All jokes aside: Some of us literally thought this page in the new issue of Allure was an ad for Trantasia, the documentary about the World's Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant. (Tyra had some of the girls on her show!) But no. This, friends, is Beyoncé Knowles, shilling for her own fashion label, Dereon. Of course, it doesn't actually say that it's Beyoncé, you're just supposed to know. Still, something's off. And it might not be the PhotoShop. It could be the lighting, the styling, the photography, the expression. Any ideas? (Click picture to enlarge.)
PhotoShop Of Horrors
2:45 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Dodai
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Well, for starters, I'm not sure left arms are supposed to bend that way
"where the sidewalk and the catwalk meet"
If by sidewalk they mean 12th and spruce in philly aka trannyroad, then they are probably right.
The squinty eyes and GIANT lips.
I want my own personal photoshopper so I can look like an entirely different person in each and every picture taken of me.
Dude, the stank face does NOT make me want to buy your clothes. Maybe she was going for high fashion smoldering, but she giving the 'no you din't just fart in my general direction!' look.
Is there a jukebox behind her? The whole damn thing doesn't make any sense.
eww those lips.
c'mon B ... natural woman
Where's Beyonce?
um HELLO that is totally Dominique from Top Model not Beyonce.
The face is way the fuck off but the arm pits don't lie. That's totally Beyonce.
Is that really Beyonce? Because she has those big, beautiful eyes and if this is her, they removed them and implanted them into her lips...
Definitely the lips; either that is one serious photoshop hackjob, or the collagen fairy's been visiting Beyonce a little too frequently...
I so feel like she deserves it. She's one of those who thinks she's fierce enough to pull anything off. We don't need another Tyra thankyouverymuch.
If that's Beyonce, it's an awfully pouty version of her. What's she so mad about? How they photoshopped her left arm and pit to death?
beyonce's shiny boobs are lookin' so crazy right now.
"I'm angry! I'm angry! Mom said to look angry!
Wait, why am I angry? Help?"
@TeenageGangDeb:
yeah exactly. That picture looks nothing like Beyonce. I would have never even guessed it was her unless the article didn't tell me.
If she's scrunching her face up that much, shouldn't there be at least one wrinkle on it? She looks like she's trying to block the sun from her eyes with her bag. Or maybe there's a mirror in front of her.
that's a man, baby!
Tina or Beyonce?
Seriously? She approved this shit for publication?
I don't know whether to laugh, cry or throw up. Whadda reckon?
Also, Tyra would be disappointed that she isn't extending her neck.
Are you SURE that's not her sister? What's-her-name, Solange or something? B/c there is no way that is Beyonce.
She looks like a tranny, and that is not right!
It's the eyebrows! She's "furrowing" her brow, and her eyebrows have moved, but there are no wrinkles. Not even Botox can create that expression.
if that's B, she should fire her momma for making her look like such a ticky-tack hot tranny mess. fuck, even if it's NOT B.
that left arm is short like a T-Rex
They need to get a new ad team, this really isn't going to draw in any buyers without Adam apples....
@ineffable.me: They made running to the Patco bright! A friendly chorus of 'nice shoes'.
LIPS AAAAAAHHHHHH! Sorry, I got scared there for a minute. You can tell it's her by her armpit!
I'm not ready for that jelly.
@ladeedah: Yes, but she'd be thrilled that she nailed the "squint with fierceness" look she likes so much.
@Motown: too bad that arm pit is a fraud!
I would not have recognized Beyoncé. What the Hell did they do to her face?!
Well, they got the sidewalk part right. House of Dereon makes some traaaaashy clothes.
Wait, let me fix that for you!
"where the streetwalk and the catwalk meet"
All better now.
How does her arm do THAT?!
Actually ladies the clothes are much UGLIER then this ad.....
@Leiakat: hell yes. also protection late at night.
What's up with the crown? At this point, she and a drag queen are completely interchangeable. She's willingly become a caricature of herself.
I work for the store that sells this crap and let me tell you this ad is a perfect depiction of her "brand". Ladies all I can tell you is..if you buy a piece of Derion..do not stand near an open flame. You will go up like a blaze of glory.
"where the sidewalk and catwalk meet" - Seriously????
If that's Beyonce they seem to have changed her whole face shape. Who knew jaws had to be thin-ified?
I saw this when skimming through Allure. I didn't even realize it was her.
At first, I thought she was adjusting a rearview mirror, not holding out a little purse.
I think Tyra would say that her "fierce" look should still be pretty and not scary. And then she would give us an example of each and they would both look exactly the same.
Is that an ad for Fight Club?
She must have been looking right into the sun or something. She does look very bad-tempered. Bad bad bad bad bad.
It looks like they removed the lips, completely reshaped the chin and jaw, then put the same sized lips right back. Horrendous.
Is this an ad for Fight Club?
Where the Sidewalk and the catwalk meet
Biggie Shorty wouldn't approve of this kind of triflin'.
Is there really a store named "Up Against the Wall"? Really? Seriously?
@hamburgerhotdog: Mo Money, Mo Problems.
That totally doesn't look like her. It's like they purposely 'shopped out the best features of her face. Celebrity clothing lines are like an environmental hazard. Most of that ugly, synthetic garbage will be in landfills 10 years from now. :(
That look is gangsta princess (i.e. the tiara). She's all about house of dereon bitch.
Now, look at that photo, imagine tucking yourself back, put on some lipstick in the mirror and say, "Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me." Then dance to Goodbye Horses.
She looks like Nik the biracial runner up of ANTM cycle whatever when she did the black and white photo shoot with Tyra.
In the inimitable words of Christian Siriano . . . that is one hot tranny mess.
i totally loved 'trantasia'.
@Xavoc: put the lotion in the basket or else you get the hose.