What else would explain the magnificence of Angelina Jolie, with her streaming tresses, the two and a half hectares of scarlet lip gloss required to cover her mouth, and, most telling of all, the single, flawless leg that was permitted to emerge from the slit of her long skirt and planted cockily in full view?
Spots and blemishes are removed, complexions made flawless, waists and legs made slimmer by digital liposuction.
To dance like Guillem takes more than long legs and flawless technique.
Their skin has been made flawless by airbrushing, their legs lengthened, waists narrowed and curves enhanced by digital manipulation.
Take the tailor first, because his family is celebrating a birthday today: it is 80 years since Armand Allard designed the archetypal "ski pant", stretched by a strap under the foot to give skiers' legs a flawless, streamlined shape.
Kostelic took full advantage after Hirscher was disqualified in the first run, and was almost flawless in the second leg.
The play is not flawless, but it certainly has legs.
If you're a model with flawless skin and impossibly long legs, consider slumping in your seat, dabbing mustard on your shirt, and belching heartily during your ride.
I can't be the only one who has seen a celebrity, like Knightley, on the cover of a magazine and been jealous of her flawless skin and mile-long legs.
Leading with a comfortable margin of 51-hundredths of a second after a flawless charge in the first leg, Putzer, 24, clocked a combined time of 2 minutes 11.10 seconds for the two runs.
