Seventeen magazine says it will be more transparent about its photo shoots and promises to "celebrate every kind of beauty."
Editor-in-chief Ann Shoket wrote in the August issue that the magazine had drafted what it calls a Body Peace Treaty, after she heard from girls "who were concerned that we'd strayed from our promise to show real girls as they really are."
She said the entire staff signed the eight-point pact, in which the magazine promises that it will "never change girls' body or face shapes" and will only include images of "real girls and models who are healthy."
The policy points outlined by Seventeen represent a victory for young women who have been encouraging the magazine to present more realistic images of women. Their views became widely known through an online petition started by Julia Bluhm, above, a 14-year-old from Waterville, Maine, who started the online petition in April, asking Seventeen to print one unaltered photo in its magazine each month.
Bluhm reacted enthusiastically to the new policy. "Seventeen listened!" Bluhm wrote on her petition page, under the headline "How We Won." "They're saying they won't use Photoshop to digitally alter their models! This is a huge victory, and I'm so unbelievably happy."
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Tipper Gore is out and about with new guyTipper Gore, separated from former Vice President Al Gore, has a new man in her life. He's Bill Allen, 71, former editor in chief of National Geographic. After being acquaintances for decades, they've recently started stepping out as a couple -- mostly to quiet get-togethers with close friends. So, are they dating? Boyfriend-girlfriend? A close friend discreetly drew the line by calling it a "deep friendship." It's been two years since Tipper and Al announced that they had separated after 40 years of marriage. No one's yet filed for divorce, but in May, the Washington Post reported that the former vice president was seriously involved with Elizabeth Keadle, a Democratic donor and environmental advocate.
ENGAGED: Princess Caroline's son Andrea Casiraghi will marry longtime girlfriend Tatiana Santo Domingo, the palace in Monaco confirmed to People magazine. Casiraghi is the eldest of Caroline's four children (his father is the late Stefano Casiraghi, who died in a speedboat crash in 1990) and follows his uncle Prince Albert in the line of succession to the Monaco throne until Albert and his wife, Charlene, have produced an heir.
