Fitness Blogger Madalin Giorgetta Posts Side-by-Side Instagram Photo About Posture

We all know that Photoshop can drastically change the way a picture looks, but fitness blogger Madalin Giorgetta just showed us that people don't even need fancy tools to alter an image — often, it’s all in the way they pose.

On Monday afternoon, Madalin posted two side-by-side images of herself in a bikini on Instagram: one where she’s standing with bad posture, the other where she’s flexing her muscles. The caption accompanying the photos read:

Ahh the difference a flattering pose can make 💁🏼 I love seeing these photos on my feed as it reminds me that we allll 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. After all, who wants to post that pic of your double chin? 🤷🏼‍♀️Constantly seeing the same carefully posed pic on my feed can get tiring, so it’s always nice to see a crappy photo and think, “ohh hey, she's a bit like me” 🙂EDIT: kini is tagged folks!

In case seeing the raw images wasn’t enough proof that no Photoshopping took place, Madalin also posted a video showing how, exactly, her “30-second transformation” took place:

As anyone who has a favorite selfie angle knows, having a “good side” is sometimes a thing, and that’s totally OK. It's also understandable if you scroll through Instagram and wonder exactly how many people have somehow altered their appearance in their photo, either with the use of posture or Photoshop. But as Madalin and other Instagrammers have proven in the past, there's often a lot more to the photo than meets the eye.

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