“That's because the way that person looks in the image is still promoted as being attractive and ideal," Fardouly explains. However, research shows that knowing images are edited and enhanced does not change how we compare our bodies to theirs.
With the Kardashians, it is mostly young women whose mental health is being affected.Ī post shared by Kylie 🤍 might argue that it’s common knowledge celebrities and influencers often photoshop their images, meaning it could be less harmful when we know it’s happening. “Research tells us that if people are following accounts like the Kardashians who post idealised, edited and unattainable images, it can increase people's dissatisfaction with their own body.” It's not achievable for them and it's not achievable for any of their followers,” explains Jasmine Fardouly from the Centre for Emotional Health at Macquarie University. “When celebrities and influencers are editing their appearances, it's actively promoting an ideal that isn't attainable. So, why does this matter? Because the impact of unrealistic images can be as far-reaching as they can be damaging. The average person scrolling through their feed on a lazy afternoon would never notice the unnatural bend in the curtain behind Kylie that tells us she has drawn in her waist, but a few keen eyes did notice and they drew the world’s attention to it via TikTok. Just this week, the youngest sister Kylie was criticised for photoshopping an image of herself in a yellow bikini. Watch the trailer for the final season of Keeping Up With the Kardashians here. The sisters - Kourtney, 41, Kim, 40, Khloé, 36, Kendall, 25 and Kylie, 23, - have nearly had as many photoshop ‘fails’ as they’ve had episodes of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. If you have a thumb and an Instagram account, you’ve seen the ‘before and after’ photos of their fame.īut outside the world of plastic surgery (a topic the sisters have always remained coy on, instead convincing us it’s their products that have enhanced their appearance and can enhance yours too) it is the digital manipulation of their photos that has created a beauty ideal no one will ever be able to attain. Their lips ballooned, their cheekbones sharpened and their waists shrunk.
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Over the years, as their followers grew by millions and their money by billions, their appearances seemed to get an upgrade with every new season. Not only were their bodies seemingly more achievable for the ‘average’ woman, but the sisters were also unashamedly confident in their curves. When the Kardashians were hurtled onto the front covers of magazines in the noughties, their generous curves were a beacon of body diversity and a welcome departure from bone-thin models who insisted their favourite meal was a McDonald’s burger.įrom their derrières to their chests, the Kardashians played a pivotal role in reshaping the contours of what an ‘ideal’ female body looks like. So, it’s worth asking: Why can’t we see Khloé Kardashian, a woman whose career is supposedly built on showing the world her ‘reality’, as her real self? Some have commented online that the Khloé Kardashian in this ‘unauthorised’ photo doesn’t look like the Khloé Kardashian in the ‘authorised’ photos she posts to her 135 million followers every day. To a person familiar with Khloé Kardashian and the photos that fill her and her sisters’ feeds, it is a remarkably 'unedited' photo that is far removed from the filters and computer-altered images that have come to define the family who is credited with redefining modern beauty.Ī recent photo of Khloe Kardashian (not the unedited one, of course). To the untrained eye, the woman in this photo looks incredibly fit and, more importantly, seems happy. Despite their efforts, it took me approximately 2.34 seconds to find it. You may have heard that Khloé Kardashian's ‘team’ have tried to erase an ‘unauthorised’ photo where the 36-year-old is in a leopard bikini, standing in front of a pool while on a family holiday.Īccording to multiple media outlets, it was Kardashian’s assistant who uploaded the photo without permission, and has now caused a nightmare quest to stop the circulation of the photo. Hell hath no fury like a Kardashian whose unedited photo has been circulated.
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