How to become a Fitonian: Instagram-blogger found the modern ideal of beauty

The younger generation is increasingly focused on working on the Internet. After all, there is absolute freedom of self-expression and the possibility of monetizing their own content. However, not everyone manages to achieve success and promote a profile in social networks. Often the reason for this is modern beauty standards.

American blogger Cassie Ho analyzed 100 popular profiles in Instagram and turned herself into a typical Internet star with the help of Photoshop. Let’s find out what the result of her experiment was.

Who is Cassie Ho?

Cassie is a popular Instagram blogger. She is a supporter of bodypositive and part-time fitness trainer. In her opinion, physical activity is an important part of life, but not for weight loss purposes, but for health. The girl even founded the Blogilates studio, where she leads Pilates classes. Many lessons and tips for beginners Ho posts on the studio’s YouTube channel, which has more than four million subscribers. In addition, Cassie has invented her own program of Pilates classes with an uncomplicated name “pop Pilates”. Her students train as usual, but to popular music.

In one of the posts in her Instagram, the girl showed subscribers how her body would look like, if in each of the eras it corresponded to the ideals. The results were varied and frightening. For example, there has been a 58% increase in plastic surgery injections and buttock implants from the 2010s to the present.

Why do we treat the body the same way we treat fashion? We need to embrace it and treat it with love without looking back at trends.

The results of a study of Instagram profiles

One day Cassie wondered why in the era of body positivity there are no overweight girls among the most popular Instagrams. She decided to analyze 100 top profiles, find the ideal of beauty of a modern man and as a bonus turn herself into one of the stars of the social network. As a result, the blogger identified 24 distinctive features that most insta-beauties have.

The first thing she paid attention to was the age and appearance of the popular girls. On average, they are 22 years old, their height is about 170 cm, and their hair is dark and long.

Eyes are the mirror of the soul, but not for social media users. To become popular on Instagram, you need to have a certain size and cut of eyes. According to statistics, women with Asian appearance gain less popularity on the web. There are only 15% of them in the top 100.

A small nose and plump lips are mandatory points for winning subscribers. 90% of girls on Instagram have matching lips.

So what kind of body does one have to have to be famous? More than 80% of popular girls have a flat stomach, but, importantly, without muscle relief. Apparently, Instagram is against muscularity. It is desirable that the type of figure corresponded to the standard “hourglass”: with a thin waist and large hips.

The audience is more at the ladies with naturally light skin, but a beautiful tan is also welcome. Fans are also attracted by a thin long neck and necessarily large breasts.

Popularity with the help of photoshop

After analyzing popular accounts, the girl proceeded to her own transformation. For this she needed cosmetics, fashionable items of clothing and a photo editor.

In this photo, Cassie lightened her skin, enlarged her eyes, breasts and buttocks, and also reduced her nose and chin. Well, and, of course, lengthened her hair. In addition, the blogger did not forget about the “right” attributes for a good photo – a crop top and gold jewelry.

The reaction of Cassie and her subscribers to the experiment

The results of the study upset Ho, because it turned out that even in the free network “Instagram” ruled the notorious standards of beauty. In the era of the bodypositive boom in the top 100 are still girls with chiseled figures.

Cassie’s audience thanked the girl for the video. Especially for the fact that she is trying to show people that it is worth it to love yourself and your body, regardless of society’s standards. One subscriber even wrote in the YouTube comments:

‘I really think this video is going to blow up the internet. I hope it does. People will get slapped in the face and start loving themselves for who they are. They’ll stop trying to fit into standards.