The Before and After Files #4
This is the same dress as you saw in my “before and after” from last week, but you’ll see something revealing in the shot here: The waspish waist the photographer created with a little Photoshop magic.
The ironic thing is: I think my waist looked pretty good in the “before” shot! Goes to show that even though something may look fine for your own expectations, the media creates something almost entirely unrealistic to aspire to.
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March 8, 2011
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You look so much healthier in the first picture!! I wonder how many supermodels in magazines are as malnourished as they look…
you definetly look better in the first one and im not just saying that to be nice. I like the dress in the first pic because i think it looks cuter in gray than in black. i also think that your hair in the first pic looks more artistic and makes you look like a model
I thought the left picture was the photoshopped one! lol the left one looks better
The photo shopper (sp?) doesn’t know how attractive a tan is. He (or she) made you pale.
Have you noticed that a lot of models are more pale than tan? It depends on the shot you do: If your doing a beach shot, then they are going to tan you.
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I can’t believe how much a computer can change how you look. Personally, I think the first picture is so much better, because it is real. Everyone is beautiful, though no one is perfect. People who publish magazines obviously think differently.
I’m slightly horrified by the amount of cleavage shown in this for you being such a Christian woman :/
I agree.. :/
I agree as well, the Bible tells us we should be modest and cover ouselves.
I was just about to post something along the lines of that, I’m glad I’m not the only one who found that amount of cleavage a bit questionable…
I think it’s perfectly fine. Nothings showing, nothing’s being revealed. At least she’s not wearing something along the lines of what Nicki Minaj wears, or what Lady Gaga wears, or even J-Lo on that one awards show (that I completely forgot the name of lol)
yeahh your so christian . this entire website to me is gossip about how bad everything is . yes the media is terrible and yes there are alot of satanic msgs in everything but what are you doing ?? your getting your picture made in a skimpy shirt and letting them “fix” your body . your just as bad as the rest of them . so maybe you should start practicing what you preach .
I love you but i have to agree:(
I totally agree!
The reason she will do these pictures is to show us the amount of ways that they can change the real and how fake the images we see are.
I don’t agree and I don’t want to start a fight but what I pointed out is how judgmental you’re being. I don’t think you had to point out every little detail and I don’t think you had to be so sarcastic, saying, “Yeah, you’re SO Christian!” Yes she had a little cleavage, but because of just that picture you didn’t have to come down so hard. All of the bloggers are trying to WARN us about things like, “Lady gaga and Her Satanic Message” and how bad Cosmopolitan is. It ISN’T gossip.
~God Bless~
Who are you to judge her. If you have any faith you should probably know that judgement is just as bad as anything else trashy you want to throw at her. Oh and FYI Christians don’t have to have long skirts, Hand folded, and acting like they are better then everybody else. People like that are the kind of people Jesus warns about in the Bible. some outfits may seem wrong to you and fine to her, that does not make you better then her. Stop this judgemental crap. No wonder people hate Christians.
I completely agree with faith244. WAY TO GO GIRL!
Now i wonder what people in magazines really look like!!!
I really do like the first photograph better. I think if I had my picture taken, and my picture ended up different in a whole different way, I’d have some issues lol. I Mean, they both look great, just you look so much healthier in the first one. And in the second one, you almost look dead because of your skin tone.
love the first pic so much better!!!!!
*sigh* Why does society have to do this? It is not helping our current situation with all these girls wanting to change themselves and be “perfect”. A lot of the time, it goes to the extreme anyways. It’s dangerous. I myself have found I’m being drawn into this. God Bless you for sharing you message!
I think the skin and hair look better in the original, but your waist and the dress look better in the second.
Hey Nicole! You are a obviously very fit and healthy woman, as evidenced by your unedited photo. Do you have any health/workout/nutrition tips/routines/advice for the PI girls? So many girls look into the mirror and see “flaws” and then resort to eating disorders in order to “fix” their already beautiful-self.
Thanks Nicole.
