked on this shoot.” But I guess the Internet always has something to say and instead of celebrating Rebel’s career feat, they started pointing out how the styling supposedly hid her shape, and to them it was the magazine’s way of fat-shaming the actress.
But Rebel was quick to shut down these comments and rumors of retouching, but always in her humorous way. She responds to a tweet and said that she ate healthy and exercised (some horizontal running, perhaps?) a month leading to the cover shoot. But she made sure to share that she indulged in brownies right after. (Same, Rebel. Same!)
As if that’s not enough, she also shared a side-by-side comparison of her raw image (a monitor photo she took with her phone during the shoot) and her published Vogue photo. And guess what? There’s no difference and no signs of liquifying.
In the past, we talked about how magazines portray plus-size women on covers. They are usually cropped to show just the face or half of they’re torso, or there’s always something obscuring their body. But as we go on, we learn and adjust, and since we all asked for inclusivity, aren’t plus-size women supposed to be given the same styling opportunities as any other woman?
Rebel looked stunning in that black ball gown and camel jacket. Can’t we leave it at that? And in the words of Refinery29, “And maybe if we stop measuring fabric, we’ll stop measuring size, too.”
[Refinery29]
Photos courtesy of Vogue Australia
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