Someone Is Editing Celeb Pics To Fit Today’s Influencer Beauty Standards And People Have Mixed Feelings (30 New Pics)
Today’s influencer beauty standards are unobtainable without the power of Photoshop. What you see in your social media feed doesn’t match up with reality. But some people tend to forget that.
Even beloved celebrities who spend a huge amount of time on their image can fall short of the standard that social media now seems to demand. The founder of the ‘Goddess Women’ Instagram page photoshops pics of well-known stars to show what they would look like if they actually did look like some influencers.
The account has amassed a whopping 377k followers. However, the project has split the internet and people have mixed opinions on it. Some believe that the account promotes unrealistic beauty standards. Meanwhile, others believe that the project starts up an important discussion about these very same standards.
Bored Panda got in touch with the founder of ‘Goddess Women’ and spoke with her about the entire project. She explained that her main goal is to create art with photo-editing software. She aims to see what can be done with Photoshop and actually supports natural looks. And her skills have already been noticed by celebrities themselves. Read on for our full interview. Meanwhile, we also got in touch with LA-based celebrity expert Mike Sington, known as Hollywood's Ultimate Insider. Scroll down to see what he had to say, too.
When you’re done scrolling through this list, you can have a read through Bored Panda’s previous articles about the ‘Goddess Women’ project here: Part 1 and Part 2.
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Jennifer Aniston
Like she needed improvement. I like how in the first pic she actually looks like a person, and not a doll.
The 2nd pic is too fake and too funny. Straight from anime if you ask me.
All of these are so fake they're not natural or ideal this can really hurt people that think that this is what a person should look like
She looks like a freaking Barbie doll in the 2nd pic. Who would want to look like that? 🤷
Cameron Diaz
Beautiful and she looks nice. After photo shopping not so much.
Load More Replies...She doesnt even look like her! All the little things that make her "Cameron Diaz"! Its like when Jennifer Grey got a nose job. So sad.
All of these are so fake they're not natural or ideal this can really hurt people that think that this is what a person should look like
Much less difference between the two pics-besides the filters. She ages amazingly
Irina Shayk
Imagine being so good looking that there is no difference after photoshopping? Mind you imagine being so ugly you still ugly after photoshopping!!
I don't have to imagine, I'm so ugly photo recognition software thinks I'm a blob fish lol
Load More Replies...All of these are so fake they're not natural or ideal this can really hurt people that think that this is what a person should look like
To match her eyes and make them stand out more possibly?
Load More Replies...Why did they change the colour of her dress and eyes? (And she looks much more beautiful in the 1st pic)
Not much difference. Same could probably be achieved with lighting and maybe different make-up.
Bored Panda wanted to understand what the founder of ‘Goddess Women’ thinks of her critics who believe that she promotes unrealistic body standards by photoshopping celeb photos.
“I understand them, but they should know it's just Photoshop, it's art,” she told us, suggesting that her critics are taking everything a bit too seriously.
Emma Watson
On the left we have Hermione Granger, and on the right we have Haamion, her anime character.
She’s so pretty in the first one! In the second one she just looks like every single insta model. 😕
Sorry, looks like two totally different people. Wouldn't even qualify as a future daughter lookalike
so today's influencer standard is pretty much "generic, interchangeable young woman"
Again originals better! I have never liked the way all the makeup covers every original thing about a. Person. Takes away soo much! Everyone really does look the same w these filters & all that makeup.
Dakota Johnson
No. Nope. Nuh uh. Definitely not Dakota Johnson in the 2nd pic. She's gorgeous dude, WHY WOULD YOU EDIT HER!?
Because that's the point of the article and images to show how insane the current standards of Instagram "beauty" is.
Load More Replies...So, if I continue to avoid social media, I won't have to see pics like the second one? (Except on BP, of course.)
Who the hell is going these edits? They all look awful and nothing like them!
Gal on the left looks human. Gal on the right looks like a mannequin.
Jessica Alba
sorry but what did you even do to her? I see no change; she is so beautiful
They just made her look like she's wearing too much makeup. She was already unbelievably pretty.
“No one needs these filters and skills, but it's amazing what we can create with them. Sometimes, I show before-and-after Photoshop in my stories.”
