Cate Blanchett at the fashion gala on Tuesday (L) and a party for Time magazine yesterday (R). Pictures / Reuters
What a difference a day makes.
Yesterday, photos of Australian actress Cate Blanchett looking painfully thin were splashed across British and Australian newspapers, who raised questions over her health.
Today, the same papers are running pictures of the actress back to her "glamorous-self", oblivious to their earlier attacks
on the Babel star.
Photographed at an awkward angle, Blanchett's shoulders looked bony and her collarbones appeared prominent under the gold tassel halter-neck gown she wore to a fashion gala at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday night.
The Daily Mail ran the photo on page three with the headline: "Cate, you're looking a bit thin on glamour" with an inset picture of Blanchett looking much less gaunt.
The paper quoted an unnamed observer as saying Blanchett's hair-do was also cause for concern.
"More worryingly, her hair, which had been piled up into a bun, looked thin and wispy -- often a sign of dramatic weight loss," the observer reportedly said.
Commuter publication Metro, part of the Daily Mail group, also ran the picture with the headline: "Health fears for 'skinny' Cate" and suggested there were concerns she had joined the size zero club.
However, an appearance at another gala last night, in honour of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People In The World, saw the actress looking healthy once again.
Though Blanchett has admitted to losing weight for the upcoming film Cancer Vixen, in which she plays the role of a terminal cancer patient, it seems this is a classic case of an unflattering camera angle.
Earlier this year, model Tyra Banks attacked tabloids for running unflattering photographs of her in a swimsuit, alongside the headline "Tyra Porkchops".
Speaking on her daytime talk show, Tyra appeared in her swimsuit and demonstrated how different stances and a poor camera angle could alter her figure and make appear heavier than she was.
- NZHERALD STAFF
