Her account, which promises to “show people that celebrities are just like us,” showcases how famous faces have changed over the years (implying plastic surgery, usually) or what a celebrity looks like in “real life” compared to the images they post to Instagram. “I don’t have a problem with Photoshopping.” What gets to her is “when these girls claim they don’t touch their photos when they clearly do.”ĭiana, a 29-year-old who declined to share her last name, started last August. “I don’t look like a completely different person when I do ,” she said.
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Nicolette admits that she’s still a typical 16-year-old and FaceTunes photos that she posts on her personal account, mainly to smooth her skin and fix “a few minor things.” She’ll start digging for the original photo, typically spending an hour or two per post-a dedicated hobby that she has to balance with her school workload. The hunt begins when Nicolette sees a photo of a celebrity on Instagram that looks too good to be true. JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery, the American Medical Association’s peer-reviewed medical journal, conducted a study on how the popularity of filtered photos led teenagers to want plastic surgery to look like their edited selves. “They’re just like everyone else and I’m glad I have a following so I can help young people such as myself to be confident with who they are,” she said. “It’s honestly crazy how social media can affect young kids and even adults,” Nicolette says, adding that it’s “important” to show that even Instagram models aren’t perfect. Other content details plastic surgeries or busts influencers for perceived hypocrisies, like a post showing influencer Madison Beer wearing real fur after tweeting about animal rights. Some posts are looping videos of two photos to show the difference of a celebrity’s original pic compared to the photo they FaceTuned and presented to the world. Now, the account is booming with more than 44,000 followers. After Calemine blocked Nicolette’s account in December 2018, Nicolette moved on to other influencers and celebrities but kept the handle.
Nicolette, a 16-year-old who didn’t feel comfortable giving us her last name, started the account in spring 2018 to “expose” influencer Kelsey Calemine citing Calemine’s tweets in claims that she was racist and homophobic. Since inception in 2015, similar accounts have popped up, like an account that prides itself on “exposing lies, surgeries & photoshop.” “Celebs & ig models hate this account for showing you the truth,” its bio states. “I wanted to show the difference between a magazine photoshoot and reality,” Anna said in an email interview. Anna says she believes some celebrities aren’t too fond of the account, considering Hadid and fellow Victoria’s Secret model Elsa Hosk have blocked the page.