The creator of the Instagram page shared how she first got started. “I started this account in September 2018. I just posted some edits for fun and then I saw how many people liked my work and that motivated me!”
Megan Fox
To be fair she looks exactly like 'Jennifer's body era' Megan Fox ob the right one!
It's today's Megan fox on the left and on the right is 2007/2008 Megan fox.. not much of a difference really just one is a lil younger looking
I don't think they are photoshoping to change original looks of people because they think it looks nicer. I think they are doing it to prove a point. You are beautiful the way you are. Y'all don't need to be bashing the person who did this. I think it's good that we are able to see (in a clearer veiw) that this photoshoping isn't worth it. And it's not beautiful.
All of these are so fake they're not natural or ideal this can really hurt people that think that this is what a person should look like
Monica Bellucci
Why would one need to photoshop one of the most gorgeous woman in the planet? For shame! (•̀ᴗ•́)و
We are SO going backwards with this. We only just started to accept ourselves as we are, and not as the magazine airbrushed models, and now we have the computer airbrushing out all the wrinkles and age - AGAIN. I've earned every wrinkle on my face, and I object STRONGLY to going back to "eternal youth and beauty" as the standard - again. It appears that they're turning every woman into Kim Kardashian in one form or another. It's a bit sick, actually.
I still prefer the unedited pics. They don't look plastic and/or fake
This was the Artists/Photographers point, that every one on the Left is Beautiful Just The Way That They Are!
Selena Gomez
Yep! The goal seems to to remove any of the individuality that actually makes them beautiful in the first place and just make them look like clones
Load More Replies...Why do all these Gorgeous Women on the right have to look like photoshopped Kardashians...it's disgusting...
Took a sweet young woman and turned her into a 40 year old porn milf
Her very first edit that went viral was of Gigi Hadid’s interview for Variety magazine. “I was shocked when celebrities started to notice my page. To be honest, I never expected to get so much attention.”
Bored Panda was also interested to get the founder of the Instagram account’s opinion on looking ‘perfect’ on social media.
Angelina Jolie And Jennifer Aniston
I thought it was next...doesn't look like her at all even Angelina looks like Megan fox
Load More Replies...They lose all personality in the edits. Another reason modern beauty standards are so stupid.
Angelina Jolie just has way stronger make up in the 2nd picture, and Jennifer Aniston looks a lot worse in the 2nd picture
Seems like keep trying to turn Aniston into a different person entirely....
All of these are so fake they're not natural or ideal this can really hurt people that think that this is what a person should look like
Kate Winslet
Jennifer Aniston And Brad Pitt
Why didn't they "fix" Brad? Oh wait, is it only women who need to be plastic Barbies?
If you removed Pitt from this touched up photo, no one would ever guess that was Jennifer Aniston. They've deleted the personality right out of her.
I'm glad I'm not famous enough for everyone to post pictures of me and my ex all the time.
Pitt looks the same. Apparently he's already at peak attractiveness? Lol
Usually the men aren't wearing lipliner and doing face contour so I'm guessing he was purposefully unedited other than the allover color balancing/red reduction that was done to the photo. I really hate this look and I hope we move beyond it sometime in the near future.
Load More Replies...They've changed her "just enough" to make her NOT look like Jennifer Aniston. Really, if I simply saw the picture on its own, I wouldn't realize that's who it was supposed to be.
“I think that people are obsessed to look perfect because of the followers and likes they get with their ‘perfection.’ It's sad, but you get a lot more attention on social media when you look good.”
She added: “I just wanna say to all the girls and boys be yourself. You are beautiful the way you are! And I wanna thank all my followers for supporting my work, I love y'all so much!”
Shakira
She looks closer to Barbie than human.
Load More Replies...You have got to be kidding me Shakira is always flawless! They make everyone look like barbie give me a break!
If you can find a single thing Shakira "needs" fixed, you're the idiot.
Dakota Johnson
Oookay I am noticing a theme besides the real doll look.... We always thought only 80s makeup stood out well here is the 2020s version of 80s makeup is this gd NUDE lipsticks. It is god f*** Awful make it go away
All of these are so fake they're not natural or ideal this can really hurt people that think that this is what a person should look like
Are you saying you look like Monica Bellucci? Like to see that.
