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Influencer Continues To Expose The Truth Behind Those ‘Perfect’ Instagram Photos With More Side-By-Side Pics
Rianne Meijer has over 628K Instagram followers. She was on a Cosmopolitan cover. H&M put her on their poster. What I'm trying to say is the woman has a lot of eyes on her. But despite all the attention, Rianne is keeping it real. Like we already showed here and here, she isn't afraid to show the reality behind her seemingly perfect photos.
In an age where keeping appearances has become an obsession, it's really refreshing to see that it's not a necessity. No matter how popular you are.
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Jo Choto 5 years ago
I'm not sure why we are supposed to think the one on the left is somehow great.
Łukasz Wydra 5 years ago
If I'm being honest, the right one seems much better for me. So happy and natural.
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Tracey Hirt 5 years ago (edited)
Is one of these supposed to be a “bad” photo? They both look staged.
Kk C-Mcgee 5 years ago
Ummmm....I'm confused....the reality pics are just as beautiful as the "fake" ones are. Soooo....this didn't make me feel any better lol
Meijer is very beautiful and has a great style, but as you can see from the series, she can also take an unflattering photo. Nonetheless, she's sharing them because the woman thinks it would be unfair to show only the 'perfect' ones. "It [can] give a really nice and honest message to my followers," she said in an earlier Bored Panda interview. "It kind of felt like only posting the perfect Instagram pictures was basically lying, so for me to post the other ones next to it made it more real. That's why I posted the Instagram vs. Reality pictures. And it turned out to be a good call. I love that now I stand for something online."
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mermaidgirl960 5 years ago
Lol, I make sure to show off every roll on my Bulldog
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Kk C-Mcgee 5 years ago
Ummmm....I'm confused....the reality pics are just as beautiful as the "fake" ones are. Soooo....this didn't make me feel any better lol
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
I don't really like the sweatshirt -tucked-into-the-shorts look.
Briana Naomi 5 years ago
I mean.. did you have to make the face? And its like the dog knows there will be a photo taken so he just stretches to the other side like, "YEET!"
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
You couldn't take an ugly picture if you tried. You did try , you just don't have the ability to look bad.
And Rianne surely isn't alone in the fight against social media 'filters'. Louisa Northcote, activist and #freethepimple Founder also believes that Instagram gives the wrong perception of what beauty should be. "Big boobs, long hair, make-up, fake eyelashes. I don't fit into that category -- I have small boobs and bad skin. So I've decided to use my Instagram to show people the truth, and give them something to relate to," she told VICE.
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Catherine Todd 5 years ago
I Thank God every day that I grew up in the previous era, in the rip-roaring freedom of the '60's, where we females did not buy into the "tits and a*s" measure of "beauty" that seems to imprison young women nowadays. Not everyone has to look like the Kardashians! So sad and sick and tired of seeing this. But this "influencer" is doing a good job showing the truth and reality about "bodies" and how they can change depending on the photograph. Bravo for her!
Catlady6000 5 years ago
The sincere enjoyment make it so much better. Even if your butt is flatter than Kansas, true joy and confidence is what brings real beauty
Lainie Anderson 5 years ago
Love the image of the two body types together and how much fun they're having with it all!
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
Be careful not to turn into a , cant say the name they might sue me ,but the whole world knows who and we are so tired of it!
Both Rianne and Louisa are excellent role models in urging people to speak up about their insecurities, whether it's their weight, their stretch marks -- or something else that makes them feel like they're not enough. Talking about these things, owning them, can bring us closer to accepting our true selves, and that's far more important than liking each other's edited images of our perfect lives. Sorry, I mean, lies.
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Carol O'Neill 5 years ago
I stayed at the hotel in the background, Covo dei Saraceni, Positano, Italy.
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Hans 5 years ago
Again, this posture makes it just natural to have wrinkled skin. Super model or Jane Doe.
Ksenia M 5 years ago
That's the point. She's showing that posing can make a lot of difference
Load More Replies... Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
Good point . A bad picture can make you feel bad. DELETE and do again. So anyone who THINKS they look bad take some pics like this and see how to raise your self esteam. Thank you Miss Meijer.
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Mike Rodrick 5 years ago
You look stupid? That's a relatively stupid comment.
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Liz 5 years ago
Ok, usually I feel that these kinds of posts are stupid ploys for attention, but this one actually makes me feel better haha. I look great in photos like the left one, but then when I open that front-facing camera or see myself in the "black mirror" of my computer screen and I'm rocking an accidental double-chin...my self-esteem takes an eeny weeny hit.
Catherine Todd 5 years ago
Grace Cho, I'm sure your eyes are just fine for your face! And they are perfect for YOU. I don't care who told you they weren't "pretty" but I bet they are. <3
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alexandraboaru 5 years ago
The double chin is not the problem. The lighting changes everything.
Lainie Anderson 5 years ago
Wow that is TOTALLY different from supermodel to normal person couch potatoing!
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
Everybody looks like that leaning back online in bed. he he You can hear the mirrors comming out!
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Briana Naomi 5 years ago
on the right they are always so playful and funny but then on the left the are like, BE SERIOUSSS
Cindy N 5 years ago
The whole point is that how you position yourself and your posture can totally change your pictures ... not make-up or clothes, etc
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Luna Lovegood 5 years ago
Seriously what is this trying to show? That her dress slips off her shoulder sometimes???
Briana Naomi 5 years ago
cant you just do the pose on the right instead of doing a random pose then photo shopping it?
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Valentine Braixen 5 years ago (edited)
I agree! She’s so pretty with a non-intentionally-sexy smile!
