Why are photos of movie stars taken@ a high angle shot which makes their legs look 2short for their bodies?

Question

When pictures of stars on the red carpet are published in magazines they are always at a high angle. This gives the stars HUGE upper bodies and tiny, misproportioned legs. Surely, in this day and age of ways to flatter the figure, stars would not let pictures that far from flatter them be published...?

Answer 1

Because you can capture more from higher angles,

Answer 2

the photographers on the red carpet are usually standing about 6 deep on both sides, so the photographers hold their cameras up high to go over the heads of the photographers in front of them.

Answer 3

you could see more of the scene