Skinny VS Curvy

Jennifer Hudson recently revealed that she was offered the role in the movie Precious, but turned it down because…

I had [gained weight] with Effie [in Dreamgirls]‘ and as much as I was moved by this film, I wanted to try a role that had nothing whatsoever to do with my weight.’

… says Jennifer about the role that made Gabourey Sidibe (right) famous in her new book: “I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down’.

Let’s see what The Telegraph has to say:

The 27-year-old is one of four celebrities to appear on four separate covers for its 25th anniversary issue. In the image Sidibe’s skin appears to be several shades lighter than her normal colour.

The magazine said the four celebrities – Sidibé, actresses Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried, and Lauren Conrad, the reality star – were chosen as examples of young women who were “changing the world”.

ELLE has also been criticised because each of the other three cover girls are shown in full length photographs while Sidibe’s image is cropped at chest level. In a statement the magazine said that “nothing out of the ordinary” had been done to the photograph.

“We have four separate covers this month and Gabby’s cover was not retouched any more or less than the others” it read. “We had 25 cover-worthy subjects in our portfolio and we chose Gabby because of who she is. We shot this as a story of exuberant young women changing the world. If you take a look at the portfolio, each of the women were shot in different ways and for different reasons.”

What do you guys think? Is it just the exposure of the picture or did they purposely lighten Gabourey’s skin? Elle Magazine surely is the champion of Photoshop!

Take a look at a similar post here!

Yesterday we took a look at Megan’s Elle cover, where she looked glamorous and polished, both in a shiny dress and in feminine lingerie. Elle decided to follow the Multiple Celebrities, Multiple Covers magazine trend (Check out Love Magazine’s cover collection HERE!) and celebrated their 25 year anniversary by placing four 20-something celebrities on the cover: Gabourey Sidibe, Amanda Seyfried and Lauren Conrad (plus Megan).

What do you think of the covers?

Even though Lea Michele already brought the Quote of the Day, ‘Precious’ star Gabourey Sidibe has something equally interesting to say:

ESSENCE.COM: You’ve become a symbol of self-love and empowerment. Was that your intention?
SIDIBE: It was a happy accident, actually. People thought I should hate myself because I don’t look like ‘the norm,’ but what is the norm? I absolutely believe that you can be anything you want to be and should love yourself, no matter how you look or what anybody thinks.

Do you guys agree with her statements?

Gabourey has shared body image-related thoughts before – check out THIS and THAT posts!

After last week, Howard Stern criticized (mocked) Gabourey’s weight, this week, a diet pill company made an offer to Gabourey – let’s hear the details via PopEater:

There has been a big debate about whether Gabourey Sidibe’s weight will hamper her future career, despite her recent Oscar nomination.

Now, one weight loss company has written a letter to the ‘Precious’ star, telling her she needs to worry about her health — not her image, TMZ reports.

AssaiSupply.com has offered the actress a one-year’s supply of their product to help her lose weight.

“The only way you can reach your goal of someday winning that Oscar is by being active, fit and most of all, healthy!” the CEO wrote to Sidibe.

The young star has been the focus of much scrutiny regarding her size.

Howard Stern was recently criticized for lashing out about Sibide weight on his radio show. “There’s the most enormous, fat black chick I’ve ever seen. She is enormous. Everyone’s pretending she’s a part of show business and she’s never going to be in another movie.”

Others, including PopEater’s own Rob Shuter, have been kinder when discussing her present opportunities, yet still believe she’ll have hard time getting cast.

“The type of role this girl wants is going to be very hard for her to get,” Shuter told Joy Behar.

As for PopEater readers, 63 percent of over 15K voters don’t think she has a future in Hollywood.

Share your thoughts!