Panel Brands Twiggy Ad a Lie

A Procter & Gamble face cream used by 1960s model Twiggy makes her look astoundingly young—except that it really doesn't because the photo used in magazine ads has been radically altered. A British consumer watchdog panel has declared the ad "misleading," but rebuffed consumer complaints that it was socially irresponsible.

The ruling was viewed as a victory for Liberal Democrat member of Parliament Jo Swinson, who is battling to ban all airbrushed photos of women in ad campaigns because she believes they distort a realistic view of beauty and contribute to female psychological problems. (More beautiful women stories.)