Step away from the filter! How stars like Karren Brady and Katie Price can’t resist a heavily edited photo
A wave of nostalgia has swept across social media as people around the world start the new year by sharing ten-year-old photos of themselves.
The Instagram trend has unearthed the heavily edited selfies that are the trendiest of 2016, with social media users smoothing their skin, enhancing their lashes and blurring blemishes with apps like FaceTune.
Even celebrities weren’t immune to the effects, with stars like Kris Jenner, Bella Hadid, Ariana Grande, Miranda Kerr, Jennifer Lopez and Paris Hilton frequently posting filtered photos online.
Since then, the trend of posting extremely cool, perfect photos has more or less ended.
But it seems Karren Brady isn’t avoiding Instagram filters entirely after viewers noticed she looked very different on the latest series of The Apprentice.
Although the 56-year-old consultant adopted a more natural look for last night’s season premiere, her Instagram photos still appear to be heavily edited; It is complemented by long, wavy eyelashes and a more pronounced jawline.
And Baroness Brady isn’t the only celebrity whose social media posts are a stark contrast to real life.
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Although Karren Brady, 56, adopted a more natural look for the season 20 premiere of The Apprentice last night, her Instagram photos still look heavily edited
Her avatar on The Apprentice was also a marked departure from her Instagram persona
The Apprentice returned to screens for its 20th series on Thursday night with a new crop of candidates vying for the chance to become Lord Sugar’s business partners.
However, consultant Karren, who has been on the show since 2010, attracted as much attention as the chaotic actions of the contestants; fans noticed that she looked noticeably different from past seasons.
Not only is the businesswoman visibly slimmer, Karren opted to wear minimal makeup while letting her natural features stand out.
Her avatar on The Apprentice was also a marked departure from her Instagram persona.
In a post promoting this season’s reality show in Hong Kong, Karren showed off a smooth, blemish-free and heavily tanned face with no fine lines in sight.
Katie Price
From artificially created false eyelashes to a fuller pout, the mother-of-five rarely goes filter-free in her photos and videos on her social media accounts
Fans complained that she looked nothing like herself in these photos
Katie Price has come under fire from fans for changing her appearance in photos over the years
Katie Price has often been criticized for editing her photos so heavily that she looks completely unrecognizable in them.
The former glamor model, who recently married for the fourth time, is known to use filters and effects to enhance her appearance online.
From artificially created false eyelashes to a full pout, the mother of five is rarely filter-free in her photos and videos on her social media accounts.
It looks like Katie’s new husband Lee Andrews, who married her in Dubai last week, has also caught the eye of the filter world.
A new photo from his 43-year-old Facebook page almost leaves him unidentified when compared to a version of the same photo featured in an article from two years ago.
While the photo on social media shows Lee with a darker beard and smooth, tanned skin, his jawline is much more pronounced.
Other edited photos show the entrepreneur with prominent pearly white teeth, a stark contrast to the more natural smile in photos on her LinkedIn profile.
Kris Jenner
The results of Kris Jenner’s $100,000 facelift — along with heavy filter use — were revealed after the Kardashian mom underwent plastic surgery last year
The 69-year-old was recently photographed up close in Los Angeles while showing off what her $100,000 makeup look really looks like.
The results of Kris Jenner’s $100,000 facelift, along with heavy use of filters, were revealed after Kardashian’s mother underwent plastic surgery last year.
When Jenner, 70, first shared on Instagram that she had had a facelift, fans were stunned, comparing her youthful appearance to that of her daughter Kim Kardashian.
But Kris’ unfiltered and unretouched photo taken at the Los Angeles premiere of Kim’s much-derided legal drama All’s Fair led fans to conclude that Instagram was all ‘smoke and mirrors’.
Fans took to Reddit to discuss the unedited skin. ‘This is the real Kris without all the smoke and mirrors,’ one person said, while another said: ‘Caught!’ wrote.
Then came this comment: ‘The facelift may have taken a few years off but she’s still a 70 year old woman who continues to age, all the procedures in the world can’t stop nature.’
Gemma Collins
The former TOWIE star’s relationship with Instagram filters has changed over the years, as seen in different photos shared on her social media accounts
Gemma Collins recently showed off the results of her weight loss journey, which saw her score an impressive 3rd place.
The former TOWIE star, 44, who is engaged to businessman Rami Hawash, has been documenting her experiences on Instagram as Gemma’s look has changed many times over the years.
Apparently it has something to do with filters.
While some of the photos on Gemma’s Instagram page appear to be heavily edited, in others Gemma can be seen showing off her makeup-free skin.
Fans recently complained that Gemma looked nothing like herself after she failed at photo editing last December.
Posing on the slopes in ski clothes, Gemma stunned her fans who commented “This is not you” under the post.
Beyoncé
The Grammy winner shocked fans by sharing edited photos from her appearance at the F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas last November
His skills on stage are second to none, but Beyoncé’s photo editing skills leave a lot to be desired.
Last November, the Grammy winner shocked fans by sharing edited photos from her appearance at the F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas.
In the images plastered all over the website, the Beautiful Liar singer looks much more polished than the unedited photos taken at the event.
In a photo shared by Beyoncé herself, the diva looks much brighter with her taut jawline and perfect skin.
After the photos were posted on social media, fans were quick to point out that photo editing tools like FaceTune or FaceApp may have been used to enhance Beyoncé’s look.
‘Bey has definitely been editing her IG pics and there’s been talk about it for a while,’ one person said at the time.
Khloé Kardashian
Khloe has been criticized for using filters and editing apps so much that her photos are so different from how she looks in real life
The Kardashians are known for their excellent social lives, but youngest sister Khloe is often accused of heavily ‘filtering’ her photos.
Over the years, Khloe has been criticized for using filters and editing apps so heavily that her photos are so different from how she looks in real life.
The backlash grew after it was revealed Khloe, 41, had been editing her photos shortly after saying she had stopped using filters last year.
