Lizzie MIller shows the embarassing photo that made her a star
Lizzie MIller shows the embarassing photo that made her a star When Lizzie Miller saw the photograph that would make her famous, she felt embarrassed. The picture — which appeared in Glamour magazine in the U.S. a year ago — showed her stretch marks and a roll of soft tummy flesh. ‘I said to myself: ‘‘OK, it’s not the best picture, but it’s not a big deal. And anyway, nobody’s going to see it.’’ Famous last words!’ But that photograph, buried in the back of the magazine, generated a global media frenzy and turned her into a supermodel. Hundreds of emails and letters poured in from women overwhelmed with joy at *seeing a normal body in a magazine. ‘Seeing someone not airbrushed, with an average looking body, compared to all those stick-thin pictures of perfection — I guess people thought: ‘‘Wow! This girl looks like me,’’ ’ says Lizzie. ‘It really struck a chord. The work flooded in, with lucrative contracts with American and Italian fashion labels.’ Ironically, it was the public r...