thats such a good ideaaa!

I think it'll be good, seeing natural beauty. Good on them for thinking about this, hope they have an article about it in there...

I think this was an awesome idea & is really great for women to see. The models look gorgeous!

I think this is an awesome idea

I love it!

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sounds good but then again, it would be real true beauty if they got one shot and stuck with it, and nothing extra

why...... would this make it worse?

It's better than airbrush that's fer sure, but I like Dove's approach to natural beauty. That means plus size women too.
But it's still a great idea

Umm. Yeah, this would make it worse. If people have confidence problems, this really isn't helping any. I mean, look at her. She's natually beautiful, not to mention skinny. At least girls could fall back on "Well that's not her, it's photoshopped." Now they're thinking, "Wow. People really do look like that?"

this will really help bcuz sum girls dont understand -or want 2 listen- 2 the fact that theses models have help & they look like normal ppl without the makeup

hawt. real is the new fake doncha know.

that's awesome !! i'm so glad.

I think it could go both ways.

Someone could say 'Wow...She's not that pretty after all.'

But someone else could say 'Oh my God! I have make up on and she's STILL prettier than me!'

Haha...just saying.

i understand the intent of the message.
but i can see were some will say she's pretty and not every one has "natural beauty"

i think it'll help. make-up is overrated

Sounds like a good idea...

But then again, you can hear countless girls saying, "Even without makeup they're beautiful!" and continuing falling into despair...

I would buy this over any other issue of elle actually. Just because i think girls look much better and more down to earth without makeup. This cover looks elegant to me.

there are prettier (and skinnier) girls in real life too..... should we get rid of them to make insecure people feel better? the problem isn't that they're showing people can really be pretty without makeup/photoshop, but that those girls they're targeting have insecurity problems in the first place.
anyways i think this is a step in the right direction.

finally real people!

it can't relle hurt whatever damage has already been done

This IS one step into the right direction. However, I would really want to see more diversity in the covers of magazines not only the "typical" natural beauty.

I think it would be a good idea if they actually upheld the "not photoshopping" thing.
Though it really could make some girls feel worse...

i think that's really good!!

i like this

it's frustrating sometimes to know that even with makeup, you'll never be as pretty as these girls without it.

i'm pretty sure the cameras are very high quality, so they'd show imperfections even clearer.
this is such a wonderful thing. <3
i wish i was french so i could buy this elle. haha (:

I believe it is most definately a step in the right direction. Hopefully other magazines will follow in Elle's footsteps!

i think it's a good idea.
i dont know what good it will do though, since people will now compare themselves WITHOUT make up to the models without makeup that still look gorgeous. i know i sure dont look like the girl on the cover of that magazine without my makeup...

great idea

i don't think people should care. they are models they are pretty, and people should learn to deal with it....
not compare themselves with others to make themselves feel pretty or ugly...

i think it's a good idea

i think it helps...of course models are beautiful anyway or they wouldn't be models. but it might help women to see that mostly no matter how you look you can be beautiul too.

good, its nice to see

I think this is the step towards a better body image.

Way to go ELLE!

I don't think anything can fix how horrible the media has destroyed the average female's self esteem. Thanks to women such as Megan Fox, Jessica Alba, and others that show their bodies to all men wanting to see it, many many females feel bad that they don't have that perfect skin, tiny waist, big breasts, and everything else that is basically unnatural to the average woman.

i really like this idea, i wish more people would do this.

They need to pick a random person off the street with their eyes closed and put them on the cover. Only then will people be able to say "Huh, if they got on a magazine, and they're pretty average/normal, then I could be too O="

I think its a beautiful idea and very brave of the models to do so i bet there are a lot of models who said no to this.

Natural beauty gives hopes in others, that's what I think.

Airbrushed beauty makes women have this impossibley high expectation of what they're 'supposed' to look like, so I definitely believe this is a good thing. It shows men and women what we really look like.

i think all magazines and movies should do this

I think its a good thing. It will help some people get over their self-confidence issues just by putting things in a better perspective. Everyone has something wrong with them. Though most people i know with self-confidernce issues are pretty, but they always find something about themselves that they don't like. It's something they have to get over on their own by excepting themselves the way they are.

this will defenetly help self confidence,
reality is more beautiful than many think.

i think its great...it shows women that everyone, no matter what size. are naturally beautiful

Heck yea!
Natural is the way to go!
I want to see real people, not fake!

eh they're real pretty without make up but idk if it'll help reinforce confidence in those with body image issues

i think in a way it could make it worse because the models may still look beautiful when they're all natural, making girls feel that even if they try they won't look as pretty as the girls that look good even when they're not trying.