I don’t really eat fast food ever, I don’t eat sugary things like cookies, cake, cupcakes, etc. (I don’t really have a sweet tooth!) and when I can, I do pilates. My guilty pleasures are eating foods like cheeseburgers, and buffalo wings. But stay away from the sugar, and fast food. Also, I eat a lot of lean protein like chicken and lean steak, and I eat greek salads a lot. I hope this helped you a little!
Eh. I’m a vegan (and absolutely loving it!!) and that is a great way to improve your health. I recommend watching Forks Over Knives. It’s on the instant queue on netflix. Even if you can’t go completely vegan or vegetarian, meatless meals even help!! By the way: there’s tons of biblical reasons to be vegan! just google it
love the original better nicole!
ok im sorry, but how can u not eat cookies??????? r u sure there is nothing wrong with ur brain or tastebuds??????? how can someone not like sweet things???? i cant go a week without some chocalate
brennareads, I’m a vegetarian myself, and I agree that less meat (or no meat) in a person’s diet really helps (not just with weight, but with other things as well). I think as long as a person gets all their vitamins/minerals/whatever else and avoids as many toxins or unhealthy things as realistically possible, then that’s a good diet.
There are passages in the Bible that say that we are allowed to eat meat — but I don’t think it’s mandatory, so we don’t HAVE to, but basically, righteousness does not end with eating and drinking (I forget which passage that is).
I became a vegetarian because of all the atrocious things that the meat/poultry/seafood industry does (and gets away with!). I think the Bible teaches us to respect animals, even the ones we eat! That’s how I feel!
You look better in the original for sure.
wow that’s a big different u look so pretty in the ordinal one =)
You look so much better in the unedited one it makes ur beauty shines more on it than the photoshop. Ur so beautiful =)
I think you looked beautiful just the way you were/are!
You look so much better in the 1st pic!! You rocked that pic!!!
honestly, the second pic just makes u look like u cant breathe
Wow. Okay, last semester at school, I had a multimedia class. Part of it was using Photoshop. I loved it! But I have also now experienced firsthand the inconceivable power that Photoshop wields. I have learnedly about removing Anything from blemishes to people, camera spots to whole backgrounds. You can take a picture and completely alter it. Now, again, I loved using Photoshop and I still do (I admit, partly because my dad was the teacher), but it,s as dangerous as it is helpful. I’ve made dark pictures become lighter so they look good enough to hang on your wall. I’m taken a person from one background and placed them in front of another. Photoshop is an amazing and powerful tool– I just wish people would use it for good instead of evil.
why your picture photoshop. you are beautiful. I like the before shot!
You look so much prettier in the first one, your natural complection is gorgeous!
You will always look amazing!
I just watched this movie/ documentry called killing us softly and it was amazing! Is was all about what u showed above. U look so beautiful in the first and second but espically in the first!
How did they make the waist smaller? You look most beautiful in the first picture, but I’m just curious
WOW , its almost like two pictures I agree you look WAY better in the first photo ! Honestly I think the second photors makes you look like you have big shoulders, and a to tiny middle, you need to look heathy !!
wow… you look much better in the first picture. They should not have changed a thing about you. You are already beautiful!
wow tht is so stupid
Sad thing is: I used to fix my own pictures like that all the time…
Wow! there is definitely a difference! You look gorgeous in both, but I personally lie the first one better. You look natural, relaxed, and healthy.
So pretty!
i definantly like the 1st picture better! you look real and free in the one.
I hate how people change how they look, Come on!- Your beautiful how you are!!!!
wow. that is juat too many changes! i think it looks great without photo shop, i also think that they want girls to try to look IMPOSSIBLY thin. we should just be who we are and be proud of it!
Nicole, you look so much better in the first one! May the Lord bless you, Nicole!
Nothing was wrong with the Before. It’s beautiful!!!
did u notice that in the before picture, your shoulder goes up more, and in the after picture, your shoulder is almost flat
I <3 the before and after files they are so intresting!!
you always look better in the before picture