Oh and I failed to mention that her shots are not for magazines (her ultimate goal is costume makeup) they are strictly to build a website and a portfolio and I will not be using this camera for any professional type shots, nor do i plan on using adobe photoshop to alter the pix (too much anyways).

I know these newb questions about what camera is right for what can be extremely annoying, and I truly do apologize. There is just SOO many different aspects of digital camera photography it can be pretty overwhelming for an amateur with some pretty basic goals.