Load More Replies...Jennifer Aniston
Some of them were so badly over done that they didn't even look like the same actor
What's with the people photoshopping these celebrities to look like robots...I think they have a creepy fetish
All of these are so fake they're not natural or ideal this can really hurt people that think that this is what a person should look like
Jennifer gets the most Edits for some reason . People just love fixing her
This person seems to have an obsession with Jennifer Aniston. How many times has she been portrayed in this thread?
Meanwhile, celebrity expert Mike told Bored Panda a bit about celebrities and their image.
"I think it’s sad we actually have ‘modern beauty standards’ celebrities feel they have to meet. We’re all expected to look flawless, celebrities and their fans too. The celebrities, and ourselves, have created a false image of how people are supposed to look," Mike told us.
Lily Collins
The photo to the right is called: “Still miserable, but with a plastic coat”.
Went from looking beautiful to looking like a plastic sex doll. Why does anyone like this fake crap?
Nope. No, no, no. Just no. She looks inhuman and miserable in the second pic
All of these are so fake they're not natural or ideal this can really hurt people that think that this is what a person should look like
Oh my god, we get it. You don't have to comment that on every single photo.
Load More Replies...Keira Knightley
They pick some of the stupidest/unflattering pictures to Photoshop. Probably to make it more dramatic.
Load More Replies...I don't think they are photoshoping to change original looks of people because they think it looks nicer. I think they are doing it to prove a point. You are beautiful the way you are. Y'all don't need to be bashing the person who did this. I think it's good that we are able to see (in a clearer veiw) that this photoshoping isn't worth it. And it's not beautiful.
How can you even Photoshop Keira? Wouldn't the program simply read "error"? I mean, look at the woman - she's the result people want when they use Photoshop!! 😫
Did she really need a sharper jawline? This woman is gorgeous! Leave her out
Seems like their idea of "beauty" is to take a beautiful face add even more makeup.
All of these are so fake they're not natural or ideal this can really hurt people that think that this is what a person should look like
Adriana Lima
Why is no one talking about that blurring filter they put on that man? He looked good
He only gave permission to use his face once maybe? Lol
Load More Replies...I don't think they are photoshoping to change original looks of people because they think it looks nicer. I think they are doing it to prove a point. You are beautiful the way you are. Y'all don't need to be bashing the person who did this. I think it's good that we are able to see (in a clearer veiw) that this photoshoping isn't worth it. And it's not beautiful.
He told us that many celebrities today are their image. Things have certainly changed from how they used to be. "In the past, you had to have talent, now though, a photoshopped image is often all that’s needed to be famous. Celebrities that don’t rely on image have greater staying power," Mike said.
Natalie Portman
How’d they do that to her eyes? I loved that cute expression she had.
It’s called Photoshop manipulation not just FaceTune… look up on YouTube Photoshop touch up tutorials… you’ll see.
Load More Replies...Sandra Bullock
On the left, Sandra Bullock. On the right, a poor Ali Landry lookalike.
What's with all the skin lightening? And black eye makeup with creepy unrealistic bright eye colours?
I notice they ALWAYS fatten up the lips. I guess looking like you just got punched in the mouth is the "in" thing now, eh?
Angelina Jolie
Edited her bone structure on shoulder and her face and opened her mouth...... Just why
Photoshop version reminds me of maleficent so it's fair enough I guess
"The public is aware of a photoshopped image, because so many people are photoshopping their own images. Both fans and celebrities can create a false image with an app, but no one can create talent using an app," he said.
Angelina Jolie
Making her eyes creepy again. Also her facial volume has magically decreased.
Why lighten her face but not her neck? Looks like she's wearing the wrong shade of foundation
She looks creepy to me with or without photoshop. There's something about her . . .
And do not for get thinning out! Thinning Out Faces, Arms, Legs, Stomachs, And Well You Name It LOL It Sucks! And Then They Wonder Why People Who Are Famous Or Not Famous Have Eating Disorders And Body Dismorphia And Or Insecuritys Goodness!
Load More Replies...Cindy Kimberly
I love dark brown and black eyes, I think they are beautiful and they keep changing them so they look slightly creepy
Load More Replies...1st pic is gorgeous! I hate every last one of these heifers! Stupid, Ole pretty asses. Yes, im hate complimenting and yes Lol! I'm pleasantly salty. Lol!
