"We're covering real people and not plastic figures that have perfect hair, perfect makeup and perfect dresses on a red carpet, which is fantasy, " he says.

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Her makeup, no surprise, is perfect.

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He says she had on hand "a seamstress, a makeup person, a hairdresser and someone to iron her clothes" in order that everything look perfect.

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