It was some chick who was conned into doing more and more retouching by continuous additional stealth changes requested by the fatty in the photo. "Sending a positive message" was the main lie, but it was clearly to serve the fatty's vanity. The chick eventually quit and spilled the beans on tumblr or similar. Basically telling everyone what a liar and manipulator the fatty is. From what I recall, the fatty was quite strident and demanding about the retouching by the end of the relationship. Berating the artist for not making her look glamorous enough etc.