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It’s no secret that deception online is a big thing. From the comfort of their homes, people can trick us into believing virtually everything—from perfect looks to enviable lives. I mean, who’s there to check up on what’s true or false?
Unless, of course, they give in themselves. And this is what the new TikTok challenge is all about. #CatfishChallenge has TikTokers revealing their real faces behind picture-perfect selfies. Essentially, it totally debunks the belief that everyone looks like supermodels in their daily lives.
Initiated by 22-year-old Australian TikToker @moldogaa, the Catfish Challenge has already amassed 409.3 million views and counting. Others joined in to share their unrecognizable faces and it’s both amusing and kinda illuminating.
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wandile dludlu 3 years ago
It's still definately her with just make up. Not much in terms of editing the pics
Bored Panda reached out to social media influencer Shanae Thompson, who has 113.6k followers on her TikTok account, where she goes by the handle @itsyagirlshaeee. Shanae also joined the fun #catfishchallenge and her video went viral, amassing 163.6k likes.
The influencer said that she enjoys doing challenges on the platform, but this one she made at random. “I didn’t plan that video at all, that content was taken after a single take and it ended up getting a lot more attention than I ever expected!”
Essentially, the new TikTok video trend debunks the common myth that everyone looks perfect in their daily lives. By revealing their genuine faces behind the makeup and photo editing, the TikTokers made a point that the picture and reality don’t always coincide. These light-hearted and comical videos are hashtagged #catfish to show just how deceiving the pictures can be.
“I would remind everyone to love themselves for who they are. Even in the moments when you don’t look your best. Be comfortable and confident in your skin,” Shanae said. “I enjoy being able to play with makeup and change my look. But at the end of the day, taking all that off and relaxing is the best part of the day.”
And when it comes to TikTok, the social media influencer said she’s over the moon that so many people “could enjoy my goofy content.”
“I think anybody who wants to put themselves out there as an influencer, dancer, or performer of any kind would be silly to not start a TikTok account. I have seen so many people’s careers take off from the app.” Shanae concluded that nothing about this app that she has experienced really is a downfall. And if it puts smiles on people’s faces, it’s even better!
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D. Pitbull 3 years ago
This one is kinda misleading... I mean... the without makeup is at a different angle/zoom/facial expression.
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Linda Williams 3 years ago
Why would you want to look like somebody else? Why is being yourself not good enough?
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Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 3 years ago
Hm... this one doesn't have too much difference, from what I can see... just the pose and a few edits to the complexion and eyes.
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Demon Child 3 years ago
BE NICE: own your face. I would rather see you as a person than who you wish you were
#18
BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago
yeah, I'm pretty sure all of these are to make it like: flattering pic vs. unflattering pic
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Ariyana Ritesh 3 years ago
Lol I love her expression in the second one- btw, anyone else think her hair is GORGEOUS?
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BoredPanda is awesome 3 years ago
I think all of these are to make it like: flattering pic vs. unflattering pic
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Anouk Raemen 3 years ago
This one doesn't count, she just took a picture in a less flattering angle...Anyone can look "bad/ugly" like that...
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Truth Monster 3 years ago
So they altered their pics to try to attain society's insane beauty standards and also uphold them, and now they are posting their "real" faces with grimaces, weird angles, etc. Social media is so weird sometimes
Julie C Rose 3 years ago (edited)
“They took normal pics / pics with makeup, then they took pics of themselves making the ugliest faces. The sub is called Pretty Girls Ugly Faces.” As a woman who goes no-makeup all the time, I’m glad I have an appointment with my neuro-ophthalmologist on Monday, because I think I rolled my eyes into my brain. Edit: And in case any makeup wearers feel like playing the victim, I don’t give a flying fart what women, men, nonbinary people or anyone else puts on their face. I’m specifically talking about the theatrical “ohhhh bare faces are sooooo ugly” behaviour.
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Evelína Zlá 3 years ago
Yeah... they should have the same pose on both...
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GirlFriday 3 years ago
I don't understand how these are "catfishes". It looks to me like the first picture is makeup and filters and the second picture is completely natural. Catfishing is when you start a romance with someone and you aren't who you say you are.
David Gallagher 3 years ago
I catfished people since I was 16, before there was a word for it. I had no self-confidence and hated myself for being gay. Then I met someone as a catfish at 18 and fell in love with him. Managed to catfish him for 6 years before he told me he knows I'm not the person I claim. I came clean, it was the worst time in my life. We've been together for 12 years.
