Even the Queen of Pop, Beyoncè Knowles, has not escaped criticisms from netizens after unedited photos of her L'Oreal campaign leaked online. Many were surprised as to how Beyonce looked in her untouched photos from 2013, but her fans did not leave her side.
The images were from The Beyoncè World website, who claimed they are from the singer's 2013 L'Oreal campaign. Negative tweets have led The Beyoncè World to remove the photos immediately, but they have resurfaced on another British website, Complex.
Women from all parts of the globe stood up for Queen Bey, and social media has proven it. Fans have brought their support to Twitter, in defense of their favorite pop singer of all time.
"If you're shocked at the leaked photos of Beyonce, then please take a long hard look at yourself," one fan tweeted.
"I don't care for Beyoncè but I'm glad those pictures leaked. She's an actual person & it's deceiving of the media to retouch [her] for perfection," another netizen posted on Twitter.
Fans tweeted that the Halo singer looked flawless despite her photos not being retouched, and have called for the media to stop shaming women. Many teens today look up to models and celebrities, and often use them as a measure for perfection, which can be harmful.
Since retouching photos and videos are the norm when publishing photos or ads, many get a distorted definition about "perfection," and often times, this definition does not exactly conform with reality. And when unretouched photos get leaked, the model is often criticized by the public, which is unhealthy in every aspect.
But professionals say the leaked photos also remind the public that the media is pressured to give them "perfection."
"We have become numb to this and our demand for flawless perfection puts pressure on those in the media, we shouldn't be shocked by these unedited images - it's nice to be reminded that everyone is human," photographer Nik Pate told The Daily Mail UK.
It is not the first time that Queen Bey's unretouched photos were leaked online. Back in September last year, Buzzfeed showed photos proving that Beyonce's photos went under the "Photoshop knife."
