An influencer has set out to shatter the illusion of perfection often found on our social media feeds by sharing less than glamorous shots of herself next to her posed photographs.
Rianne Meijer, 26, from Amsterdam, boasts a 648,000 following on Instagram but believes it is unfair to only show filtered and edited versions of herself online.
Wanting to show what’s actually ‘real’, she fills her Instagram account with more candid images – including a snap of her double chin after modelling with a defined jaw.
An influencer (above) has shared less than glamorous shots of herself next to her posed snaps
Rianne Meijer (pictured), 26, from Amsterdam, boasts a 648,000 following on Instagram but believes it is unfair to only show filtered and edited versions of herself online
Wanting to show what’s actually ‘real’, she fills her Instagram account with more candid images – including a snap of her double chin (seen right) after modelling with a defined jaw (pictured left)
Another before-and-after composite captures the Instagram star posing in New York, looking every inch a model, before appearing considerably more ruffled.
Showing what angles can do for your profile, a third image – shared by Rianne last week – sees her looking defined and slender.
But as soon as she stops the forced pose and embraces a more relaxed stance, she doesn’t appear as svelte.
Showing what angles can do for your profile, an image shared by Rianne last week sees her looking defined and slender (pictured left). But as soon as she stops the forced pose and embraces a more relaxed stance, she doesn’t appear as svelte (seen right)
‘Trying on bikinis to go lie in the sun vs lying in the sun,’ another one of her photographs (above) is captioned, showcasing the influencer with a stunning hourglass figure next to a snap of her leaning back with a double chin
Another before-and-after composite captures the Instagram star looking every inch a model (seen left), before appearing considerably more ruffled (pictured right)
Writing in a recent Instagram post, Rianne (pictured) said: ‘In contrast to what most people think about social media, these platforms actually helped me love every corner and every shape of me’
‘Trying on bikinis to go lie in the sun vs lying in the sun,’ another one of her photographs is captioned, showcasing the influencer with a stunning hourglass figure next to a snap of her leaning back with a double chin.
Writing in a recent Instagram post, Rianne said: ‘In contrast to what most people think about social media, these platforms actually helped me love every corner and every shape of me.
‘Sharing my unflattering pictures with you guys has helped me love myself so much,’ she added.
‘I don’t want to be an advocate for eating fries and pizza every day. I think good nutrition and exercise is the number one priority for loving your body, but that doesn’t mean all body’s aren’t beautiful, because they are.
‘Sharing my unflattering pictures with you guys has helped me love myself so much,’ the influencer (pictured above) added
Rianne shares a snap with her dog, left, and shows what angles can do for your profile, right
‘They all have a beautiful story. So here’s to me and you and our awesome body’s.’
The influencer previously explained her decision to share her candid photographs, claiming that the main reason was to send an important message to her younger followers.
She commented: ‘When I think about my 13-year-old niece who is online probably as much as me, it scares me as she is always seeing a very high standard of lifestyle and beauty.
‘It’s important to see the reality and take the pressure off younger people to reach “perfection” – which doesn’t even exist.’
In the left-hand picture Rianne poses in a stereotypical influencer snap, while in the right she shows more carefree side
In a typical influencer picture, Rianne is seen modelly in a glamorous bikini, left, and in a less perfectly posed snap, right