It's no secret that social media isn't reality. As much as we like to immerse in it, and make our profiles look pretty and exciting, life is far from a snapshot of someone's profile page. And one woman is on a mission to prove it.
Sophie Hughes is a curvy model who boasts more than 59,000 followers on Instagram thanks to her uplifting content. She's known for talking openly about body image , and how she once craved to be small. Now she spends her time flaunting her fuller figure in lingerie , bikinis and glam outfits - and people can't get enough.
But she recently exposed some tips and tricks that get used behind the scenes. She shared two snaps side-by-side to show the difference between Instagram and reality. In one snap, she's posing, sucking in and has edited out her tummy scar.
Meanwhile, in the other, her body is relaxed, she looks fuller and her scar is also on display. Sophie did this to show that "none of it is real", and she wants people to become "very conscious" while scrolling, as things aren't always as they seem. In the post, Sophie said: "It's time to become very, very conscious when scrolling.
Conscious that almost all of the images you see are tweaked, that the women you compare yourself to do not exist. "Please don't compare yourself to a completely unrealistic beauty standard, and convince yourself you aren't enough. You weren't born insecure, you were taught to be insecure, and now it's time to heal.
" Since Sophie shared the post, over 2,000 people liked.