It’s no secret that most professional photos are heavily retouched before they’re shown to the general public, but just what kind of editing work goes into modeling shots and close-ups? How much airbrushing, re-touching and Photoshop trickery is used to achieve those perfect, blemish-free faces?

Well, M. Seth Jones knows exactly what goes into producing a flawless spread. He is a professional retoucher who perfects imperfections and transforms rather ordinary looking people into picture-perfect cover girls for a living.

On his website, he describes the process that’s involved in manipulating the human face for advertisements.

"In these selected images, you can witness first-hand the impact that retouching has the potential to make on a single image. Every image presented to me has an ideal state that I'm attempting to reach; retouch is so completely subjective, that it is likely that no two retouchers will approach an image in the same manner, or reach the same finished outcome. At

From super heavyweight rocks to little sparklers, here is a collection of the most extravagant celebrity engagement rings.

Angelina Jolie

Finally! After years, Brad popped the question and Angie said yes! Likely because of that huge rock! Brad worked on this sparkler with jeweller and pal Robert Procop to create the design which took 12 months to perfect.The oblong-shaped diamond is set in a thick ribbed band and worth a sweet £167,000 (US$250,000). Procop says:  'Brad had a specific vision for this ring, which he realised over a year-long collaboration with Robert. A spokeswoman for the couple said: 'It is a promise for the future and their kids are very happy. There's no date set at this time.' So sweet.

Reality TV star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian recently announced her engagement to her beau of six months, NBA player Kris Humphries. The star athlete proposed to Kim with a giant 20.5-carat ring that cost a whopping £1.2 million. Humphries added a personal

Every girl dreams of a romantic proposal they'll remember forever, and dreams came true for these 9 lucky girls — here are nine magical moments caught on camera.

The Theatrical Surprise
Matt pulling out all the stops to propose to his the love of his life Ginny has gone viral this week, getting hits by the million. Thinking she was out for a normal night at the pictures, Ginny ended up watching a trailer of her own in engagement in real time , after some genius planning from her now fiancé. As one commenter perceptively advises, don't let your girlfriend see this.

All men take note: Matt Still has set the bar for the most romantic marriage proposal. This video uploaded on 16 May shows the film-loving romantic's special trailer for his girlfriend and how he screened it in the cinema to pop the question.

Unsuspecting girlfriend Ginny Joiner sat down in the cinema with her brother to see the new 'Fast Five' movie and after a normal set of trailers, the special feature rolled. As the opening credits began, Ginny whispered to her brother, "This better be good."

[See also: 6 reasons men decide to get married]

At the start of 2011, the Pope declared war on parents naming babies after celebrities, fruit or popular sports cars. In an address to parents, the ever-progressive pontiff pleaded with worshipers that when thinking of baby names, they should 'give your children names that are in the Christian calendar'.

So Apple, Brooklyn and Ferrari are out, Francisco and Giulia are in.

But Benedict's not the only authority figure to stamp down on one of the sillier by-products of celebrity culture. Various baby names have all been banned around the world for reasons of taste, decency or just plain daftnesss. So without further ado, we present out list of the top illegal baby names.

[Useful: The top baby names for 2012]

Mad chefs at the Alameda County Fair (in America, obviously) have created the world's largest commercially available hamburger.

The monstrosity came in at a massive 777-pounds.

Officials from Guinness World Records were on-hand at the fair, in Pleasonton, San Francisco , to verify that the burger was bigger than the previous record holder - which weighed a mere 595-pounds.

The whopping whopper was the brainchild of Brett Enright from Juicy's Outlaw Grill in Phoenix and Nick Nicora from local company Ovations Food Services.

Enright dreamt up the idea while off work back in December. He told a local news station. "I thought, 'I bet I could build the world's largest burger', so I looked it up."

"The old record was held in Canada and we wanted to bring it home to America on the 4th of July."

It took Enright and his team 15 hours to cook the enormous patty, itself weighing 625-pounds.

[See also: The world's unhealthiest sandwiches]

They started

Last month, anti-fashion groups sabotaged Next's 'Make Me The Next Model 2011' competition by encouraging online users to vote for an unconventional looking candidate, Roland Bunce.

[Relevant: Pranksters hijack Next's modelling competition]

The prank took the internet by storm, with word spreading over social networking sites this resulted in a chubby ginger-haired guy being catapulted to the top position at the close of the competition last week.

Computer engineer Roland, 24, was due to enter the final round of the modelling competition after being crowned the nation's number one new face with 66,000 votes — compared to runner-up Jade who only notched up 89 votes.

[See also: What models look like without photoshop]

Unfortunately, the man with the most votes has pulled out of the next stage due to threatening behavior and abuse.

Although Roland was hugely popular with the public he has decided to leave the competition by posting a

Some thought it would never happen, but despite rumours that the bride made three attempts to do a runner, Charlene Wittstock married Prince Albert of Monaco in spectacular fashion this weekend.

Just as Kate Middleton did earlier this year, Charlene said goodbye to her 'commoner' status in a grandiose ceremony, watched by millions of people around the globe.

But it was the religious ceremony the following day that was the main event as thousands of locals flocked to the palace to watch the ceremony, and that's when all eyes were on what she was wearing.