SI -- "Natural Beauty" Means No Tattoos!?!

Sports Illustrated is finally defending their ridiculous decision to airbrush Danica Patrick's tat off of her lower back for her spread in the Swimsuit Edition -- and the explanation is just plain BS..

Danica Patrick

"The Swimsuit Issue emphasizes natural beauty," the SI spokesman told CNBC. "The freckles are left on and, in this case, the tattoos came off."

Right -- so SI creates "natural beauty" with an airbrush?! Anyone buyin' this?



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1. I noticed the absence of her flag tattoo immediately when I saw the SI pics online and hoped that she had had it removed by laser treatment. Too bad she has the ugly thing but I am glad to see it gone for the pics, airbrush or not.

The unfortunate thing about today is that ladies are getting these horrible marks put on their body. Megan Fox used to be hot, now she is just another inked up tramp.

Posted at 9:54AM on Feb 20th 2009 by jon

2. Danica rocks!

Posted at 9:55AM on Feb 20th 2009 by love her

3. Who cares about the tat? She has no ass. And can't drive.

Posted at 9:55AM on Feb 20th 2009 by Wally

4. Where's her butt? This girl has NO curves! Blahhh.

Posted at 12:22PM on Feb 23rd 2009 by Gee-Gee

5. With all the hot women in the world, why the heck did they chose this fug? Tat or no tat, she has no business being there. They did a lot more than just shop out the tatty - we are talking major quality reconstruction work. Have you seen this woman in person??

Posted at 10:00AM on Feb 20th 2009 by brewstie

6. Who gives a crap about her tattoo?
She's a loud-mouthed, untalented, ugly little b*tch with no butt.

Enough already.

Posted at 10:17AM on Feb 20th 2009 by nothing better to do

7. OMG!! I AM READING A BUNCH OF JEALOUS FOOLS!!!!!!! SHE LOOKS GREAT. I BET SHE LOOKS BETTER THAN ABY OF YOU GUYS! AND YOU JON, HAVE YOU NOT ENTERED THIS CENTIRY YET.. ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE HAVE TATS NOW DAYS!!! TEACHERS, MOMS, MILITARY, ETC. WAKE UP IT'S CALLED ART. IT'S THEIR BODIES YEA THEY'LL BE OLD 1 DAY BUT YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE- HAVE FUN WITH YOUR LIFE. YOU WANT A TAT GET ONE. YOU WANT TO SKYDIVE, GO FOR IT.....................

Posted at 10:22AM on Feb 20th 2009 by MICHELLE

8. Tattoos are tacky. They make beautiful skin look bruised and/or dirty.

Posted at 10:20AM on Feb 20th 2009 by prina

9. Apparently the tramp stamp was left in when she posed in last year's Swimsuit Issue.

Posted at 10:21AM on Feb 20th 2009 by m

10. I can't understand why she is even in SI!!!! I thought these were supposed to be models; not short, no curves, bow-legged, untalented wannabes!! No wonder most racing fans think she is a joke.

Posted at 10:28AM on Feb 20th 2009 by court

11. @ Wally - "Can't drive"? Moron, this shows how little you know of IRL racing. She finished 6th in the IRL 2008 season.

@ Brewstie - Lay off the crack pipe.

Posted at 10:25AM on Feb 20th 2009 by Chilli

12. she is a racing star - a woman and that is why she is in there
a gal who has achieved
why don't they also talk about the fact that they photo shop EVERY GAL IN THERE
AND THAT most of their gals have fake boobs
so this gal has a tramp stamp
there is a lot of fake boobs and collagen in SI .
Marissa Miler Bar Rafaeeli= all fake

Posted at 10:42AM on Feb 20th 2009 by selena

13. Just more TMZ staff ignorance

Posted at 10:30AM on Feb 20th 2009 by Prince Von A Hole

14. Just about every photo of a person in every magazine you see has been airbrushed. So I don't have a problem with them airbrushing someone's "mistake" from their body. Stop permanently disfiguring your bodies ladies - it's not cool!

Posted at 1:42PM on Apr 20th 2009 by havepulse

15. If SI only wants "natural beauty," then I guess that means they shouldn't let in any girls who have had plastic surgery. WHOOPS...

Posted at 10:41AM on Feb 20th 2009 by Kat from NJ

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