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Some celebrities manage to get editorial control over the pictures they’re taking that will be used as magazine covers, others are at the mercy of editors and more often than not of photo editors. The worst celebrity magazine covers aren’t just about Photoshop fails. Airbrushing is almost as old as photography, but sometimes it gets out of hand and the people in charge simply don’t step back and see the big picture.

From less than flattering pictures to images charged with unwanted subtext, here are some of the worst celebrity magazine covers.