Kim Kardashian Poses Nude in Unairbrushed Harper's Bazaar Shoot

by Erin Donnelly (Subscribe to Erin Donnelly's posts)
Posted Apr 19th 2010 at 2:00PM

Kim Kardashian reveals all for Harper's Bazaar. Photo courtesy of Harper's Bazaar

Another week, another nude Kardashian sighting.

While sisters Khloe and Kourtney were busy having their naked bodies airbrushed with paint to promote their Dash boutique, Kim Kardashian was going airbrush-free for a warts-and-all nude shoot for the May issue of Harper's Bazaar.

Not that she has any warts...or flab. In fact, the curvaceous reality star looks pretty darn perfect sans retouching. Groan.

"I might have a little bit of cellulite," Kardashian tells the magazine. "I might not be toned everywhere. I might struggle in this area or that. But accepting that just empowers me."

She also opens up about her famous butt -- it's "probably not as big as you might think" -- her regrets about doing Playboy and wearing a C cup at age 11.

"I would go to bed and pray, 'Please, Lord, don't let my boobs grow any bigger,'" she says. "I hated what was happening."

These days, Kardashian seems to have grown more accepting of her body.

"It's definitely scary, but it's very liberating," she says. "I think the message is embrace your curves and who you are. I feel proud if young girls look up to me and say, 'I'm curvy, and I'm proud of it now.'"

Actress Joy Bryant and photographer Amanda de Cadenet, who snapped the pics, also bared all for the revealing shoot. As we previously reported, de Cadenet had tweeted last month about also photographing Nicole Richie for the racy shoot, but the new mama appears to be MIA from the online shots.

To see more, visit Harper's Bazaar online or pick up the May issue, on sale April 27.

Meanwhile, see Snooki and her pals get a charm school makeover in the same issue.

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Filed under: Fashion, Beauty, Celebrity, Skin & Body
Tags: airbrushing, amanda de cadenet, curves, harpers bazaar, joy bryant, kim kardashian, KimKardashian, magazines, nude

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cdl, 4-21-2010, 11:46PM

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able2fly2004, 5-19-2010, 12:03PM

It's cute to be confident. Next time spring for the airbrushing. She's not all that.

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sapphire, 5-18-2010, 7:09PM

Kim's pic is beautiful and to me, thats healthy and i think more women w/curves should pose w/confidence and more mag companies should put "real" women on their front covers. As it is, the average size in america is 14 and yet we keep seeing skinny thin ppl on covers as if its healthy and beautiful...this pic shoot is great and shes got it all....i know there are many more women w/nice curves but for whatever reason, ppl think thick and curvy is fat and unattractive but every guy i know and talked to as always said that they would take a cute girl w/curves anyday over a skinny chic...why dont compaines see that too? or modeling agencies? thin and skinny doesnt = healthy all the time........anyway, if i had a body like hers, i would pose too lol but hey, im working on it :) im ofcourse a size 12 and just wanna get down to a 10 and im good :) dont mind those double digits cause i got ass and boobies and i just gotta tone up :)

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Cat, 5-19-2010, 11:49PM

Um...I don't know why people are like "I think Kim looks great!" like a million other people don't agree with em. This photo shoot isn't like a tally mark for curvy women. Its already agreed out there that curvy TONED women are beautiful, so are HEALTHY thin women. So stop acting like a woman with nice boobs who probably works out ALOT to keep her curves from becoming cellulite represents the average woman so well...because I def don't see a bunch of Kims walking around the beach. Her ass might fit in a size 12 jean but I guarantee her waist is much smaller.

As far as modeling agencies go, its for some reason agreed that couture clothes look better on thin models. Who knows why...but as far as what the agreed upon idea of beauty is that is popular right now, in no way are curvy women discriminated against.

Also, when you take a poll of what guys like, its gonna be biased if you're the one asking them and its clear what type of body type you are. And size 14 is a little more than curvy. Good luck with the tone up.

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K, 10-13-2010, 12:12PM

yippee!! I am so glad kim chose to do this. I am a thinner size 6 girl that is active and healthy and I still have a booty and some (real) d-cups on me. I've pretty much had the same body since I was 12 and I'm 30 now. I'm so sick of opening fitness and fashion magazines and seeing airbrushed perfection that none of us are ever going to actually get, no matter how much we work out, in the real world - because it's not real to begin with! I love kim and am so grateful (yes I know how weird that sounds) to see someone as beautiful as she is who also looks like an actual human being instead of a coked-out barbie!! I'm sure she'll get slammed in the media for her "unperfect" body, but I hope she realizes how many women out here appreciate her stepping out for REAL BODIES!

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KEITH, 10-25-2010, 10:32PM

she has an ass bigger than texas, more makeup than a sherwin williams catalog and she brags she's airbrush free what a joke. Another woman that made her money the old fashion wqay....on her back!!!

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Gale, 10-31-2010, 11:40PM

I don't know why, but guys who comment on these blogs are consistently
funnier and hit the core of the issues right on! Women yackity-yak and
go on and on about this and that. z-z-z-z-z-z-z
Thanks for the laugh!

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