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Martha Stewart Gets A New Body

Heads up. Martha Stewart, who gets out of prison this week, appears to be sporting a model's body on the cover of this week's Newsweek magazine.

The familiar Stewart face was placed upon somebody else's body for the cover story "Martha's Last Laugh," making the 63-year-old domestic diva look terrific despite her five months in prison.

Editors at the weekly magazine said there was nothing wrong with the "photo illustration," given that it was well known that Stewart isn't doing any fashion spreads from her West Virginia prison cell.

"Anybody who knows the story and is familiar with Martha's current situation would know this particular picture" was an illustration and not a photograph, assistant managing editor Lynn Staley said.

Newsweek said it did not intend to fool readers in any way and regretted if the photo illustration left any misimpression.

Inside the magazine, the credits for the shot read, "Cover: Photo illustration by Michael Elins ... head shot by Marc Bryan-Brown."

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