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
Your honesty and ownership shows how far you've come, and I'm so glad you found someone who could pull you out of that situation, before it caused too much damage :)
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Biljana Malesevic 3 years ago
Well, no one looks great when they touch the camera with their nose, and make faces, purposely make double chin and so on. So, on the left, we have posing with make up, on the right we have person making face on like 2cm from camera. How is that even.. I don't get it.
Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat 3 years ago
Bored Panda article explains why people shouldn't use Tik Tok, yet Bored Panda continues to share articles about Tik Tok Challenges? :S
Isabella R.W. 3 years ago
It looks like in pics without makeup they're purposely trying to look bad. They should've just took a normal picture of themselves without makeup.
Guy on the internet 3 years ago
This isn't fair. When they have the makeup on, suddenly they're posing like a photo. Without the makeup, it's like they're making weird faces just to show the "difference." C'mon.
Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 3 years ago
Only a few of these pics are actually different. The rest are just people in normal poses, then in unflattering poses.
Anony Mouse 3 years ago
I for one will be glad when the weird, boxy, thick fake eyebrow trend is over. They're so weird looking.
Brivid 3 years ago
This type post is disgusting. It is used to shame people who either have some form of body dysphoria or who are only trying to live up to impossible standards. There also seems to be people on this list who have gained/lost weight since the "sexy/glamor" pictures. I myself looked younger and thinner two years ago compared to today.
it's me again 3 years ago
I think their made up faces with the magic marker eyebrows, Barbie doll fake eyes and duck lips all look stupid. Who wants to look like a android sex toy?
Shan Kissdani 3 years ago
What is the mindset of these people, I wonder. Living in a make-believe world with their beautiful avatars. So, what happened to the real world for these people? They are a SAD bunch, admiring their fake selves while living in a fantasy world. Even in these pictures they are grimacing to hide their real faces. They simply cannot be true to themselves anymore.
Todd Hollfelder 3 years ago
Make up is intended to bring out the better qualities while hiding the flaws. However, most, if not all, of these aren't the same people. The before pictures all look like Mama June, and the after has features only a cosmetic surgeon can provide. Down sloping noses are turned up. Wide noses are thin. Double chins can be hidden but not without a price. Fun to look at if you remember they're all fake
Joseph Brzezinski 3 years ago
Why post such unflattering pics... lol. I feel like I want to scratch my initials in their makeup...
Yehudit Hannah Cohn 3 years ago
I don't understand the point of this article. As "catfishing" is done by people who set up a false personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes, why would they reveal their true faces?
Denise Melek 3 years ago
When did this white point on the nose/ bacon-like greasy faces become a trend? I think im old..
Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago
Can we try something similar but where they aren't trying to look ridiculous in the second pic.
Martha Meyer 3 years ago
Honestly, who has the time to plaster that much make-up on! This level of skill and effort seems worth to me only for cosplay situations.
Pangolin Pal 3 years ago
I can understand how very heavy, complicated makeup can change a person's appearance, but in a lot of these examples, the whole shape of the person's face and head has been changed. Surely this is more Photoshop than makeup, right?
Martha Meyer 3 years ago
Look up “contouring“. It's a make-up trend with which you basically create a visual illusion to make certain features look different than they actually are.
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Gon Freecss 3 years ago (edited)
anyone else upvote a bad comment first so that when you downvote it, it looks like you gave two downvotes? And it also gives the false hope of someone agreeing with them when they get a notif that someone upvoted their comment:)
Kat Hi 3 years ago
Why would you do that? It's really kind of creepy. I don't think people even care that much about some rating of comments... I don't think one second about it. And I would never do something, sp that "onother person feels a special way".... Like... What? Why!? Leave them people alone. Deal your own s**t. Sry, but that's really kind of creepy and crazy
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pebs 3 years ago
Not really, I would say... And lot of them are horrible even with altered looks.
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Truth Monster 3 years ago
So they altered their pics to try to attain society's insane beauty standards and also uphold them, and now they are posting their "real" faces with grimaces, weird angles, etc. Social media is so weird sometimes
Julie C Rose 3 years ago (edited)
“They took normal pics / pics with makeup, then they took pics of themselves making the ugliest faces. The sub is called Pretty Girls Ugly Faces.” As a woman who goes no-makeup all the time, I’m glad I have an appointment with my neuro-ophthalmologist on Monday, because I think I rolled my eyes into my brain. Edit: And in case any makeup wearers feel like playing the victim, I don’t give a flying fart what women, men, nonbinary people or anyone else puts on their face. I’m specifically talking about the theatrical “ohhhh bare faces are sooooo ugly” behaviour.
