Viral Video Shows Behind-The-Scenes Of Fitness Photoshoot And The Model Is Wearing Butt Pads

People have the tendency to reject anything that is irregular or doesn’t fit the image of what they consider to be normal. It is really hurtful when that image is of a person because despite how many times we repeat that appearance doesn’t matter, at the end of the day, people still value it.

People look at others and compare themselves, finding what they think are flaws in their own appearances. They might try to fix themselves and get hurt in the process or they will be left with a heart full of hatred towards themselves.

It doesn’t help that now it is so easy to compare yourself with others because you can follow their lives on social media. But what you are comparing yourselves with is a non-existent body. Photos and even videos can be edited, plus enhancements can be made in real life too. TikToker jessicaemilyquinn showed a video of a fitness photoshoot in which the model can be seen putting in pads to make her bottom look fuller and it opened up people’s eyes.

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TikToker jessicaemilyquinn went viral for sharing her thoughts about a video in which you can see a fitness model making her bottom rounder with pads

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The TikToker jessicaemilyquinn is also known as Jess Quinn and she is a cancer survivor, a model, an athlete and a body positivity advocate. Due to a tumor in her leg, she had an operation called a rotationplasty, which is a surgical procedure in which a surgeon removes the middle part of the leg with the tumor and reattaches the lower part of the leg rotated 180 degrees. So the 29-year-old woman knows what it means to be different and not fit into beauty standards. Despite that, she doesn’t mind it and loves herself just how she is.

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But she understands that it’s not the case for everyone. Actually, in another of her videos, she shares some statistics that shocked her. She found that 91 percent of women are unhappy with their bodies.

And she thinks that what contributes to that is bodies women see in photos and not realizing they are fake and don’t represent real life. It’s a public secret that models don’t look exactly the same in real life as they do in photos, but those images are everywhere and you can’t help but start thinking that this is what you’re supposed to look like, especially when they are so realistic.

She said that this is not something new and she is aware of others doing it, but it doesn’t make it right

In the video Jess is showing, you can see that the fitness model is prepared for the photoshoot by inserting pads in her leggings to give her more curves. There have been so many times when celebrities and models were caught editing their photos to make their hips wider and waist smaller, but it can be detected.

It seems that professionals are trying to protect themselves from the sharp eyes of consumers by making the model’s figure look like they want to without needing to manipulate the image later.

She believes that unrealistic bodies represented in media fuel people’s insecurities about themselves and needlessly make them want to change

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According to Jess, this behavior makes other women feel insecure, constantly think about what is wrong with their bodies and want plastic surgery. She feels that it is disturbing that faking a body type is normal and common.

A lot of people in the comments agreed that people behind photoshoots are not thinking about what consequences and influence their photos have. Especially when it is in the fitness industry, which shouldn’t show people bodies that are so hard to attain that fitness models themselves don’t have them. Of course, some of them do, but somehow the minority is represented by the media more than what an average body looks like.

Below you will find the video in question

@jessicaemilyquinn##duet with @willard503 this is why we have body image issues. ##bodyimage ##insecure ##foryou♬ THICK AS THIEVES – Jack & Charly

Videos are also not protected from editing, so they don’t always show the truth either

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This is not the first time Bored Panda has talked about body image on social media. In another article, we talked about how the technology is so advanced that it can edit bodies in real time. And we’re not talking about Instagram filters that most often are quite obvious, but about the subtle changes that make a big difference.

In that article, we discussed a video of a woman who looks really tall and very slender, but after a closer look, you can notice a pole in the background that is distorted when the woman passes it. That proves that her waist is taken in and that tricks people into thinking that they should look like this because it’s what is admired and desired.

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These are just a few examples that mess with people’s minds and make them feel unhappy about their appearances and disappointed when their hard work in the gym doesn’t give the results they expected. That can lead to more serious mental and physical health issues that is why Jess wants more people to know what happens behind-the-scenes and to make them understand that their bodies are fine just the way they are.

What do you think of this issue? Did the video of the fitness model putting in pads for photos surprise you? Maybe you think this is not that big of a crime? Do the photoshopped images make you feel insecure or can you distinguish between real life and the different life that is depicted in photos and videos? Leave us your thoughts in the comments!

People in the comments were not impressed with the fitness model and agreed that seeing the pictures and not knowing the behind-the-scenes can be damaging