What a good idea should be is get all types of girls with all types of faces and all types of body types, with regular clothes that don't cost 039242039423940 dollars.

no airbrush, photoshop; take one picture and stick with it.

yadigg?

dang... she's hot!
i don't think this would help at all.

*sighs* such a relief

Have to rememeber though, this is france a lot of women there are very beautiful and very skinny women. things are different there but does not it's the same in America.

I think this was beautiful and simple.

I think it's a great idea. But maybe they should include plus size women too?

Perhaps it's just a marketing stunt, but I still give Elle (Francais) kudos.

well it's true about the 'best picture' part,
but they wouldn't put an ugly one.
it wouldn't sell as much.
and every has good and bad pictures every once in a while, that's life.
and the models will still be thin...
but i think it's a great idea!
it's definitely a move towards reality.

I think its awesome. Generally women look better without all that B.S. smudged all over their faces.

I think everyone needs to see beauty is not just artificial; natural is just as beautiful.

That`s awsome!!!

- - x iht seems like a good idea ; =]

I don't think it would really help other women see and reinforce body image issues, but it is a good idea.

that is the best thing i have ever heard!

ahahah "genetically gifted".. love it. (: i think women's ideas of themselves should be rooted in their own heads and not based on what media campaigns. and people also need to realize that beauty is not just a physical thing. at all. (:

the models are still skinny and perfect, i doubt it will help in the least

Here's my two cents on it all: I understand that this is apparently the right step into the right direction, but direction towards what? Girls (and boys) will ALWAYS find something to compare themselves too. Everyone blames the media, but there's obviously more to it than just that. It's like blaming violence on video games. It's of human nature to like nice looking things, I understand that it's not very good, but it's what we are and that's not going to change.

Love this photo.. its like seeing them for who they truly are. She looks waay comfortable also. =P

It is a great idea, but it would be even better if they went without the thousand dollar lenses to make the pictures look good

good idea. :]]

it is a great idea, most people don't realize that 99.99% of that stff is airbrushed,

Sasasaurous - Actually, it'd be accentuating more of their flaws, and showing them more with better detail.

Absolutely!! There is nothing more attractive than natural beauty.

that is a good thing they are doing it. people need to see them for who they really are other than the fake side of them.

I think this might make things worse. To have in one's head the idea that magazine covers ARE photoshopped and edited beyond belief, is comforting because one can have faith that perfect beauty like that of which is depicted in magazines is impossible. Now there are make-up-less and photoshop-less models on covers and they still look prettier than most, how could that boost anyone's self-confidence?

It's a good thing .. kinda
cuz it's showing how these people actually look
but they are still really pretty, so it's kind of saying you should look like this without makeup. and most of us dont!
I think it's only making the matter worse! =[

this is a good idea . people need to know , you can be pretty without all the makeup .

this shall make it worse... they still dont have to do a thing to be absoulutley stunning and half of the woman in the world have to try like maniacs to achieve what they think is beautiful.

in all honesty this will be a good/bad affect depending on the person who reads them. they could look at it like "she looks normal; like me!" and that could be good. however, they could look at it like "no photoshop and she is still more gorgeous than me" so its really like a coin flip in a way

A woman's confidence in herself should have anything to do with another woman's body in the first place.

* MY COMMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY SHOULDN'T NOT SHOULD....

Yuh I like this idea. It should help a lot of young teenagers self confidence, knowing that makeup is a BIG part of most beauty.

love it

I think it's a good idea. In my opinion, the less makeup a girl wears, the prettier she is. You need to accept and be proud of what you naturally look like. Girls who feel like they NEED makeup and plastic surgery are depressing cases.

cool

yay for no makeup... havent really worn any my whole life =)
and in 24!