What is it with the photoshopper constantly removing gloss and making the yes lighter ? I mean her eyes were already so good looking, those just look weird😔
Adele
Don’t mess with Adele. Ever. She’s perfect no matter what she looks like.
So, the key to editing is to give everyone bright blue eyes that look artificial?
Mike added that English actress Helen Mirren is his fave star who embraces how she looks with no makeup and no photo-editing of her pics. "Her extraordinary talent is her image, and it transcends her appearance… which, by the way, is fabulous!"
Salma Hayek
I see no real difference. They darkened her face a bit. She is beauty personified.
I guess I shouldn't have had licorice ropes to back my pizza lunch up, oh well.
I wouldn't be leaning back and waving in a dress like that. I'd be afraid my girl would pop out. It's hardly covered her as it is. LOL!
That body... who's looking at her face?? I'm not even a lesbian & am drooling... lol
Miranda Kerr
It's the type of filter they used. If you look in the background the pink lettering is also changed to blue
Load More Replies...It looks like a scar? Maybe she had heart surgery or something? I don't feel like googling it.
Load More Replies...I was wondering same, am not familiar with the person
Load More Replies...I don't think they are photoshoping to change original looks of people because they think it looks nicer. I think they are doing it to prove a point. You are beautiful the way you are. Y'all don't need to be bashing the person who did this. I think it's good that we are able to see (in a clearer veiw) that this photoshoping isn't worth it. And it's not beautiful.
Dakota Johnson And Jamie Dornan
Does this person have something against dakota johnson? Cause this is like the third pic of her that they filtered.
I don't think they are photoshoping to change original looks of people because they think it looks nicer. I think they are doing it to prove a point. You are beautiful the way you are. Y'all don't need to be bashing the person who did this. I think it's good that we are able to see (in a clearer veiw) that this photoshoping isn't worth it. And it's not beautiful.
Nicole Kidman And Tom Cruise
Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway is SOO SOO SOO beautiful, but nooo, you have to make her look like plastic right?
The weird thing is, once you've seen the edited version it somehow makes the actual picture look a bit odd - because all our faces are a bit odd. I can see why young people are getting screwed up comparing their normal human faces to actual 'perfect' faces
Make everyone like they are all from the Mediterranean and/or the Middle East and Anne Hathaway is known for her big smile! Influencers are so gross
Pamela Anderson
Great one. I mean, she was all natural in the first place. I think her dress is the object with the least amount of plastic in it.
I wonder why all her marriages never lasted no more than two years at best. Some even much less than that.
David Beckham And Victoria Beckham
Nina Dobrev
Alexandra Daddario
Her natural eyes are stunning! They made her look like a vampire! : D
Load More Replies...What's wrong with people who photoshop and their sense for people eyes. She can bloody we'll be a vampire for all the eyes that are seen here.
Dakota Johnson
what is up with him and dakota johnson???? she's pretty already man get over it:)
I wondered the same thing about Jen Aniston...a lot of these just look like they put on too much makeup in the alleged "improvement" 🤷♀️
Load More Replies...Adriana Lima & Gisele Bündchen
Keira Knightley
Cara Delevingne And Selena Gomez
Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt
David Beckham And Victoria Beckham
What did you do to edit this? Please tell me that you just zoomed in, right..?
Jessica Alba
Aaliyah
Jessica Alba
Kobe Bryant & Vanessa Bryant
Zendaya
Gtfoh Zendaya is perfect just the way she is! She is such a talented and refreshingly intelligent young lady...WTH did they make her taller?!? When did being petit become unfashionable?!?
She's above average tall (5ft10) not petite at all. They probably just stretched her head up to make it more oval shaped lol
Load More Replies...Aishwarya Rai
I didn't need to see an ex-Miss World photoshopped to this level.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley And Jason Statham
Jason's looks like it's been edited to bring out his features, but Rosie's looks like it's been edited to hide her features
Tina Barret
OMG I literally said the same thing seconds before I read your comment! 😂
Load More Replies...Jennifer Lopez
Emma Watson
Selena Gomez
Megan Fox And Thomas Doherty
Gigi Hadid
Her only purpose now is to use her laser eyes to terminate all humans
Kim Kardashian
she's already fake as can be, so the right looks more like her than the left!
