There Is A Viral Model On Instagram, And People Realize The Shocking Truth Behind Her Beauty
If you were to see today’s trend, isn’t it all about posing for selfies like a viral model? Viral Models have really paved the way for today’s generation, which is both a good thing and a bad one, let’s be honest. The good thing is that we get to appreciate the beauty that adorns the world, and the bad thing? We become a little too obsessed with them, and sometimes even find fault in our own body.
When it comes to the world of models, we must realize that their lives aren’t a bed of roses, instead, they have to work twice as hard to be healthy, to maintain their looks and their physical features. They can’t be snacking on donuts and cheese balls while binge-watching Netflix. Keeping their profession in mind, models usually upload thousands and thousands of photos of themselves on social media sites like Instagram.
Such is the story of a beautiful model called Shudu. Like many models, Shudu often uploads pictures on her Instagram account, @shudu.gram, that was launched in 2017 for her followers. Everyone agreed that Shudu was absolutely stunning, but no one knew anything about her, except that her photographer’s name was Cameron James-Wilson.
Shudu took the world by storm when one of her pictures, in which she was wearing lipstick shade Saw-C from Fenty Beauty, was reposted by Rihanna. Not long after the photo was reposted, people started digging information on Shudu. Everyone wanted to know who she was, where she came from and how they could get in touch with her. Popular brands wanted to endorse her and so they tried hard to contact her.
Afterall, Shudu was beautiful, her deeply colored skin, her mesmerizing facial features, her perfect height – a flawless recipe for a successful supermodel. Imagine a supermodel of her kind modeling their products? Many brands thought they had found their golden duck. Professional photographers from around the globe sent her messages, asking if they could set up photoshoots with her. Shudu was the talk of the town.
But no one was prepared for what they were about to hear from her photographer Wilson. Shudu was hiding a deep secret behind her beauty and it was time for the world to know. Wilson declared that Shudu wasn’t a real person! In fact, Shudu is Wilson’s piece of art – a 3D model that was inspired by a South African Barbie doll, Alek Wek, Duckie and Lupita Nyong’o. After learning that Shudu was just an image created by Wilson, people were left confused, some even started blaming him for taking away modeling jobs from real women!
Wilson disagrees that images like Shudu could replace real models because creating her was a tedious and intense process. Apart from weeks of prior planning, it takes Wilson three full days to create an image like Shudu, and once the image is complete, he starts posing her in different ways, like virtual photography. Wilson believes that 3D models like Shudu complement real models, however, critics think otherwise.
