It's easy to think that models are perfect in every way because when we see images of them they have had hours of hair and makeup, they are lit by some of the most talented photographers on the planet, and then they are retouched by the most meticulous Photoshop artists around. In this post we get to see side by side comparison shots between each model without makeup and then after the full production. Each of these models looks pretty normal except for the last one that looked incredible even without makeup.
Via Reddit
![[News] Elle Removes Clothing Via PhotoShop, And The Model In Question Is Not Exactly What I'd Call Happy](https://cdn.fstoppers.com/styles/small-16-9/s3/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/coco-rocha-elle-cover.jpg)
...and they're all still really attractive
Photogenic guy! Someone reads reddit!
ya it's an addiction of mine :)
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Bottom line, these girls are still hot no matter what look you're going for. Even "raw".
I didn't find most of them attractive before OR after.
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My secret is out! Come here, big boy!
You forgot to mention focal lengths in your headline. And posing. And timing.
The before pictures do the "integrity" of the effort an injustice.
Photogenic guy...! LOL
Ridiculously photogenic guy!! Redddit FTW
It's an interesting exercise however I wonder how different they would look under the same lighting as the finished shot with same pose.
Love fstoppers.......it's an addiction of mine
ahhhh shittttt. i just laughed so hard
focal length is a big difference between each of the images here. A lot of facial distortion.
Some of these test shots are distorted via lens/focal point are they not? Some of these models looked warped as all hell!
That's why they are models.. because they stand out.
How can you take so bad picture of so beautiful models? Better hire a pro photographer ;)
they all look like they have alien shaped heads. eeeesh
They all have one thing in common. Great New York Boobs!!
The before shots are all shot wide angle. It makes their heads look tiny and their breasts look big
Well Played with the Photogenic guy. Apparently my brother in law knows him...
Coco Rocha still looks good and Lara Stone is so ugly she's hot. Huge gap teeth like vintage Madonna.
WTF? this looks fake! :/
All of their faces look like they've been contorted in PS. Almost all their chins look bent out of shape and in some of the photos their entire face looks superimposed. :/
Just wide angle shots.
Looks like they used some sort of wide lens on the non-makeup/edited one. They all look distorted!
looool the last picture is great example!
Adriana Lima is superb with or without makeup
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The sixth one down (whoever that is) looks like a freakin' alien. Here eyes have the state of Nebraska between them.
I really gotta learn how to make my models look different! ;)
I'm properly mistaken, but the pics with no makeups look a bit distorted... They still look great though!
//CZ
www.zayaphotography.com
There's nothing wrong with the before images. These are "casting/polaroids" images, no expression, no hairstyling or makeup. It is simply a basic headshot for the agencies to get a good idea of how you look. Also, there'd be full length and 3/4 shots as well. But as far are the "distortion" goes, I doubt it was shot with the same photographer.
Can you imagine being so stunningly attractive, that even that your worst, you still look like THAT?
They are all beautiful, and something tells me I'm having the opposite reaction to what the author intended.
This kind of crap is pathetic.
Photogenic Guy! hahaha Wasn't Expecting that!
well.. that's what the make up is for, right?? ;)
Still gorgeous, don't understand this post !
Nobody looks amazing in bad light and with distortion... But these girls still look good.
Old article. Writer prob never slept with hot women. This is how they look like in the morning, FYI.
And that why we and make up artists are here to make them feel good and make money from it!!
And of course make beautiful images at the same time.
Looooooool awesome!
I would've stuck a picture of Elvis on the second of the last pic...
Don't know about you, but I just don't see much of a difference on the guy. Case in point.. GUYS DO NEED MAKE UP NOR SHOULD THEY BE WEARING IT. lol
Ugliness is the standard for males. That's why's ok.
Even at their worst they can't have his face.