Angelina Jolie
Don't you know? All eye colors except blue are myths. It's all conspiracy theories abt people having weird eye colors like grey, green, brown, and even black!
Load More Replies...Megan Fox
Natalie Portman
Dakota Johnson
They need to Photoshop Don Johnson too. She strongly resembles her dad and he's always been purty.
Holy hell, I didn't even know she is his daughter. How did I miss that, lol.
Load More Replies...Adriana Lima
Rihanna
Bella Hadid
Megan Fox
Emily Ratajkowski
Irina Shayk
Jessica Alba
Adriana Lima
That's some terrible photoshop. Turn her neck into a tree trunk and cut and pasted her head back on it but wrong.
Ariana Grande
Vanessa Paradis
The original is on the right. I'm sure no would fail to notice otherwise.
Angelina Michelle
Jennifer Lopez
Jessica Alba
Monica Bellucci
Just realized how bitchy the influencer beauty Standard really is. Ever girl looks like fresh from a porn, disgusting! Their natural beauty is way more than a dumb f**k-me-face.
Most of these turn out looking like Jenner family with all that makeup
That’s bc that’s what they (the Js & the Ks) use on their instagram and snapchat filters!! ALL FÛCKING FAKE AS FÜCK!!! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Load More Replies...I don't think they are photoshoping to change original looks of people because they think it looks nicer. I think they are doing it to prove a point. You are beautiful the way you are. Y'all don't need to be bashing the person who did this. I think it's good that we are able to see (in a clearer veiw) that this photoshoping isn't worth it 24/7. And it's not beautiful. Be you.
If anything, I find all of this very interesting. First, the strong backlash over "altering" the image of a celebrity to fit today's influencer society (but not as much backlash over influencers who alter themselves). Second, how this neither supports one over the other. I don't believe either image is ugly at all! You can have your face edited and still look beautiful. But should you? To me, it is a matter of personal preference and self-esteem. What I find sorrowful is the standard that this is how women should look/portray themselves on a daily basis. Personally, I wear make up about once a month (if that) and never use filters/image alterations unless I'm trolling my siblings. I am overjoyed with my natural beauty but I also enjoy seeing myself with alterations out of sheer curiosity. It can be artful and fun. But, if I were to pick a side, today's unrealistic beauty standard kinda sucks.
Every single picture the eyes are altered not just the eye lashes or makeup but the eyes themselves they've all been lightened, I've seen someones brown eyes turn blue and hazel and green also turn blue. Seen a lot of shrinking nostrils n noses too.... Someone's got a eurocentric fetish. Ooooo probs why there's not a single Asian or person of color in these pics.
This tendency to photoshop into the vision of a porn star really doesn't do much for the 21st century's efforts at making women equal in the world, does it? All it seems to be doing is making women look like nothing more than an "armpiece" for some stud. Disgusting, and I really hope women catch on and get this trend to STOP!!!
Angelina Jolie
Kylie Jenner
This was already photoshopped. Now it's hyper photoshopped into a blackhole of obscurity.
Kendall Jenner
Elena De La Vega
First of all, why and what the f**k. Secondly, it's really unnerving that more than 70% of these are only women celebrities. And lastly, dear Pandas be sure to go through the heading and the paragraph before commenting as @Charlotte A. suggested.
And please tell me, who the hell decides how we should look???? Some random idiot on internet who started a trend??? A piece of Kardashian trash?? some other idiot?? WHO
Load More Replies...Thanks to the goddess women project I learned that with photoshop you can turn even the most beautiful people into the soulless husks society demands.
I am so sick of the current makeup/face trend where women try to look like Bratz dolls. It's just gross.
It's not exactly a brillant art project if you have to read the disclaimer to get the idea behind it. I also wonder if the creators ever thought about the ethics behind changing the appearances of these women. Shouldn't they have the right to be depicted as they wish, not as some sort of über-photoshopped Barbie doll with dead eyes? Even considering the intention behind this post, I really take an issue with how these women's bodies are instrumentalized to prove a point.
I don't see an ethical dilemma. No one has the right to control how others portray or perceive them. No public figure who got that way on purpose is entitled to rope themselves off from my right to engage in commentary or parody by altering images of them. You would have been better off trying to make an intellectual property argument on behalf of the unsung magazine photographers, and you'd lose that, too. Freedom of expression's a b***h.
