The 30 Worst Women's Magazine Covers of the 2000s

The things Photoshop and/or terrible taste can do. (Mostly terrible taste.)

• 1. Gwyneth Paltrow, September 2007

  

  Palette DISASTER.

• 2. Demi Moore, December 2009

  

  Demi and The Case Of The Missing Hip.

• 3. Fergie, October 2006

  

  I have nothing nice to say.

• 4. Lada Gaga, June 2009

  

  This is not coming from a place of Gaga hate. I love the LG! But this cover is not. flattering.

• 5. the infamous Faith Hill Redbook, July 2007

  

  Brought to you in un-Photoshopped glory by Jezebel.

• 6. Beyonce, December 2007

  

  That is not Beyonce. That is Beyonce starring in The Mask.

• 7. Maggie Gyllenhaal, August 2008

  

  Joker/Batman yuk yuk yuk.]

• 8. Alicia Silverstone, Ashlee Simpson, and Connie Britton, October 2009

  

  Mrs. Coach is EXCLUDED for the scorn. She still looks fab. (via Go Fug Yourself)

• 9. Jessica Alba, March 2005

  

  What did they do to her eye???

• 10. Sarah Jessica Parker, July 2006

  

  Plus side: that is the least horsey (sorry, had to) she's ever looked.

• 11. Madonna, April 2006

  

  Cover by Photobooth. (via Photoshop Disasters)

• 12. Britney Spears, August 2006

  

  Oh Brit, that wig.

• 13. Sarah Michelle Gellar, May 2003

  

  The infamous bendy-limbed SMG. (via Gawker)

• 14. Kate Winslet, February 2003

  

  This cover launched Kate Winslet's long career of fighting with tabloids and Photoshoppers.

• 15. Scarlett Johansson, November 2008

  

  New rule for ScarJo: no jumpers.

• 16. Gisele Bundchen and LeBron James, April 2008

  

  THAT ANNIE L IS SUCH A RACIST.

• 17. Julia Roberts, July 2003

  

  I think this is just a straight "copy head onto another body," no? (via Gawker)

• 18. Janet Jackson, 2006

  

  Before Lady Gaga.

• 19. Keira Knightley, December 2007

  

  Spooky (because she's ghostlike).

• 20. Renee Zellweger, November 2004

  

  I am not allured.

• 21. Nicole Kidman, November 2006

  

  C3PO chic.

• 22. Drew Barrymore, March 2008

  

  You airbrushed her bones away.

• 23. Kelly Rutherford, December 2009

  

  (via Go Fug Yourself)

• 24. Sandra Oh, April 2007

  

  The "jump and smile" never works.

• 25. Molly Sims, January 2002

  

  That's Molly Sims in plaid pants, right?

• 26. Cameron Diaz, May 2008

  

  Cameron Diaz is not a 40s pin-up, she is a professional farter. Get it straight.

• 27. Blake Lively, August 2008

  

  So much fake hair!!!!

• 28. Gwyneth Paltrow, May 2008

  

  Whoa that neck.

• 29. Kelly Clarkson, September 2009

  

  More! Controversy!

• 30. Rachel Bilson, August 2008

  

  She is thinking what you are thinking.(via Go Fug Yourself)