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Thai Woman Creates Hilarious Instagram Vs. Reality Collages And Here’s 30 Of The Best Ones
For many, Instagram is the highlight reel of their lives. They show off their exotic trips, fancy meals, strike a sexy pose in front of expensive toys, and it's totally their choice. However, if you drown yourself in the sea of winning shots, you might end up with the impression that all of these Instagram influencers' days look like that. And feel like a loser when comparing yourself to those unachievable standards.
So it's healthy to remind yourself that not only are these Instagram photos showing just a tiny part of their lives but that there are dozens of outtakes behind the scenes of those glamorous shots as well. Maybe the angle gave them a double chin, maybe a dog was pooping in the background; these pictures get discarded.
Recently, Thai Instagram model Vienna did just that. She wanted to show her 150K followers that there's more than meets the eye to every "perfect" photo on social media and posted a series of 'Instagram vs. Reality' takes which really resonated with folks online.
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Мышь из Нижний! 5 years ago
I can do the first picture without the second. I am one with the palomas
Vienna became a model when she was 19 years old. "I went to Tokyo for a vacation when I had about 10K followers on Twitter. I met a girl there and we ended up taking a photo together while we were walking on the street. After she posted our photo online, her modeling agency contacted me and asked me to work with them," Vienna told Bored Panda.
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J.Labuschagné 6 years ago
I'm not sure whether that is a waterfall, but if it is... they to flow quick and hard, that's a lot of pressure pounding down on you while you try not to drown or flinch. So yeah, a much more difficult photo to get than you might think.
TeeMarieTisMe 5 years ago
Wow, at least she is exposing herself about how fake her other photos are. They are so edited it looks like a different person. That's honestly sad that she posts those in the first place...I'd rather see the natural ones tbh.
Vienna said she mostly uses Instagram to document her trips around the world. "I love traveling and photography so I want people to know more about me and all the places I go to."
For her Instagram vs. Reality series, Vienna used some photo editing on the "perfect" photos to really highlight the discrepancy between the before and after pics. "On those photos, I used an app called Ulike." This software lets people "fine-tune" themselves, offering to touch-up their eyes, nose and mouth."
However, the "real" ones weren't manipulated at all, I just used my normal camera. That's why my face looks super different in them."
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Hannah Marshall 6 years ago
I'm pretty sure some guy bought that exact top for his teenage daughter off the Internet, forgot to state the size, and it arrived... Small enough to fit his cat.
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Vicky Zar 6 years ago
Oh gosh. Ich glaub ich brauch mehr Schlaf, wenn ich hier schon auf Deutsch schreibe. Ja, sie sieht sehr gelenkig aus.
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Jocelyn Kibbe 5 years ago
I’ve tried these sorts of shenanigans. A lot of effort for a simple photo lol but I can’t accept defeat
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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 6 years ago
Wow she looks 40 years older with that face she's pulling on the right.
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Mia Granatello 5 years ago
They don't look like the same person at all, one on the right could be the mother or granny even!
MidnightFury 5 years ago
Can we just pause for a moment and look at how she went from "cute teen" to "drunk, middle-aged grand-aunt" in a click of a button?
Dave In MD 6 years ago
One is some BS coffee nonsense and the other is a beer.
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Ayasophya Alturas 6 years ago
she is talented at making hilarious faces. I nearly choked on my popato chisps looking at this one.
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Kathi Keegan Chang 5 years ago
I thought she was losing her two top teeth, which are pretty, well... you know... needing braces immediately!! lol
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Brivid 6 years ago
I was just thinking she looks 10 years older in all the reality photos.
Load More Replies... Dave In MD 6 years ago
It seems these are not just posed vs relaxed but the second pic is one where she is actively trying to look bad.
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So_Long_And_Thanks_For_All_The_Fish 6 years ago
The one on the left is more fun and way more comfortable
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Carrie McKissick 5 years ago
This isn't spaghetti and the reason she is eating it like that in the "real pic" is because that's how it's meant to be eaten. In Japan, the louder you slurp your ramen the more of a compliment it is to the chef.
Monica Siciliano 5 years ago
I'll never understand people eating spaghetti with fork and spoon.... 🤔
Noemie Houtekie-N'Da 5 years ago
How do you at spaghetti that way anyway? The first one I mean.