Load More Replies...I'm confused why an account called "Goddess Women" thinks this is a good use of anyone's time and resources.
They're women we have agreed to agree meet a ridiculous standard of feminine beauty; I find it hard to believe that anyone could recognize even half of those women but have yet to literally have seen in print a line eithwr comparing one of the ones they know to or outright calling her a goddess. Hence the celebrities are "goddess women;" we almost built an actual temple, but we forgot what we were doing and it ended up building a mall instead, I guess? Woo, tangent! Speaking of tangents, what if you went and just took the phrase "goddess women" literally? What would that mean? That it's possible for a woman to be an actual goddess in terms of what she gives others (a pretty face in exchange for getting to be in the public sphere, where people can see your face; 2.5 full time volunteer opportunities all with the position title "stay-at-home mom whose every action will be condemned no matter what she does" to go back to work and now have 3.65 full-time jobs all called "adult", etc.)
Load More Replies...It's so sad. And it's right to provoke the conversation. We are quite literally forgetting was it is to look natural and the damage that is doing to mental health and self-esteem cannot be underestimated.
Indeed. The simple fact is no one looks like those pictures naturally not even the "influencers" people need to understand that and never compare themselves or strive to look like that. Be healthy and be yourself. There's no one exactly like you and that is a good thing!
Load More Replies...Methinks some of the commenters should have read the intro before being let loose on the images...
...yes, I should have gone through it first 😶🤐😅
Load More Replies...First of all, why and what the f**k. Secondly, it's really unnerving that more than 70% of these are only women celebrities. And lastly, dear Pandas be sure to go through the heading and the paragraph before commenting as @Charlotte A. suggested.
And please tell me, who the hell decides how we should look???? Some random idiot on internet who started a trend??? A piece of Kardashian trash?? some other idiot?? WHO
Load More Replies...Thanks to the goddess women project I learned that with photoshop you can turn even the most beautiful people into the soulless husks society demands.
I am so sick of the current makeup/face trend where women try to look like Bratz dolls. It's just gross.
It's not exactly a brillant art project if you have to read the disclaimer to get the idea behind it. I also wonder if the creators ever thought about the ethics behind changing the appearances of these women. Shouldn't they have the right to be depicted as they wish, not as some sort of über-photoshopped Barbie doll with dead eyes? Even considering the intention behind this post, I really take an issue with how these women's bodies are instrumentalized to prove a point.
I don't see an ethical dilemma. No one has the right to control how others portray or perceive them. No public figure who got that way on purpose is entitled to rope themselves off from my right to engage in commentary or parody by altering images of them. You would have been better off trying to make an intellectual property argument on behalf of the unsung magazine photographers, and you'd lose that, too. Freedom of expression's a b***h.
Load More Replies...I'm confused why an account called "Goddess Women" thinks this is a good use of anyone's time and resources.
They're women we have agreed to agree meet a ridiculous standard of feminine beauty; I find it hard to believe that anyone could recognize even half of those women but have yet to literally have seen in print a line eithwr comparing one of the ones they know to or outright calling her a goddess. Hence the celebrities are "goddess women;" we almost built an actual temple, but we forgot what we were doing and it ended up building a mall instead, I guess? Woo, tangent! Speaking of tangents, what if you went and just took the phrase "goddess women" literally? What would that mean? That it's possible for a woman to be an actual goddess in terms of what she gives others (a pretty face in exchange for getting to be in the public sphere, where people can see your face; 2.5 full time volunteer opportunities all with the position title "stay-at-home mom whose every action will be condemned no matter what she does" to go back to work and now have 3.65 full-time jobs all called "adult", etc.)
Load More Replies...It's so sad. And it's right to provoke the conversation. We are quite literally forgetting was it is to look natural and the damage that is doing to mental health and self-esteem cannot be underestimated.
Indeed. The simple fact is no one looks like those pictures naturally not even the "influencers" people need to understand that and never compare themselves or strive to look like that. Be healthy and be yourself. There's no one exactly like you and that is a good thing!
Load More Replies...Methinks some of the commenters should have read the intro before being let loose on the images...
...yes, I should have gone through it first 😶🤐😅
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