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The show’s main cast — Ashley Benson, Troian Bellisario, Shay Mitchell and Lucy Hale — command millions of followers on Twitter and Instgram and often draw attention to various real-world issues, particularly body image. Recently, Bellisario, whose character on the show struggles with an addiction to performance-enhancing drugs, took to Instagram to get real about a recent [_GQ_ photo shoot](http://www.gq.com/women/celebrities/201406/the-women-of-pretty-little-liars#slide=1) of the _Pretty Little Liars_ cast that blogs called out for being [overly touched up](http://www.thegloss.com/2014/05/20/beauty/pretty-little-liars-cast-gq-spread-photoshop/). “My hips and thighs are a part of me (even though they magically weren’t in some shots!” she wrote, posting untouched photos from the day of the shoot. Bellisario also made a point of acknowledging the necessity of Photoshop for glossy magazine photos, while still pointing out the double standard: “This industry seems to invest more in perfection than in flaw.” Bellisario and co-star Hale have both spoken about body image and eating disorder struggles while Benson, who’s also known for her racy role in _Spring Breakers,_ bashed an ABC Family poster for the show on her Instagram for being overly re-touched. “Way too much photoshop,” she wrote. “We all have flaws. No one looks like this. 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