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Chan790

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54. Not entirely.

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 01:24 AM

Jun 2014

The point is obliterated by the poor skills. These are no more representative of global beauty standards than the hackery of kindergarteners altering the images with crayons would be. It's a GIGO problem...if you hire amateurs, you get hackery back that defeats the entire point of the exercise.

You could take any of those images to the nations they're supposed to represent and ask people on the street and be told that they've taken a perfectly pretty picture and jacked it the fuck up. They're not representative of much beyond that and certainly not a reflection of beauty standards from around the world.

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This Woman Had Her Face Photoshopped In Over 25 Countries To Examine Global Beauty Standards [View all] Agschmid Jun 2014 OP

many just gave makeup but looks like USA gave her some messed up plastic surgery JI7 Jun 2014 #1

The collarbone changed on a few, also the tone of the skin clearly changed quite a bit. Agschmid Jun 2014 #2

And replaced her eyes with cats eye marbles. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #9

Wow. I would not call what the US did to her "beautiful"... 2theleft Jun 2014 #3

US artists with a sense of humor fbc Jun 2014 #25

The US changes were horrible, IMO. Ilsa Jun 2014 #28

The most beautiful version of this woman's photograph is obvious. MohRokTah Jun 2014 #4

+1 Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #10

i think the italian one is nice JI7 Jun 2014 #11

I agree. There is no way to mess up her beauty... Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #17

I think she looks great without any retouching. MineralMan Jun 2014 #70

I think my most immediate takeaway from that... Chan790 Jun 2014 #5

^^this cyberswede Jun 2014 #8

Yep, but I don't think any of these "represent" anything beyond a lack of skill... Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #64

This would look a lot different if she had hired experts. Brickbat Jun 2014 #6

+1 n/t Chan790 Jun 2014 #13

Experts quakerboy Jun 2014 #40

Interesting project. Beacool Jun 2014 #7

Israel and Vietnam are the most like her BainsBane Jun 2014 #12

Bwaaaahahahahahaha!!! tabasco Jun 2014 #14

Honey BooBoo version... Agschmid Jun 2014 #16

Eyes look like a rain run-off on an old butterfly roof. Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #18

I noticed that the Germans gave her that red hair MrScorpio Jun 2014 #21

And gave her the lightest skin. bhikkhu Jun 2014 #74

Australia is running a close second. n/t ohheckyeah Jun 2014 #52

I'd get fired if I produced garbage retouching like that. bunnies Jun 2014 #15

No kidding. progressoid Jun 2014 #19

Agreed. bunnies Jun 2014 #20

All you guys are doing is bragging on your skills. delrem Jun 2014 #22

No. We get the point. In fact, we admit, its a great point. bunnies Jun 2014 #26

No. It is you who, on DU, are commenting on the "shit retouching". delrem Jun 2014 #27

ok then. Dont read the comments at the link. bunnies Jun 2014 #29

I'm reading your comments, on DU - what *you* are making of this. delrem Jun 2014 #34

What *I* am making of this is that its a missed opportunity. bunnies Jun 2014 #37

Consider it done! bye. delrem Jun 2014 #42

Weird. bunnies Jun 2014 #43

You just don't show any self-awareness. nt delrem Jun 2014 #45

I feel like we're talking past each other. bunnies Jun 2014 #49

People often criticize most what they seem to lack in themselves. bhikkhu Jun 2014 #75

Heh Egnever Jun 2014 #50

I agree. And I appoint *you* to decide who the "professionals" should be. delrem Jun 2014 #82

Not entirely. Chan790 Jun 2014 #54

You, too, make it all about yourself. Your supposed "skills". delrem Jun 2014 #56

Good riddance. Chan790 Jun 2014 #59

The ones from the USA make her look like an elf or hobbit. Rex Jun 2014 #69

The USA photoshop makes her look like a freak. Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #23

Me too. Adsos Letter Jun 2014 #38

American version was far and away the worst truebluegreen Jun 2014 #24

just reading between the lines here.... Adam051188 Jun 2014 #31

Hmmm. Very possible. truebluegreen Jun 2014 #36

Five dollars goes a lot further in some places than it does in the U.S.A. or Australia. hunter Jun 2014 #35

I Prefer The Original... Let's Keep It Real... WillyT Jun 2014 #30

I don't know anything about photoshop. davidthegnome Jun 2014 #32

A fellow DU'er just took a whack at the challenge... what do we think? Agschmid Jun 2014 #33

not a good job of removing the shadows under the eyes--too overdone diane in sf Jun 2014 #58

I agree - I like shadows under the eyes bhikkhu Jun 2014 #76

Eyeliner bad frazzled Jun 2014 #77

God, some of them have no talent sakabatou Jun 2014 #39

"Illusive?" Good grief. Don't writers have to know the language anymore? PSPS Jun 2014 #41

Interesting idea, but badly flawed execution. Fiverr is a joke. PSPS Jun 2014 #44

re US NJCher Jun 2014 #46

Its true just watch the BBC version of House of Cards! Agschmid Jun 2014 #48

Or watch anything involving New Jersey..... whistler162 Jun 2014 #67

She's most beautiful just as she is in the unaltered photo proReality Jun 2014 #47

An awful lot of talentless hacks out there. Great idea, terrible talent pool. Hekate Jun 2014 #51

The US mutilated her! nt valerief Jun 2014 #53

k&r to mark to look at later more uppityperson Jun 2014 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jun 2014 #57

OMG, my screen is melting klook Jun 2014 #79

Less about global beauty standards and more about really bad Photoshop skills. Codeine Jun 2014 #60

The German one looks like she had all the blood drained from her. Pasty white. catbyte Jun 2014 #61

I thought the single-mindedness of the editors was interesting jmowreader Jun 2014 #62

My attempt random_122 Jun 2014 #63

Looks good! nt Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #65

Wow, nicely done. Agschmid Jun 2014 #66

A thousand times better, the USA ones make her look fake. Rex Jun 2014 #71

Better than any of the others! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #81

The ones for the USA look odd imo. Rex Jun 2014 #68

Interesting that LWolf Jun 2014 #72

Brilliant idea. She was beautiful in the original, of course. bhikkhu Jun 2014 #73

That was interesting get the red out Jun 2014 #78

All she had to do was watch a few "Miss World" pageants, peruse foreign women's mags, look at their WinkyDink Jun 2014 #80