PRETTY IN PICTURES

Are Michael's Children Wearing Makeup? Or Is This Picture Photoshopped?

THE SNAPSHOT IS SEVERAL YEARS OLD AND SHOWS MICHAEL JACKSON posing with his three adorable children.

Various cutlines say that this is Michael celebrating his youngest son's first birthday.

The two oldest children wear festive Elmo party hats. The children are beautiful and each wear a rosy glow on their cheeks.

But…upon close inspection, the glow seems supernaturallly pink. The tint on their faces seems to match the shade on Michael's own colored cheeks.

Is it makeup? Or did someone touch up the photo to make these children even more idyllic than in real life?

The question begs another: is childhood innocence even more beautiful when photoshopped? Is the penchant for fiction stronger than our taste for truth?