Rising Chinese influencer fat-shamed after extreme photo editing revealed on social media

Before and after images of Weibo and RED user ‘Coeyyy’ show she has been heavily editing her appearance, including dramatically reducing her apparent weight

While some internet users have criticised her, others have praised her technical skills and she has even posted editing tutorials showing how she does it

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One of Coeyyy’s edited selfies. Since her extreme photo editing was revealed on social media, the rising Chinese influencer has posted step-by-step editing tutorials showing how she uses apps such as Facetune2 and Meitu XiuXiu.

Published: 2:45pm, 5 Jun 2020Updated: 6:26pm, 6 Jun 2020

A rising Chinese influencer has seen her profile boosted for all the wrong reasons after side-by-side photos that revealed she has been digitally transforming herself went viral throughout Asia.

A Facebook post comparing before and after images of the influencer, who goes by the names Coeyyy and Coeyyyy, has so far received more than 18,000 shares and 11,000 comments.

While the altered pictures depict her as a doll-like figure with porcelain skin, the original photos show what appears to be a completely different woman. A friend included in several photos also appears to have been heavily edited.

Coeyyy predominantly uses the Chinese instant messaging site Weibo and Chinese social media platform RED. The viral photos started spreading among Chinese social media users in late April and went viral throughout Asia when they were posted to Facebook.

Before and after pictures of Chinese influencer Coeyyy (in pink) and a friend.

The photos, uploaded by a Taiwanese Facebook user by the name of Ex.Treme in May, were only accompanied by a vague caption that read: “Technology…advanced.”