Load More Replies... Luna Lovegood 5 years ago
She literally still looks perfect. Is this supposed to make people feel better?
Fish Boden 5 years ago
She's actually educating people by sharing these pics. Why so defensive?
Load More Replies... Fish Boden 5 years ago
Yes, but it changes her whole body in relation to the camera lense. In the first pic her wast looks smaller an her legs look longer. She's showing us that pictures that show 'perfection' are just due to 'tricks' and that anyone can look like a myriad of different body types. That's the whole point of these pictures.
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Nora Stone 5 years ago
beautiful in both pics. she should decide which one makes her happier and more confident.
Mike Rodrick 5 years ago
This whole thing reminds me of Zuckerberg and his pals in "The Social Network" comparing women at school.
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Tracey Hirt 5 years ago
I wonder if she thought this was going to be a proposal and was disappointed when he just tied his shoe.
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Kk C-Mcgee 5 years ago
Ummmm....I'm confused....the reality pics are just as beautiful as the "fake" ones are. Soooo....this didn't make me feel any better lol
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David Collins 5 years ago
The thing is, these young women are so pretty, that the right hand pics just evoke the idea of being relaxed and free to express themselves. This is what they would look like if they were your girlfriend, hanging out in unguarded moments, which is way sexier than the glass doll glamour pics.
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David Collins 5 years ago
This young woman looks almost exactly like an old high school girlfriend of mine whom I remember very fondly, so there’s no amount of schlumping she can do to not be cute as far as I’m concerned.
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Catherine Todd 5 years ago
Picture on the right is how we look now that we are old, and there ain't no more pictures on the left!
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Up All Night 5 years ago
She never said she's relatable, she just wants to show that nobody's perfect.
Load More Replies... Briana Naomi 5 years ago
who else thinks this is now just "Make a double chin and edit is for social media"
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Tracey Hirt 5 years ago
Quit worrying about getting the perfect pic and just enjoy each other.
Briana Naomi 5 years ago
I feel like thats all everyone cares about nowadays
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Last week’s weather vs. this week’s weather
Yeah, you heard 5 years ago
I'm shocked and amazed to discover that people who look good in photos can sometimes look bad in photos. This is a revelation.
Elaine Mattingly 5 years ago
Often times strangers think alike and you are so well spoken.
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Brent Hollett 5 years ago
Meh. Most of this, the model looks good in both pictures, or she's intentionally making herself look bad with double chins and pulling faces.
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Sam's life 5 years ago
All she is doing in these pics is forcing a double chin or sitting to create rolls
Catherine Todd 5 years ago (edited)
This is why professional models make the money they make. They sure have earned it because they know how to POSE! Hard to believe it is the same person sometimes.
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Hans 5 years ago
Thins is ridiculous. She looks fabulously, staged photos, and likely retouches them. The "truth" merely is the same picture with an obvious grimace. The usual strive for attention, not more, not less.
Ola Pietras 5 years ago
Pfff, sorry, but this not a "truth" of any sort, it's just photos being like "haha, look at me, I'm funny and have self-distance, look at my ugly photos, of course they are not really ugly, haha"... What young girls have these days in their heads, if they thing that photos on right are "ugly" and "true"?
Bender Bending Rodríguez 5 years ago
It seems like she is trying too hard to take those "reality" pics. Her "Instagram" pics look less staged compared to her "reality" pics. Just another way to get attention.
Ola Polowczyk 5 years ago
I'm eyerolling so hard on these posts... We get this, BP, angles matter!
Sophia Watson 5 years ago
If you're so annoyed with it, screw off! Why are you here? Just to make rude comments?
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Jo Choto 5 years ago
So we are just seeing the same people over and over again, and we learn what from this? If you push your face down you can get a double chin. Whoop-de-doo. Still no point to any of these photos.
James Floyd 5 years ago
We can all look strange when we put our heads down, make a double chin, and take the photo from below. Thanks for the educational moment
Caleb Crotinger 5 years ago
Exposing the truth behind Instagram photos? All you exposed is that you're still starved for attention and still want to look hot. Just because you make a dumb face afterward means nothing. You're still "exposing" your body in suggestive poses to get people to notice you. This is stupid to me.
Hans 5 years ago
Thins is ridiculous. She looks fabulously, staged photos, and likely retouches them. The "truth" merely is the same picture with an obvious grimace. The usual strive for attention, not more, not less.
Ola Pietras 5 years ago
Pfff, sorry, but this not a "truth" of any sort, it's just photos being like "haha, look at me, I'm funny and have self-distance, look at my ugly photos, of course they are not really ugly, haha"... What young girls have these days in their heads, if they thing that photos on right are "ugly" and "true"?
Bender Bending Rodríguez 5 years ago
It seems like she is trying too hard to take those "reality" pics. Her "Instagram" pics look less staged compared to her "reality" pics. Just another way to get attention.
Ola Polowczyk 5 years ago
I'm eyerolling so hard on these posts... We get this, BP, angles matter!
Sophia Watson 5 years ago
If you're so annoyed with it, screw off! Why are you here? Just to make rude comments?
Load More Replies... Jo Choto 5 years ago
So we are just seeing the same people over and over again, and we learn what from this? If you push your face down you can get a double chin. Whoop-de-doo. Still no point to any of these photos.
James Floyd 5 years ago
We can all look strange when we put our heads down, make a double chin, and take the photo from below. Thanks for the educational moment
Caleb Crotinger 5 years ago
Exposing the truth behind Instagram photos? All you exposed is that you're still starved for attention and still want to look hot. Just because you make a dumb face afterward means nothing. You're still "exposing" your body in suggestive poses to get people to notice you. This is stupid to me.
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