As we previously reported, the blog Photoshop Disasters uncovered a Ralph Lauren ad featuring model Filippa Hamilton-Palmstierna with a body so grotesquely Photoshopped that her head appeared bigger than her pelvis.

After threatening Photoshop Disasters (and blog BoingBoing, which reprinted the image) with legal action, the executives at Ralph Lauren took responsibility for the picture.

The company went on to tell American The Today Show - which invited size 4 Hamilton-Palmstierna to share her story about allegedly being fired from modeling for Ralph Lauren due to not fitting into the clothes - that the Photoshop mistake only appeared in one department store in Japan.

But was the image a one off? Photoshop Disasters claims to have dug up another ad of a grossly whittled down Ralph Lauren model - this time reportedly found in a window display in Sydney and featuring another longtime Ralph Lauren muse, Valentina Zelyaeva.

In the new ad, Zelyaeva is shown in an all-grey ensemble, with her head, shoulders and hands seemingly normal, but her torso, hips and legs slimmed to impossible - and unattractive - proportions.

Unfortunately, with these two images popping up in far flung corners of the globe, we'd hate (but obviously, sort of love) to see what else is floating around out there.

So while we're left scratching our heads as to why two already beautiful and slim women would be turned into weird cartoon-like characters, we want to know what you think.

Are these pictures yet another symptom of the fashion industry's unhealthy obsession with stick thin women? Leave a comment below...