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It's becoming increasingly difficult to know just what is real and what isn't when browsing the internet. We're not just talking about fake news either, but the millions of photoshopped images, often very far from reality.
Take a look at these incredible before and after photo manipulation examples to see what we mean. They were Photoshopped by a Weibo user who goes by the name of Kanahoooo, although Chinese social media prefers to call her "Photoshop Holy." Why? Because her photo editing skills are nothing short of Godlike, which is why she has over 430,000 followers. Whether she's altering guys or girls to match the beauty standards, or even turning guys into girls, there seems to be nothing that the skilled image editor can't do. Kanahoooo, whose day job, according to MSN, is to make people look "shiny" and live up to their high expectations, apparently provides Photoshopping services to people who want to look better on their online profiles. "Don't believe the perfect thing you see online!" she says. "If you want to find out about somebody, then see them in real life." Check out some of her best images below, and let them act as a cautionary reminder that, when it comes to the internet, there's a very thin line between fact, fiction, and the ugly truth.
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Tiu Tau Tilhi 7 years ago
Yep, I don't even see the point here anymore - could have just created a whole digitized person to begin with.
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Diksha Deshpande 7 years ago
I personally think that she looked way better in the first one. She doesn't even look like the same person after editing!
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Donna J Howorko 7 years ago
Mibo-I agree, don't like them either. the first-real are beautiful and awesome. the others white washed for what? ug I hate that.
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Judh Palcon Domo 7 years ago
He does not need to be photo-shopped. He already look good on the first picture.
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Diksha Deshpande 7 years ago
They photoshopped out the features that made her herself!! She's adorable before and after, but the original one has more natural beauty...
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Tiu Tau Tilhi 7 years ago
these manipulations show the beauty ideals of this region well, sadly.
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Hana Cheaib 7 years ago
Photoshop nicely done but not necessary, you're amazing on your natural way!
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Kerri Russ 7 years ago
Does anyone else think the re-done faces are the same? Very little differences once you make the eyes more Western, narrow the nose and face, and accentuate the pointed chin. They all end up looking the same.
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Paisley Stufft 7 years ago
What's up with all these dudes turning into females in these photos
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Morgan Brock 7 years ago
Are they asking to be given egg heads? Because that is exactly what all these pictures have in common.... a flawless egg head.
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Connie Mabary-Hyde 7 years ago
She looks like a sweet young girl on the first pic. On the second pic, I keep thinking I'm seeing the same girl in pic after pic.
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Connie Mabary-Hyde 7 years ago
At least you can tell it is the same girl. Guess she just wanted to look thiner.
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Connie Mabary-Hyde 7 years ago
Why, why, the girl is beautiful on the first one. No need for changes!
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Dyallen Efendi 7 years ago
if all females in asia look like anime character, then i am scared to go back home.... lol
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Bruce Kunde 7 years ago
most photos here just needed flash fill, That cell phones don't offer ....yet?
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Debbie Detmer 7 years ago
Slightest change of them all. Looks like the only thing done was thinning her right cheek. Still imo first pic looks a bit better
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Hana Cheaib 7 years ago
You don't need to loose weight! The second one is too skinny for me! I prefer before
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Izabela Nowak 7 years ago
The unphotoshopped version has really nice legs. Genarally, she looks better before.
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Debra Starr Moon 7 years ago
Look at that great smile and those beautiful cheeks in the first one. The second one is one dimensional and flat.
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Debra Starr Moon 7 years ago
It makes me sad to see these people changing what makes them so unique and beautiful into something so generic and one-dimensional because of their perception of today's trendy (and unrealistic) beauty standards. Beauty standards change with time, but the beauty these people were born with is timeless and should be embraced and celebrated, not completely obliterated.
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TheRubyFalcon 7 years ago
They lost all of the dimension -- look at her upper nose! Much better before.
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Marietta Tyks 7 years ago
They all look prettier before the transformation. They were original, after they all looked the same and toooo skinny.
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What do you think ?
José Alejandro Díaz Bravo 7 years ago
This post should be named "Real people vs Final Fantasy version of themselves"
Daria B 7 years ago
Ahahaha I thought of Final Fantasy as well, but that game franchise's title becomes a pun in a sentence like yours said in a situation like this. Good one, good one! ♥
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Quant 7 years ago
And people wonder why so many girls have body image issues... everyone wants to achieve the unachievable ideal, which is in fact just a perfect mediocrity... if eugenics ever takes our planet will become very boring very quickly.
Ann Ros'a 7 years ago
That happens with so called Supermodels too, most of their photos are Photoshopped as well. That makes it even more of an issue. 😟😵
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Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
Everyone who says "I can't understand why they'd do this" or "why would these people want to have their photos edited until they turned into someone else"... ugly people like myself don't want to "be themselves" or "have individuality"... they have been treated like trash their whole lives for being who they are, they want to be someone else, someone who is considered worthy by society. I'm glad you didn't go through that, but don't assume "being natural" or "being yourself" is always a good thing or what everyone wants. Lots of people want to be someone else entirely if they can, even if it's just online. And our society won't be "boring" if everyone is equally good looking, what would happen is that people would start to actually be judged more on who they are, on the inside and on physical traits we can actually choose (like clothes, make-up and hairstyles), instead of 80% or more being about the genetics first and then personality.
Brivid 7 years ago
If everybody became "good looking" society would just find something else to criticize. Afterall, it has always been about competition.
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José Alejandro Díaz Bravo 7 years ago
This post should be named "Real people vs Final Fantasy version of themselves"
Daria B 7 years ago
Ahahaha I thought of Final Fantasy as well, but that game franchise's title becomes a pun in a sentence like yours said in a situation like this. Good one, good one! ♥
Load More Replies... Quant 7 years ago
And people wonder why so many girls have body image issues... everyone wants to achieve the unachievable ideal, which is in fact just a perfect mediocrity... if eugenics ever takes our planet will become very boring very quickly.
Ann Ros'a 7 years ago
That happens with so called Supermodels too, most of their photos are Photoshopped as well. That makes it even more of an issue. 😟😵
Load More Replies... Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
Everyone who says "I can't understand why they'd do this" or "why would these people want to have their photos edited until they turned into someone else"... ugly people like myself don't want to "be themselves" or "have individuality"... they have been treated like trash their whole lives for being who they are, they want to be someone else, someone who is considered worthy by society. I'm glad you didn't go through that, but don't assume "being natural" or "being yourself" is always a good thing or what everyone wants. Lots of people want to be someone else entirely if they can, even if it's just online. And our society won't be "boring" if everyone is equally good looking, what would happen is that people would start to actually be judged more on who they are, on the inside and on physical traits we can actually choose (like clothes, make-up and hairstyles), instead of 80% or more being about the genetics first and then personality.
Brivid 7 years ago
If everybody became "good looking" society would just find something else to criticize. Afterall, it has always been about competition.
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