Is this photo of the French Secretary of State Marlene Shyavpa on the cover of Playboy?

In April 2023, the cover of Playboy magazine magazine was spread through social networks and the media, on which the French Secretary of State on social issues appears in a white swimsuit with a deep neckline. We decided to check if this is true.

A photo of Playboy Cover with Marlene Shyappa in a white swimsuit was published by many media outlets - for example, New York Post. In Russia, this was written about this, in particular, “News" And "RIA Novosti". However, these two editions did not publish a picture, but limited themselves to a detailed description: “She poses in a white dress with a deep neckline and bare shoulders, with numbers 49.3 on her chest. In the background is a French flag. The name Playboy is also made in national colors: blue, white and red. ” RIA Fan, in turn, published a photo of the cover. A picture of social networks was also disassembled: in Telegram it was posted by many popular channels and bloggers, including Dmitry Nicotin (319,000 views), Irena Ponaroshka (127 000) and "Pool N3"(103,000). The picture also appeared in Twitter And "Zen".

The first photos of the French version of the April number Playboy appeared March 31, and on April 6, the magazine went on sale. According to the general director The French Playboy Jean-Cristofa Florenten, 100,000 copies were sold in the first three hours, the publishing house had to additionally print another 60,000. Photos and a 12-page interview with the Secretary of State on the issues of the joint and social life and public life of France caused many responses, including critical ones. Minister for Gender Equality Isabelle Rom She saidthat Shyavpa made a mistake by choosing an publication corresponding to all sexist stereotypes. And the leader of the left opposition Jean-Luke Melanshon made it clearWhat considers such a choice of a magazine for an interview notarily.

Among the photographs published by the media and bloggers, there was a very frank one - the one that later became viral. At the same time, in the official accounts of the magazine on the cover of Playboy Facing A completely different picture.

The upper third of two photos coincides, while on the official cover of Marlene Shyavpa - in a white dress, in a viral picture - in a swimsuit of the same color with a deep neckline. In addition, in the second case, the minister is 49.3 on the left breast of the minister. This is a number Articles The French constitution, which allows adopting important laws without voting in parliament. It is to this norm Turned President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourn when in mid-March adopted the bill On raising the retirement age without the consent of the National Assembly. This decision caused violent protests both in parliament and on the streets of French cities.

The first photo with the neckline Objected On Twitter on the morning of April 1, the blogger Jack Blag. However, the questions of other users who have expressed doubt about the authenticity of the picture, he honestly answeredthat this is a fake. April 4 Jack Blag Published Another tweet with the text "Now I will show you a focus." And he demonstrated a real cover, fake and source of photos from the neckline.

FACTECHING SERVICE OF REUTERS Determinedthat the original picture with the neckline is taken from the photo base PEXELS. There, this photograph is called “A sexy woman in a white swimsuit poses, sitting in a chair”, she was published back in 2020. The author of the fake changed the size of the bundle of the swimsuit and added numbers 49.3 to the left breasts.

Thus, the frank photo of Marlene Shyappa supposedly from the Playboy cover is a fake. In one of the recent numbers of the magazine, a picture of the minister was indeed published, but Shyappa is dressed much more restrained on him. Moreover, the author of the viral image did not hide that it appeared as a result of work in the photo editor, and a few days after the publication described in detail how he did it. Nevertheless, some media (New York Post, RIA Novosti, RIA FAN) at the time of writing this analysis did not delete their publications.

Photo on the cover: social networks

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