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July 4, 2012 05:07 am GMT

Seventeen Agrees to Feature Real Girls Following Online Petition




Seventeen magazine has pledged to always feature "real girls" in its pages following a popular online petition from 14-year-old Julia Bluhm (pictured center).

Bluhm's petition, which was posted to Change.org on April 19, asked Seventeen to commit to print one unaltered photo spread per month.

"For the sake of all the struggling girls all over America, who read Seventeen and think these fake images are what they should be, Im stepping up. I know how hurtful these photoshopped images can be," Bluhm wrote, citing the overly weight-conscious girls in her ballet class.

The petition amassed nearly 85,000 signatures in just four days. Seventeen Editor-in-Chief Ann Shoket quickly invited…
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