'I was very conflicted, to be honest' -Cindy Crawford @ElleCanada @CindyCrawford

Cindy Crawford  for the first time about the unauthorised release of a supposedly unretouched photograph of herself, a pre-Photoshop version of a Marie Claire picture of her went viral.

  Cindy said

'I felt blindsided,' she told Elle Canada. 'I was very conflicted, to be honest.'

The unflattering image showed a then 48-year-old Crawford revealing a less-than-flat stomach while dressed only in her lingerie. 

In the image the 49-year-old had wrinkles and sagging skin around her stomach area. 

The photo had allegedly been digitally manipulated to exaggerate any slight flaws.

'That picture didn’t reflect what I saw when I looked in the mirror—even in the worst dressing-room lighting,' she explained.