Madalin Giorgetta isn’t the first fitness blogger to show how posing in a certain manner can make your body look completely different and she won’t be the last.
That said, these pictures are always eye-opening as it shows just how misleading social media is. It hammers home how we can be sucked into thinking that everyone’s perfect when the reality is a great picture can be down to a trick of the light as much as anything else.
The Australian-based blogger shared a recent Instagram post, with two photos side-by-side, with the caption “ahh the difference a flattering pose can make”.
One photo shows her with her body flexed and the other just standing freely and there is a noticeable change.
Here’s an excerpt from the caption she used to accompany the post:
“I love seeing these photos on my feed as it reminds me that we all have our best angles that we choose to share.
“The girls you see on Instagram don’t walk around with one leg bent and one hip popped and flexed abs the whole time! I don’t look like the right version in real life because who the hell stands like that in real life? But there’s also nothing wrong with posting your most flattering angle, it’s only human”.
It wasn’t long before someone accused her of doctoring the photo and she responded with this video and these words.
“I would never ever use Photoshop to change the shape of my body. There’s enough misleading images about the female body as it is and I never want to add to that”.
Hear hear.
Main image via Instagram: Madalin Giorgetta
