Rianne Meijer has a powerful — and often rather hilarious — message to her predominantly young followers. By revealing what goes on behind the scenes of her Instagram perfection, she shows real life is never as pretty as it seems.
No pimples, not even the tiniest wrinkle to be found, shimmering white teeth, even her hair just happens to sit perfectly in photos.
The Dutch influencer appears to be the definition of a perfect profile on Instagram — even when she’s pictured drinking a massive milkshake or hanging out of a convertible.
But this picture-perfect Instagram poster is also ridiculing the perfection that confronts us every day on social media. That’s because for every aesthetically curated picture, this style influencer also posts a hilarious blooper that goes along with it.
“It’s good when the young girls see that not everything is real on Instagram,” says Rianne. She also had to think of her 13-year-old niece, who is often on Instagram.
On the one hand you can see the 26-year-old glamorous blonde shopping or resting on the beach.
Then she shows her 400,000 followers her swollen eyes, slanted mouth, messed up hair in her face and double chin — all in the same setting and same outfit. “I did not wake up like this,” reads the caption.
Rianne recalls she posted her first fail while in Berlin, shortly before boarding a plane, where she nervously switched her phone to airplane mode. After all, she didn’t know how her followers would react.
“It’s also a risk,” she says. “After all, I’m showing a completely different side of me.” When she landed in Amsterdam a good hour later, she already had more than 1,000 reactions — all positive.
“Many people even thanked me.” Even the companies who sponsored her to advertise their products were supportive.
So Rianne continues on Instagram versus Reality. By the way, she does not have any shortage of these supposedly failed photos. Only about one in 200 photos is really perfect, she says. “But I’m also very critical.” – dpa
