Despite positive messages that they originally try to deliver on the magazine's cover, these stars' appearances on the front page of a publication eventually backfire and spark debate.
- November 22, 2020
AceShowbiz - Back in 1991 when people were widely shamed for baring their bodies in public, Demi Moore's Vanity Fair cover was deemed scandalous and even indecent by many. The "Ghost" star went completely naked while seven months pregnant with her second child during the photo shoot with famed photographer Annie Leibovitz. She flaunted her baby bump while covering her modesty only with her hands. Many retail outlets wrapped the magazine in paper, calling it borderline pornographic, but Demi and Annie were unapologetic about it.
"I was stunned at some of the negative responses. That people found it pornographic, or they thought it wasn't family-oriented," the actress told Roger Ebert, defending the cover. "I was representing life, yet I supposedly wasn’t appropriate," she argued. "People think motherhood is wonderful, but it should be left behind closed doors, or whatever. It's stunning. I can hardly believe it." Decades later, however, the picture is still celebrated as a groundbreaking cover and has been recreated several times by other pregnant celebrities.