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Rebecah Ozuna 6 years ago
How does she makes her eyes look so sparkly and big? She's like an anime babe.
Little Wonder 6 years ago
"For her Instagram vs. Reality series, Vienna used some after-effects on the "perfect" photos to really highlight the discrepancy between the side-by-side pics. "On those photos, I used an app called Ulike." This software lets people "fine-tune" themselves, offering to touch-up their eyes, nose and mouth.""
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Catherine Todd 5 years ago (edited)
Brivid: you are correct! She looks about 5 years old on the left. I don't understand the downvotes; I gave your comment an upvote. Others must have clicked the wrong one by mistake.
Alicia Storey 5 years ago
You can also get contacts and eyelid tape that do the same trick. Personally I think she's just as pretty without all the fancy junk added in.
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Rebecah Ozuna 6 years ago
That's why when i'm alone, i've the most fun. With nobody to judge me.
Load More Replies... Adriana_Slayz 5 years ago
When my friend takes a picture with filter v.s. when I take a picture with filter
MidnightFury 5 years ago
These are both hilariously silly, maybe the one on the right a little more so.
Kathi Keegan Chang 5 years ago
I"m officially announcing that I am beginning to wet my pants, but so much fun could have been had.
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Rebecah Ozuna 6 years ago
Me, after watching ANY animal suffer or die in movies. I died with Marley.
Adriana_Slayz 5 years ago
How did they catch that picture of me in the morning and put be on the right!? lmao
Mangle the Fox 5 years ago
we all wish we could look like the left pic when we wake up. Alas, this is not so.
Ann Landry 5 years ago
Before bed (without removing makeup); then...When I get up in the morning.
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Jasmina Pavlovic 6 years ago
Selfmade Pocky: Pretzel sticks and melted chocolate, let dry, eat. 🍫
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bambam chase 5 years ago
minecraft vs fortnite eating fortnite right fortnite i think left minecraft
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Cra-Z cat lady 6 years ago
Dools: Chaldean Numerology The numerical value of dools in Chaldean Numerology is: 6 Pythagorean Numerology. The numerical value of dools in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2 Dools is a number.
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Kathi Keegan Chang 5 years ago
Yes, the app to their faces is kinda' over done so don't use the "Eye App" cos it's always overdone in instagrams
#18
Keilyn Hiilei 5 years ago
When you pretend you weren't on bored panda when your parents walked in vs. when you are actually sleeping
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Shannon Matthews 6 years ago
The pic on the right reminds me of my mom telling my sister and I to smile for a picture.
#20
Little Queenie 5 years ago
vs me: spawling on top of the floatie screaming MINE and wacking anybody who gets too close with a noodle
#21
John Olpenda 6 years ago (edited)
Because the cartoon was empty and it was supported by the straw.
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Sharon Colley 6 years ago
the eyebrows, size of eyes and double chin makes me think this is not the same person
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Keilyn Hiilei 5 years ago
The real question is, why arent WE wearing Shrek ears?
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rhyan lumilay 5 years ago
I can't believed that all these pictures are the same person, she really shows us the difference of filtered and the raw. Expection vs reality pictures.
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Selma El Guerrab 6 years ago
"How did I ever let these people convince me to go on this ride?"
#24
Ann Landry 5 years ago
Getting ready to fight that other girl who called me "Stupid" vs Trying to learn to fight after getting my a*s kicked.
Colleen Coughlin 6 years ago
I still can't comprehend how people can be so vain. This is a great example of the ridiculous hoops people jump through to gain people's attention...that c**p is so sad
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Sky Loveridge 6 years ago
I’ve had it once, I didn’t think it was that good
Load More Replies... Jacey Lynn 6 years ago
We had this one place called Frost Tea, and it had delicious boba tea...but it sadly closed down
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Wixuan Fu 5 years ago
SEEESH this is not London it's NewYork I've been there last Year
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Be the Best, You can be! 5 years ago
these are so cute she has such a nice sense of humor very very funny I'm glad she doesn't take yourself so seriously she reminds me of myself when I was her age all we did was giggle and laugh
Be the Best, You can be! 5 years ago
Girl keep laughing and have as much fun as you can when you get to be my age and you can barely stand up straight the fun and games are over LOL
Salem May 6 years ago
you can actually tell it is be the shirt and necklace. the photos just have different lighting
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Kate Johnson 5 years ago
"For her Instagram vs. Reality series, Vienna used some after-effects on the "perfect" photos to really highlight the discrepancy between the side-by-side pics. "On those photos, I used an app called Ulike." This software lets people "fine-tune" themselves, offering to touch-up their eyes, nose and mouth.""
