Kelly Ripa Cover Deja Vu, Belly-Button Airbrushing

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Kelly Ripa, 38 on Thursday and a mom of three, graces the November cover of Shape magazine in an orange bikini. Look familiar? She was also on the cover of Shape last May in a orangey-red bikini. In between, she broke up the Shape orange bikini covers with a gold bikini on the cover of Fitness. But, she only shared three top workout moves with the readers of Fitness, according to the cover. Shape reader got SIX the first time around.

Also of note: across the covers, she has three different belly buttons. Ripa, an outspoken outtie who jokes about getting her belly button stuck in zippers on "Live with Regis and Kelly" had it airbrushed off completely for last year's Shape, but this time they just softened it on the cover. Below are the three covers and an un-airbrushed picture of her bellybutton while on a family vacation.

November Shape:

May 2007 Shape:

Dec 2007 Fitness:

Unairbrushed bellybutton:

Comments

[JohnMcBush]

A southern saying
If you are from the south, you know what I mean in the following phrase.
Palin, bless her heart.

[monoxboogie]

Bless her heart. Love Jon Reep

[CammyV]

Somebody give this girl a sandwich.

[TuffCookie]

she has a great smile

[MooNoo]

why are you cluttering your website with this pop culture tidbit. weren't entertainment tonight, people magazine, us weekly, etc... created for this reason? perhaps this is why our fellow americans have such a passive pop culture outlook on the our society. i thought this was a news site.

[MayaPapaya]

You're in the media section.

[ChiGuy]

I don't care.
She's H-O-T.

[lovintheconstitution]

regardless....after having 3 children?!?!?! are you seriously going to criticize??? get a GRIP!

[DeAnnaClaudette]

She has a body of a boy... No matter the airbrushing.

[louden]

I'll load my expert opinion on this.... Sure she's thin, but she's very fit. She doesn't have much body fat, but she does have a good percentage of muscle tone - and that, along with those smokin eyes makes her hot.

I consider myself an expert on this... Now the Olsen twins - yuck...

[yankee doodle]

Shape? It's more like NO shape. Eat something for crying out loud.

[MayaPapaya]

I agree. I just don't find that look sexy-unless you're Kate Moenning! No but seriously, Rippa was cute when she first got on R&K then she lost a little weight and she looked prettier and then she went overboard and now it's just hard to look at. It's like the Nicole Ritchie weight drop.

But as long as she's happy i guess it doesn't matter.

[littlebreeze]

Am I mistaken, aren't SHAPE and FITNESS supposed to be about promoting a healthy body image?

Wow is that what's considered 'Healthy'

About the bellybutton: Shouldn't we be encouraging our women to love themselves ALL of themselves, instead of promoting an unrealistic ideal that drives women to eating disorders and unnecessary and mostly ridiculous plastic surgery?

[Merewen]

Thank you Shape Magazine! Thank you for promoting bones!

[joebiz]

Kelly is hot. But, is Shape Mag running out of cover models? Aren't there other women that could grace the cover?

[michellefs622]

eeeeeeewww­wwwwweeeee­eeee

[ruffmama]

I am sorry but she looks dreadful. Too skinny.

[mrshub98]

Does the camera really make you appear 10 pounds larger???? If so, she weighs what, about 90 pounds? Do men really find this look attractive????

[AynRand123]

Let me think about it... YES!!!

[stryker]

Uh, yeah!

[JohnnyRivers]

Yes

[JamesA1102]

Only men who have a thing for women that look like 14th year old boys.