Bikini model, 28, shares beach pics of herself before and after photoshop… but can you spot all eight changes she’s made?
Karina Irby, 28, shared the comparison photos in a bid to show how women shouldn't compare themselves to stars they see on Instagram
A BIKINI model has shared two photos to show just how easy it is to edit your pictures and portray an unrealistic version of yourself online.
Karina Irby, 28, from New South Wales, shared a before and after beach photo and asked followers to spot eight edits she made to her body.
The bikini designer can be seen posing by the sea in a black and white bikini top and bottoms.
She captioned the booty shot: “Less comparing yourself and others to online images and more self love and education.”
Karina’s post has clearly struck a chord with her 805,000 followers, as it has racked up more than 40,000 likes in less than 24 hours.
Many people wrote that they preferred the raw, unedited version and praised her for uploading the shot.
Among the tweaks, she revealed she had smoothed her skin to remove any dimples, redesigned her jaw line and thinned her waist.
She also volumised her hair and thinned her thighs, before applying a filter from photo editing app VSCO over the image to make it look ultra-glamorous.
One user wrote: “I have a similar body to you but I was SUPER insecure about my cellulite and I would look at girls photos and be so upset! Until I came across your pictures! You’re so beautiful.
Another said: “Honestly though, I like the one on the left better off top. Real is ALWAYS better...”
EDITS KARINA MADE TO HER BEACH PIC
- Hair made bigger
- Redesigned jaw
- VSCO filter applied
- Full body skin smooth
- Waist thinned
- Resculptured bum
- Thighs thinned
- Eczema and cellulite removed
It’s not the first time she has highlighted the dangers of comparing yourself to an edited person online.
The CEO of Moana Bikini previously made a staggering ten changes to a different snap, which saw her posing on the beach in a polka dot bikini top and thong turquoise bottoms.
She wrote: “Let's play a game. It's called reality vs Instagram.
“Every morning I wake up and scroll through my personal Instagram feed and spy ‘Insta girls’ posting unrealistic images of themselves.
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“The girls I follow that portray these images have big followings, often with hundreds of thousands of young girls looking up to them as role models.”
She added she often finds young women “tagging their friends ‘GOALS’ and ‘OMG WHY DON'T I LOOK LIKE THIS’” on the photos.
She added: “The truth is these girls don't look like this. They look like you, like everyone.”
In July, travel blogger Amelia Liana was accused of doctoring her globe-trotting pictures.
And, Kelly Brook has been accused of using Photoshop after fans spotted a wonky floor in the background of her pics.