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Nadia Bakker 5 years ago
What my sister looks like in pics (left) versus what I look like in pics (right).
#35
Pandas have no humor 6 years ago (edited)
Reality photos are more staged than the "instagram" ones. This is becoming a trend and it's not objective anymore.
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What do you think ?
Lori Jabi 6 years ago
I don't know, everything is super staged. I don't think it's funny or realistic.
Vicky Zar 6 years ago
Yes! If the "reality" pics weren't staged too, but just normal fotos, it would be a way better comparison. On none of the fotos you can see her real face without her "making a face".
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Pseudo Puppy 6 years ago
This is either a hell of a lot of photoshop, or 2 totally different people. And pulling an ugly face, is just as "fake" as a posed photo.... ie this article, is absolute nonsense.
Jona Denz-Hamilton 5 years ago
Of course it's 2 different people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's what's fun about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Matthew Smith 6 years ago
Sorry but I am bored to tears with these kind of articles, funny the first time round but now it's boring as Kim Kardashian.
Peter Di Bussolo 6 years ago
This sh#t is getting old. Instagram is getting old, absolutely useless post. Would like to see new original content.
misteriosa 6 years ago
Bored Panda, please stop posting these staged instagram/reality photos because they are definitely not that. Photos like JLo from a premiere where she looks picture perfect vs picture from the same premiere from another person, in different light, angle and picture settings is instagram/reality, these bimbos aren't.
Brivid 6 years ago
I know one looks like a child or teenager the other could be in her late twenties.
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Daria B 6 years ago
If you don't take it too seriously, these ones are actually funny. They don't seem to be wanting to show a "reality", the aim seems to be just poking fun at everything: herself, the staged beauty AND the pretentiousness of the fake behind the scenes we've been seeing lately, as well as this whole trend. Also, this kind of humour that bases itself on comparisons between socially imposed perfection and ridiculous gags is very typical for many Asian and European countries. Having said that, can we not shower this site with lists like these? It's getting repetitive. Thanks.
Lori Jabi 6 years ago
I don't know, everything is super staged. I don't think it's funny or realistic.
Vicky Zar 6 years ago
Yes! If the "reality" pics weren't staged too, but just normal fotos, it would be a way better comparison. On none of the fotos you can see her real face without her "making a face".
Load More Replies... Pseudo Puppy 6 years ago
This is either a hell of a lot of photoshop, or 2 totally different people. And pulling an ugly face, is just as "fake" as a posed photo.... ie this article, is absolute nonsense.
Jona Denz-Hamilton 5 years ago
Of course it's 2 different people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's what's fun about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Load More Replies... Matthew Smith 6 years ago
Sorry but I am bored to tears with these kind of articles, funny the first time round but now it's boring as Kim Kardashian.
Peter Di Bussolo 6 years ago
This sh#t is getting old. Instagram is getting old, absolutely useless post. Would like to see new original content.
misteriosa 6 years ago
Bored Panda, please stop posting these staged instagram/reality photos because they are definitely not that. Photos like JLo from a premiere where she looks picture perfect vs picture from the same premiere from another person, in different light, angle and picture settings is instagram/reality, these bimbos aren't.
Brivid 6 years ago
I know one looks like a child or teenager the other could be in her late twenties.
Load More Replies... Daria B 6 years ago
If you don't take it too seriously, these ones are actually funny. They don't seem to be wanting to show a "reality", the aim seems to be just poking fun at everything: herself, the staged beauty AND the pretentiousness of the fake behind the scenes we've been seeing lately, as well as this whole trend. Also, this kind of humour that bases itself on comparisons between socially imposed perfection and ridiculous gags is very typical for many Asian and European countries. Having said that, can we not shower this site with lists like these? It's getting repetitive. Thanks.
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