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<p>Please don&#39;t shoot the messenger, but it&#39;s time that you knew: Instagram &quot;influencers&quot; often manipulate photos and live in a fabricated, idealized reality.</p><p>I know it&#39;s rough, but once you know, you can have fun laughing at the extremely hot people who get busted.</p><p>This week&#39;s influencer getting a public shaming is Argentinian travel blogger Tupi Saravia, who shared photos of her being beautiful all around the world, taking her sense of wanderlust and a particular cloud formation with her.</p><p>&quot;No matter where you travel, it is always followed by the same cloud,&quot; <a aria-haspopup="false" data-focusable="true" href="https://twitter.com/SantiLishi" role="link">@SantiLishi</a> posted in Spanish, with screenshots from Saravia&#39;s profile.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Nice, &quot;Simpsons&quot; theme song-level cloud formation." data-attribution="Instagram" data-attribution-url="" height="1024" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/1-pChJ0f.jpeg" width="576" /></div> <figcaption>Nice, &quot;Simpsons&quot; theme song-level cloud formation.</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">Instagram</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="We are all under the same sky..." data-attribution="Instagram" data-attribution-url="" height="1024" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/2-v5Z8tg.jpeg" width="576" /></div> <figcaption>We are all under the same sky...</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">Instagram</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Okay, I&#39;m beginning to get suspicious." data-attribution="Instagram" data-attribution-url="" height="1024" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/3-CiwtT0.jpeg" width="576" /></div> <figcaption>Okay, I&#39;m beginning to get suspicious.</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">Instagram</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="Is she followed by a cloud, like depressed people in commercials?" data-attribution="Instagram" data-attribution-url="" height="1024" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/4-w2Bf6H.jpeg" width="576" /></div> <figcaption>Is she followed by a cloud, like depressed people in commercials?</figcaption> <div class="image-attribution">Instagram</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The photos got picked up in the English-speaking world by Matt Navara, who found even more photos of that pesky cloud.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This travel ‘influencer’ spookily has the same clouds in every photo. 😲🤔😆 <a href="https://t.co/uYzXhTiRJp">pic.twitter.com/uYzXhTiRJp</a></p>&mdash; Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattNavarra/status/1166746075857862656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>It&#39;s been to Bali.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Instagram" data-attribution-url="" height="1534" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/5-3ehikj.jpeg" width="1000" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Instagram</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And Italy.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Instagram" data-attribution-url="" height="1562" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/6-CTEAde.jpeg" width="1000" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Instagram</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/travel-influencer-admitting-to-photoshopping-clouds-in?origin=spl&amp;ref=hpsplash">BuzzFeed </a>caught up with Saravia, and she came clean:</p><p>&quot;I used an app called Quickshot to help the composition of the photograph when the sky is burned or overexposed,&quot; she wrote in an email.</p><p>The app lets users choose from a selection of cloud patterns, and she just happened to like that one the best.</p><p>&quot;Actually I&#39;m the first one to tell the joke [that] the clouds are following me around the world,&quot; she insisted.</p><p>That didn&#39;t stop people from roasting her in both English and Spanish.</p><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Travel preparations<br /> <br /> - Passport ✅<br /> <br /> - Ticket ✅<br /> <br /> - Forex ✅<br /> <br /> - Clouds ✅ ✅ ✅</p> &mdash; Peacefully Political (@samgupt) <a href="https://twitter.com/samgupt/status/1166754872688926720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">She&rsquo;s able to influence consumers and weather patterns</p> &mdash; Josh Belzman (starman for hire) (@JoshEdits) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshEdits/status/1166751373204934656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Maybe the clouds paid for endorsement? ☁️☁️💵</p> &mdash; Chris Williams (@ChrisDWilliams) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisDWilliams/status/1166750639776522241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p>Saravia has since set her profile to private, so now her photos can only be viewed by her most loyal followers, both human and cloud.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Influencer busted for editing her photos after people notice the same clouds.

Please don&#39;t shoot the messenger, but it&#39;s time that you knew: Instagram &quot;influencers&quot; often manipulate photos and live in a fabricated, idealized reality.I know it&#39;s rough, but once you know, you can have fun laughing at the extremely hot people who get busted.This week&#39;s influencer getting a public shaming is Argentinian travel blogger Tupi Saravia, who shared photos of her being beautiful all around the world, taking her sense of wanderlust and a particular cloud formation with her.&quot;No matter where you travel, it is always followed by the same cloud,&quot; @SantiLishi posted in Spanish, with screenshots from Saravia&#39;s profile. Nice, &quot;Simpsons&quot; theme song-level cloud formation. Instagram We are all under the same sky... Instagram Okay, I&#39;m beginning to get suspicious. Instagram Is she followed by a cloud, like depressed people in commercials? InstagramThe photos got picked up in the English-speaking world by Matt Navara, who found even more photos of that pesky cloud.This travel ‘influencer’ spookily has the same clouds in every photo. 😲🤔😆 pic.twitter.com/uYzXhTiRJp&mdash; Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) August 28, 2019 It&#39;s been to Bali.InstagramAnd Italy.InstagramBuzzFeed caught up with Saravia, and she came clean:&quot;I used an app called Quickshot to help the composition of the photograph when the sky is burned or overexposed,&quot; she wrote in an email.The app lets users choose from a selection of cloud patterns, and she just happened to like that one the best.&quot;Actually I&#39;m the first one to tell the joke [that] the clouds are following me around the world,&quot; she insisted.That didn&#39;t stop people from roasting her in both English and Spanish.  Travel preparations  - Passport ✅  - Ticket ✅  - Forex ✅  - Clouds ✅ ✅ ✅ &mdash; Peacefully Political (@samgupt) August 28, 2019   She&rsquo;s able to influence consumers and weather patterns &mdash; Josh Belzman (starman for hire) (@JoshEdits) August 28, 2019   Maybe the clouds paid for endorsement? ☁️☁️💵 &mdash; Chris Williams (@ChrisDWilliams) August 28, 2019 Saravia has since set her profile to private, so now her photos can only be viewed by her most loyal followers, both human and cloud.

Please don&#39;t shoot the messenger, but it&#39;s time that you knew: Instagram &quot;influencers&quot; often manipulate photos and live in a fabricated, idealized reality.  I know it&#39;s rough, but once you know, you can have fun...