I think its a good idea because you have to except how we look naturally and i think we people look way better anyways without any makeup going on. It just shows true beauty.

it help

I think that's awesome, and I give props to those models for doing this. However, its going to make me feel worse, knowing they look perfectly wonderful without makeup, too. =/

I think this is a good idea and they should do it more often.

I think its a great idea because I mean,
It is still the modeling industry so of course theyre still going to only want the best shots.

That is lovely
J'aime beaucoup le français :')

This might hurt women more. Yes, the models are not being photoshopped but they are still abnormally photogenic people. If us normal people try to compare ourselves with them even without their fancy makeup and whatnot, self esteem might be shot down even more so than before.

Amen to this idea. Real beauty comes not from makeup.

70% good
30% bad

=]

that is really cool of elle magazine to do that
yay for realism

I think it will help, if only minimally because it will give a slightly better message to women that they don't have to be perfect

This is excellent. Everywhere in the world that releases fashion and celebrity magazines needs to put out an issue like this. Not all at once - we need these types of messages out for the public at all times throughout the year. I think this would be particularly healthy for magazines aimed at teen girls!!
This is definitely something that will aid women in their confidence as a whole.

i think it is good for youner women and teens especially because it will show them that you dont have to have makeup on to be beautiful

i think thats a great idea!!

I think this is a good idea, but I think it would be so much better to show average girls...

this is a good thing for all women to relize that they dont need make-up to be beautiful

this is awesome! more people definitely need to realize looks aren't everything, and models are normal people too! I applaud those who are doing this!

absolutely.
i may subscribe to this magazine almost solely because of that.
i think it will definitely help women out, and it's so excited that a magazine like that would do this.
woot!

That's a good idea, because at least now they're more realistic. Compared to a computer generated image of beauty.

i dont think that people should feel bad about their image just because they saw a picture in a magazine in the first place. there should be no issue on how this effects peoples body image--because the media should be promoting that women should love themselves for who they are!

very good idea

i like the idea

i think it's a good idea.
and i don't think it would make anything worse. pretty people are always going to exist and there's always going to be someone prettier. if someone is basing their self-worth on a model in a magazine, that's their problem.

I love it !

Love the idea, the majority of French women are stunning anyway.

well yeah cause its a beginning cause u never see like super model looking like everybody else so yeah its a good thing

Good idea... although they are only going to use the stars that look good without make-up though.

it's an interesting consept of beauty. i like it alot.

good idea

i think it'll be more likely to make things worse. the shots are still going to be great, just not AS good as usual. women who suffer from body image issues would be more likely to look at these shots and think something like, "great. she looks amazing and now she's not even trying?" that'd be more likely to damage self-confidence, dontcha think?

I think that everyone has better and worse photos without make-up and always choses those better to show friends, family, etc. - that's normal and ok. In my opinion Elle's concept is interesting

i think it'll be good. we ALWAYS see cover models with make-up piled on and it's insane.

i think that's good because after all the make-up and all, the model doesn't even look like how she did one hour before

Good for some, bad for others. It depends on the reader and their attitude/self-esteem.

great idea

I like this

i think that's fantastic!

The video about it on the French Elle website is interesting, and it seems like they have positive motives in doing this.
(unfortunately for some, the video is in french, my french is finally paying off )

i dont know if it will affect how they feel about their bodies...but its a great idea to go natural

this is a great idea.
it lets people know that models are normal people just like us.

It'll help a little.
It's a good idea.
Just should be a applied better.

great idea

I think this is a good idea. To show what they look like without all the editing. To show that yeah, they are beautiful but to get the idea out of womens heads that they need to be super skinny and have plastic surgery or what not to look like the woman in modeling.

I totally think people will see what they --want- to see. It'll help some, hurt others, and some will be indifferent.

Theyre not chosen just cause they are naturally beautiful but i like the no photoshop-ing idea

Hm. Hard to say, because of course they are still beautiful and maybe that will make it worse by showing they don't NEED Photoshop or make-up. Yeah I don't know if this will help at all, really. But I think it's great they're confident enough to do it.

agreed
I wear no makeup
and don't really need it
just sleep.
natural is beautiful

I reckon its both good and bad. Its good that they're showing REAL beauty and bad that they look amazing without all that which makes people less fortunate looking feel like shit lol

this is great!
i wish all magazines and ads we like this!