'I cannot be digitally slimmed or smoothed' Louise Mensch on why she won't be photoshopped
MOST women that appear in a magazine photo shoot, no doubt look forward to the retouched results but not Louise Mensch.
The 42-year-old author and former Conservative Member of Parliament for Corby is against being photoshopped, and insisted that her latest magazine photo shoot images be left alone.
"You’ll have to use the photos of me unphotoshopped," Louise told RED magazine. "I’ve been against it on Unfashionista (her blog) for body image. I cannot be digitally slimmed or smoothed."
However, despite saying no to Photoshop, Louise has admitted to having a cosmetic procedure on her lower face.
You’ll have to use the photos of me unphotoshopped. I’ve been against it on Unfashionista for body image. I cannot be digitally slimmed or smoothed.
"But I’m not trying to use my own personal beauty decisions as advice for other women," she told the magazine.
"The day I get up there and do a Liz Jones- style piece for the Daily Mail and say: 'Here’s me pre and post facelift, I’m setting an example.' But I’m just doing something to my own self that I think is going to be good for me in my forties."
The mother-of-three is currently living in New York with her husband and children, and looks happy and relaxed as she poses for photos in her US home.
"It’s relaxed me," she said of living in Manhattan. "I miss Parliament but at the same time, I’m not under that colossal stress that all MPs are under."
The unstoppable Manhattan-based political commentator and TV documentary maker is set to be a judge for the Red Hot Woman Awards later this year and is happy to call herself a ‘pro-men’ feminist.
"A woman has every right to be (Facebook CEO) Sheryl Sandberg, but if she wants to stay home and raise three kids, that’s just as important," she explained. "My feminism respects a woman’s choice. Be ambitious, and do it on your on terms."
The full interview with Louise Mensch can be seen in the September issue of RED magazine, which is on sale August 7 and is also available as a digital edition.