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It is a free newsletter available at time.com/newsletters.  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Mar 13, 2014 9:46 AM UTC  Screengrab Target.com  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Mar 13, 2014 9:46 AM UTC Target has apologized for a Photoshop flub that whittled down a bikini model’s thighs and arms to absurd, stick-like proportions. “It was an unfortunate error on our part and we apologize,” Target spokesman Evan Miller said to ABC News, adding that the photo had been removed from Target’s website. In case you missed it, you can find a copy of the photo on [TIME](http://time.com/19938/target-photoshop-fail-thigh-gap/) or just about [any](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/11/target-photoshop-fail%5Fn%5F4940819.html) [other](http://jezebel.com/target-photoshops-juniors-swimsuit-model-with-disastro-1540967946) [media](http://www.today.com/health/when-thigh-gaps-attack-targets-photoshop-fail-goes-viral-2D79356844) [outlet](http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/fashion/target-photoshops-thigh-gap-model-article-1.1717747?utm%5Fcontent=buffer05e6d&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fcampaign=buffer#ixzz2vfp7mIpn) [in](http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/fashion/target-photoshops-thigh-gap-model-article-1.1717747?utm%5Fcontent=buffer05e6d&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fcampaign=buffer#ixzz2vfp7mIpn) [existence](http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/style/249862041.html), because it really was that bad. \[[ABC](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2014/03/target-apologizes-for-thigh-gap-photoshop-fail/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/22957/target-apologizes-for-anatomically-impossible-thigh-gap-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/22957/target-apologizes-for-anatomically-impossible-thigh-gap-photo/"},"headline":"Target Apologizes for 'Thigh Gap' Photoshop Disaster","datePublished":"2014-03-13T09:46:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:00.609Z","description":"“It was an unfortunate error\"","url":"https://time.com/22957/target-apologizes-for-anatomically-impossible-thigh-gap-photo/","keywords":["Living","women","Target","Teenagers","Body Image","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f0a508ae2f7ccc6/698684e81eebf7cfee36fc29/target-bad-photoshop-close-up.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f0a508ae2f7ccc6/698684e81eebf7cfee36fc29/target-bad-photoshop-close-up.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"target-bad-photoshop-close-up","caption":"","creditText":"Screengrab Target.com","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/22957/target-apologizes-for-anatomically-impossible-thigh-gap-photo/","name":"Target Apologizes for 'Thigh Gap' Photoshop Disaster"}}]}] ```