Cheryl Cole on the cover of February's Vogue

Cheryl Cole on the cover of February's Vogue

Celebrities often grace the cover of some of the top fashion magazines but now former model Tyson Beckford wants to keep them off the front page.

Tyson, who host's Make Me a Supermodel says that celebrities, such as Cheryl Cole, Victoria Beckham and Beyonce who have all graced the cover of Vogue recently, are taking jobs away from models when they do so, the Associated Press reports.

He said: "You have to do a lot of tweaking and airbrushing to get the same from a celebrity that you would get from a model.

"A lot of celebrities - I'm gonna tell you right now - they're not 5'11"; they're not a size 2 to fit into these designer dresses, but the designers want exposure so they're willing to make the specific dress for that actor or actress to get them to look good on the cover."

He adds though that the fashion industry works in cycles and celebrity magazine covers will soon be out of style: "It'll all come back around. One day some designer will wake up and say, `You know what? I don't want to use Gwyneth Paltrow. I want to use Adriana Lima, I want to use Gisele (Bundchen), I want to go back to the high fashion.

"I think slowly but surely you'll see that start happening."


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