Remember bros, behind every Jen Selter ass pic, there are about 39 of the exact same pic that didn’t quite make the cut. Now I don’t want to bite the hand that feeds me here, because I live for the Ana Cheri bikini photos and Selter squat days, but sometimes I can’t help but think of the absurdity of it all.
*Insanely hot model posts picture bent over on the beach*
Caption: Check out that beautiful palm tree!
Oh, you mean there’s a world of objects behind that bum? Well I’ll be damned.
That’s why it was a breath of fresh air when 18-year-old Australian model Essena O’Neill edited the captions to her countless Instagram photos over the past three years to expose the truth behind the photos–how she couldn’t eat to make her stomach look flat, how brands shamelessly plugged themselves in her pictures to expose themselves to her 750,000 followers, and how many shots were necessary to reach perceived perfection.
Check them out below:
https://www.instagram.com/p/o9zjH4tDVO/
https://www.instagram.com/p/o5D2HitDR6/
https://www.instagram.com/p/oc4moYtDUF/
https://www.instagram.com/p/nzw2ZutDUI/
https://www.instagram.com/p/nMJvidtDVw/
https://www.instagram.com/p/m2HHFuNDf4/
https://www.instagram.com/p/lJ-vvXNDTm/
https://www.instagram.com/p/kJTql9tDeU/
https://www.instagram.com/p/kLtAJTtDSq/
https://www.instagram.com/p/kDLDDKtDdi/
https://www.instagram.com/p/aaLICLtDfh/
$400 for wearing a pair of jeans and uploading a picture to Insta?! I’m lucky to get 11 likes. WHERE’S MY GODDAMN VALIDATION?! Essena and I obviously have opposite problems.
[h/t Uproxx]