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Vogue Brazil under fire for turning models into amputees to trumpet Rio 2016 Paralympics

on Aug 27, 2016 | 0 comments

By Seb Joseph

A Vogue Brazil campaign to boost interest in the upcoming Paralympic Games has come under fire for altering images of able-bodied models to give them disabilities.

The advert featured Brazilian actors Cleo Pires and Paulo Vilhena under the strapline “We are all Paralympians”. Both were photoshopped to feature the disabilities of Pralympic table tennis player Bruna Alexandre, who had her right arm amputated when she was just three months old and sitting volleyball player Renato Leite, who has a prosthetic leg.

Readers of the magazine have slammed the decision to digitally-alter the images of the able-bodied models in place of the actual Read full story ›

Source: The Drum