Question 1: Which is the Vicki featured in the slimming ad?

Answer = A


Question 2: Which photo is doctored?

Answer = B & C


Picture B, and C are photo-enhanced based on A, which is the unedited digital photo of Vicki downloaded from an online newspaper. It is supposed to be an "original" picture of Vicki.


Question 3: Which is the real Vicki?

Answer = A? But...

Is A the "real" Vicki?


Clues: Vicki A's upper right arm, left hip and thigh
Some questions:

- Does A look normal to you?

- Which looks like a healthier, happier, more attractive Vicki? A, B or C?

- Could an already-very-thin Vicki digitally enhanced to look even thinner? Why?

- Is popularising incredibly thin, super-enhanced female bodies a healthy social trend?

- Can human females "out-thin" digital females?

- Is the use of photo-enhancing in slimming ads [to make thin bodies look even thinner] ethical advertising practice?

- WHO benefit the most from popularising extremely distorted female form?





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