Jessica Simpson has posed as a famous Italian model and actress Virna Lisi for the cover of May’s issue of Esquire magazine. The original portrait with Virna Lisi (on the left) was made in 1965 by Karl Fischer. In 1965, Lisi was photographed shaving her face for the cover of Esquire. The photo was believed to be meant to provoke the feminism movement, Transworld reports.

Held at the prestigious Palais des Festivals, Cannes, between the 21st and 25th April 2008, The Sony World Photography Awards proudly give tribute to photographers around the globe in all categories. From landscape to music, photojournalism to fashion, the Sony World Photography Awards showcases the world’s best images taken by the most renowned photographers as well as the yet undiscovered. Supported by hundreds of the industry’s top photographers, critics, gallery owners, directors, founders and other industry experts, SWPA is the first awards show of its kind, providing an unprecedented international platform in the culturally important and diverse world of photography.