which photo is really her?

THIS.

which is why i made the thread.

Originally Posted by john_deere

Yep, and I think it was a great example! Thanks! It would be great to see more examples if you see some.

xoxo,
LMx

Along the same lines here's an interesting time lapse of an average looking girl turned into a super model via a combination of lighting, makeup, photography, and photoshop retouching.

No wonder women typically have such bad body image issues!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...dels-body.html

Thanks SpicyPants...I hadn't seen that one. Excellent example of the magic of photoshop.