Load More Replies... Evelína Zlá 3 years ago
Yeah... they should have the same pose on both...
Load More Replies... GirlFriday 3 years ago
I don't understand how these are "catfishes". It looks to me like the first picture is makeup and filters and the second picture is completely natural. Catfishing is when you start a romance with someone and you aren't who you say you are.
David Gallagher 3 years ago
I catfished people since I was 16, before there was a word for it. I had no self-confidence and hated myself for being gay. Then I met someone as a catfish at 18 and fell in love with him. Managed to catfish him for 6 years before he told me he knows I'm not the person I claim. I came clean, it was the worst time in my life. We've been together for 12 years.
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
Your honesty and ownership shows how far you've come, and I'm so glad you found someone who could pull you out of that situation, before it caused too much damage :)
Load More Replies... Biljana Malesevic 3 years ago
Well, no one looks great when they touch the camera with their nose, and make faces, purposely make double chin and so on. So, on the left, we have posing with make up, on the right we have person making face on like 2cm from camera. How is that even.. I don't get it.
Jade Lynn - Panda's Brat 3 years ago
Bored Panda article explains why people shouldn't use Tik Tok, yet Bored Panda continues to share articles about Tik Tok Challenges? :S
Isabella R.W. 3 years ago
It looks like in pics without makeup they're purposely trying to look bad. They should've just took a normal picture of themselves without makeup.
Guy on the internet 3 years ago
This isn't fair. When they have the makeup on, suddenly they're posing like a photo. Without the makeup, it's like they're making weird faces just to show the "difference." C'mon.
Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 3 years ago
Only a few of these pics are actually different. The rest are just people in normal poses, then in unflattering poses.
Anony Mouse 3 years ago
I for one will be glad when the weird, boxy, thick fake eyebrow trend is over. They're so weird looking.
Brivid 3 years ago
This type post is disgusting. It is used to shame people who either have some form of body dysphoria or who are only trying to live up to impossible standards. There also seems to be people on this list who have gained/lost weight since the "sexy/glamor" pictures. I myself looked younger and thinner two years ago compared to today.
it's me again 3 years ago
I think their made up faces with the magic marker eyebrows, Barbie doll fake eyes and duck lips all look stupid. Who wants to look like a android sex toy?
Shan Kissdani 3 years ago
What is the mindset of these people, I wonder. Living in a make-believe world with their beautiful avatars. So, what happened to the real world for these people? They are a SAD bunch, admiring their fake selves while living in a fantasy world. Even in these pictures they are grimacing to hide their real faces. They simply cannot be true to themselves anymore.
Todd Hollfelder 3 years ago
Make up is intended to bring out the better qualities while hiding the flaws. However, most, if not all, of these aren't the same people. The before pictures all look like Mama June, and the after has features only a cosmetic surgeon can provide. Down sloping noses are turned up. Wide noses are thin. Double chins can be hidden but not without a price. Fun to look at if you remember they're all fake
Joseph Brzezinski 3 years ago
Why post such unflattering pics... lol. I feel like I want to scratch my initials in their makeup...
Yehudit Hannah Cohn 3 years ago
I don't understand the point of this article. As "catfishing" is done by people who set up a false personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes, why would they reveal their true faces?
Denise Melek 3 years ago
When did this white point on the nose/ bacon-like greasy faces become a trend? I think im old..
Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago
Can we try something similar but where they aren't trying to look ridiculous in the second pic.
Martha Meyer 3 years ago
Honestly, who has the time to plaster that much make-up on! This level of skill and effort seems worth to me only for cosplay situations.
Pangolin Pal 3 years ago
I can understand how very heavy, complicated makeup can change a person's appearance, but in a lot of these examples, the whole shape of the person's face and head has been changed. Surely this is more Photoshop than makeup, right?
Martha Meyer 3 years ago
Look up “contouring“. It's a make-up trend with which you basically create a visual illusion to make certain features look different than they actually are.
Load More Replies... Gon Freecss 3 years ago (edited)
anyone else upvote a bad comment first so that when you downvote it, it looks like you gave two downvotes? And it also gives the false hope of someone agreeing with them when they get a notif that someone upvoted their comment:)
Kat Hi 3 years ago
Why would you do that? It's really kind of creepy. I don't think people even care that much about some rating of comments... I don't think one second about it. And I would never do something, sp that "onother person feels a special way".... Like... What? Why!? Leave them people alone. Deal your own s**t. Sry, but that's really kind of creepy and crazy
Load More Replies... pebs 3 years ago
Not really, I would say... And lot of them are horrible even with altered looks.
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