Kate Middleton 'Poses' for Marie Claire South Africa: Fun or Fake?

by SodaHead Celebs Posted 2012/07/17 15:00:00

Related Topics: Kate Middleton, Marie Claire, South Africa, magazine, Cover, Fake

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A women's magazine has finally "landed" Kate Middleton for the cover. Only problem: She never agreed to pose. The Duchess of Cambridge appears on the cover of Marie Claire South Africa's latest issue, despite her vow not to work with any magazines for the time being. In other words, the cover is a fake -- or as Marie Claire writer Marisa Crous puts it, "a fan art tribute."

"We were so inspired by her fairytale wedding and her life as a modern-day princess, which is why we elected Kate Middleton as our cover star for the August issue," Crous writes, according to Yahoo! Shine. "But upon closer inspection, the cover is -- much like her life -- more fantasy than reality. The cover is actually a hyper-real illustration of Kate, meant to be a fan art tribute to fashion's new royal icon."

Editor Aspasia Karras adds: "We have honored her with a fan-art tribute, dressing her up in clothes by South African designers and placing her in all sorts of fun, everyday situations." However, some readers thought the cover was more fake than fun. "She didn't actually pose for the cover?" one wrote on magazine's website. "How is that a good thing? Aren't you cheating your readers as well as your cover subject?"

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A.S.A.C. Hank Schrader 2012/07/17 16:27:09

Fake

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And why do people still call her 'Kate Middleton'? It's 'Duchess Catherine'. She's a part of the royal family, now, and it's impolite to address her by her maiden name. Maybe, if she and William divorce, it would be appropriate to call her that, but that hasn't happened yet, so call her 'Duchess Catherine'. Did anybody ever go around, addressing Princess Diana as 'Diana Spencer'? No.
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L K 2012/07/18 12:15:48

Fun

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Fake or not, it is still fun and not distasteful in any way. I doubt Kate or the Royals will care. Just as long as everyone knows it was a drawing.

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realist 2012/07/18 12:10:10

Fake

Time to sue south africa for all they are worth, yes...all $10 of it.

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PandahSixx 2012/07/18 10:45:37

Fake

she looks hungry

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Michelle 2012/07/18 06:54:14 (edited)

Fake

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I could tell it was fake immediately. I do believe there are legal issues with publishing someone's image without their permission... isn't there?

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Ash-the-empress 2012/07/18 06:04:07
Phyl *In God i Trust* 2012/07/18 04:19:16

Fake

Fake and funny.

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KyoriYuki 2012/07/18 03:30:48

Fake

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Thats as bad as reposts on memecenter, besides she's not the type to wear that sort of clothing as i understand it

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sally 2012/07/18 02:47:17

Fake

The wonders of photoshop.

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joe mauro 2012/07/18 02:42:53

Fake

phony

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Kigan 2012/07/18 02:37:14

Fake

I think the answer is kinda obvious: She didn't pose and thus it is fake.

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Quiet-is-feared 2012/07/18 02:08:33

Fake

Artificial. It's not a legit.
it's a photo shopped piece of BS.

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MOMMA THOMAS 2012/07/17 23:43:54

Fake

PHONEY...

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Medulla Oblongata 2012/07/17 21:51:14 (edited)

Fake

Stupid question is stupid. If she didn't agree to pose yet still on the cover, anyway, it's fake.

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mm61675 2012/07/17 21:06:06

Fake

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DaisyChains 2012/07/17 20:51:52

Fake

I swear Kate Middleton IS fake anyway? The Teeth? The Hair? The.....(ok Ive run out of ideas....)

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frequen... to DaisyCh... 2012/07/18 03:02:25

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She's fake because she gets her teeth and hair done?

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Beatlefish 2012/07/17 20:30:58

Fake

If she didn't pose specifically for them its fake

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Margaret Jacobson 2012/07/17 20:28:22

Fake

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FAKE, but who really cares!! Maybe she should sue for payment (for herself, maybe), after her image is money in the bank for england ??

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whateverbabynevermind 2012/07/17 19:50:52

Fake

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If I were her I would sue. She said she doesn't want to be on a magazine cover and they put her on a magazine cover - hardly comical and more an invasion of privacy than anything.

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it'skrissie!d:) 2012/07/17 18:58:09

Fake

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Kind of shows that you're desperate. I would be embarrassed if I worked at that company.

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Artisan Rose ☽✪☾☥ 2012/07/17 18:36:59

Fake

It's been said in the news that these images are fake.

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Jackie G - Poker Playing Pa... 2012/07/17 17:55:48

Fake

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FAN ART???? New words for 'we lied and it is a fake'

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Ron Swanson 2012/07/17 17:41:21

Fake

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Why is this even a question? Of course it's fake.

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Sterling 2012/07/17 17:34:32 (edited)

Fake

If it's fake it's fake, I didn't know that was even legal.

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Rebellion 2012/07/17 17:16:40

Fake

Really, who cares? She can do whatever she wants.

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kevracer 2012/07/17 17:00:57

Fun

I'd like to see her in Playboy

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im right ur wrong 2012/07/17 16:53:35

Fun

..............

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JS 2012/07/17 16:46:12

Fake

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Why do they have to go get a fake model to pose for this and edit her face on it? That's really sad they couldn't come up with a better cover...

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Bob 2012/07/17 16:29:04

Fun

God! She is hot!

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A.S.A.C. Hank Schrader 2012/07/17 16:27:09

Fake

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And why do people still call her 'Kate Middleton'? It's 'Duchess Catherine'. She's a part of the royal family, now, and it's impolite to address her by her maiden name. Maybe, if she and William divorce, it would be appropriate to call her that, but that hasn't happened yet, so call her 'Duchess Catherine'. Did anybody ever go around, addressing Princess Diana as 'Diana Spencer'? No.

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Digman14 to A.S.A.C... 2012/07/18 14:52:07
Lili13 to Digman14 2012/07/18 15:44:47

dude stop cussing the British and get a life =] and look at your own country/everything else before yu look at others

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Digman14 to Lili13 2012/07/20 01:09:45

Looking at everything else. Even with the horrible depression America is in, Britain has it worse, because you've gotten this huge neo conservative surge... in majority control.

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LittleS... to Digman14 2012/07/18 22:16:34

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I think you should quit your day job and open a whinery, i bet you would make good whine.

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Marissa... to Digman14 2012/07/21 06:02:02 (edited)

I think people like your are the reason why a lot of foreigners think Americans are rude.

P.S. You should always be respectful of another person's culture, especially if their from an allied country.

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LittleS... to A.S.A.C... 2012/07/18 22:18:09

Agreed, Good post, but you may have to post it again a number of times before it starts to take hold. then again it may require some time.

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QueenOf... to A.S.A.C... 2012/07/21 13:50:47

Some call her a doll or Barbie because she doesn't do meaningful work yet. If she wants to be called Dutchess, she has to get to more intelligent action. Princess Diana did lots of intelligent work in regard to landmines, etc, but Kate or Dutchess goes around smiling to the British Army and not doing much but spending a lot on clothes. As if they need an army...(as far as I'm concerned intelligent countries don't need guns or armies, they just need good quality police). Have a nice day!

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Sinister Ken Doll™ 2012/07/17 16:19:04

Fake

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kinda creepy, actually

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Marti 2012/07/17 15:26:43

Fun

Don't really know for sure ... but isn't she pretty?

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Marti to Marti 2012/07/17 15:29:33

The longer I look at it, I say it is fake. She is much thinner than the model. But it is Kate's head on the model.

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