Jezebel Spent $10K For Photoshopped Images of Lena Dunham

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The women's website Jezebel proudly revealed this photo from actress Lena Dunham's controversial Vogue photo shoot. However, the move didn't resonate with fans of the actress, who slammed Jezebel's stunt as "cruel" and "stupid" on Twitter. Vogue also chimed in, posting an outtake from the shoot on its Instagram page, of Dunham posing with a pigeon on her head. The caption read, "The VOGUE pigeon. Any questions?"

It all started on Wednesday, when Dunham's Vogue cover was released online, portraying a gorgeous shot from the chest up. Almost immediately, the Internet began buzzing about the image, with many fans complaining that the magazine had cropped the actress's curvy body out of the frame and applied too much airbrushing to the inside shots (slimming her down, erasing her arm). In response to the public outcry, Jezebel offered a $10,000 prize to anyone (i.e. someone who works in the art department at Vogue) who could pass along the comedian's untouched photos for all to view.

On Friday, someone did send Jezebel the photos, which are completely underwhelming. Sure, Dunham's neck was thinned out a bit, her chin narrowed, her jawline sharpened. The lighting was fixed. Some of the polka dots on her shirt were removed to make way for bigger cover lines. But compared with the airbrushing hack jobs we've seen in the past, Vogue did a pretty great job of maintaining the "Girls" creator's face and body — impressive for a magazine that amputated Claire Danes's leg in July.