Red Cross cover girl just another fake
By Dong Zhen |
July 18, 2011, Monday
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A TIME magazine cover featuring Guo Meimei, the woman at the center of a recent Red Cross scandal, is a fake.
The "cover," which has been spreading widely on the Internet, is the product of "poor photoshopping," said Time's China bureau chief.
Hannah Beech was responding on her blog to growing anger in the online community that the woman should be featured as a heroine on the cover of the magazine.
The 20-year-old former actress sparked outcry last month after she flaunted her lavish lifestyle by posting photos of cars and designer handbags while describing herself as manager of a business connected to the Red Cross Society of China.
Last month, Red Cross officials denied any links with Guo.
The Time magazine "cover" featured a smiling Guo in a red cocktail dress. Headlines on the page read: "I am not the hero, I am a fool!" and "Embarrassed Chinese charity industry." On her blog, Beech said the cover photo had been fabricated and an explanation was necessary as Time had noticed the magazine had come under fire for its seeming promotion of "a spoiled Chinese brat" by making her the subject of a cover story.
"Some enterprising anonymous designer slapped together the cover and posted it online, where it went viral in China," Beech said.
"The cover language 'I Am Not the Hero, I Am the Fool!' was hardly the best Time editors could come up with. The picture was poorly photoshopped."
However, although the genuine magazine had never featured Guo on its cover, Beech said that criticism of such a cover story would have been mistaken.
"Putting someone on the cover of Time doesn't mean the magazine actually approves of these people. Hitler and bin Laden have both made such appearances. But the Guo Time cover was a fake," she said.
The "cover," which has been spreading widely on the Internet, is the product of "poor photoshopping," said Time's China bureau chief.
Hannah Beech was responding on her blog to growing anger in the online community that the woman should be featured as a heroine on the cover of the magazine.
The 20-year-old former actress sparked outcry last month after she flaunted her lavish lifestyle by posting photos of cars and designer handbags while describing herself as manager of a business connected to the Red Cross Society of China.
Last month, Red Cross officials denied any links with Guo.
The Time magazine "cover" featured a smiling Guo in a red cocktail dress. Headlines on the page read: "I am not the hero, I am a fool!" and "Embarrassed Chinese charity industry." On her blog, Beech said the cover photo had been fabricated and an explanation was necessary as Time had noticed the magazine had come under fire for its seeming promotion of "a spoiled Chinese brat" by making her the subject of a cover story.
"Some enterprising anonymous designer slapped together the cover and posted it online, where it went viral in China," Beech said.
"The cover language 'I Am Not the Hero, I Am the Fool!' was hardly the best Time editors could come up with. The picture was poorly photoshopped."
However, although the genuine magazine had never featured Guo on its cover, Beech said that criticism of such a cover story would have been mistaken.
"Putting someone on the cover of Time doesn't mean the magazine actually approves of these people. Hitler and bin Laden have both made such appearances. But the Guo Time cover was a fake," she said.
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