15 Side-by-Side Photos That Show the Difference Between a Perfect Picture and Reality

10/28/2022

Like most of us, celebrities only post perfect pictures of themselves on social media. While this is entirely normal — no one wants their “lousy” photo to be seen by millions of fans — sometimes those perfect photos can give us the impression that we also have to look impeccable like them all the time. That’s why we decided to do a comparison and show what edited and unedited photos of celebrities look like.

Sofia Vergara

Salma Hayek

Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Lopez

Kelly Clarkson

Nicole Kidman

Jessica Alba and Cash Warren

shes so prettyy!

I think I like the photographers shot more. I mean they're insanely beautiful either way but her hand looks a little too perfectly placed for me in her shot.

Donatella Versace

Jessica Chastain

Aanya Jagirdar

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the side eye in the first photo

Reese Witherspoon

Aanya Jagirdar

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didn't she play Elle in legally blonde?

Rebel Wilson

Aanya Jagirdar

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ooh! pretty!

Julia Roberts

Aanya Jagirdar

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the second one is so creepy...

Kim Kardashian

Bryce Dallas Howard

Selena Gomez

Aanya Jagirdar

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shes so pretty!

Do you edit your pictures before posting them on social media?

Preview photo credit sofiavergara / Instagram, Invision/Associated Press/East News

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omgoddess Bryce dallas, that top is so not flattening. its awful. Yet so late 90s- early 00s. They'd have matched perfectly with the platforms of the same colour and style back then.
Also shame on you editing yourself as half your size. Pplneed to Be happy in their own skin or do something about it. Don't fake it. Otherwise the problems with self imagine, hate, insecurities etc etcetera, are still there. Only masked. When one changes their own perception. Then, they find true peace.