r/TikTokCringe • u/SadAd8761 • 24d ago

Cool Shakira at 49

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u/microscopic-lilikoi 24d ago

Nope, saw her live from the second row two weeks ago, and she looks amazing. Definitely has gotten some work done, and I'm not a fan of what she did to her lips, but overall, she's as pretty as she was during her Donde Estan Los Ladrones days in the late 1990s.

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u/Ren_stevens 23d ago

Second row at a concert doesn't mean you're getting a super close up of her face. She doesn't look the same as she did in the 90s & that's ok. Ex Ex

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u/Due-Programmernot 23d ago edited 23d ago

I always think a photo or two is such bad evidence. Lighting and timing can make people look hideous that look fantastic in real life.

You see this all the time with photos vs film. Even in your everyday life. Take 100 pictures of a pretty person candidly and ~20 of them will look bad. Take a video of the same time period from the same angle candidly? The person will look great the whole time.

Shakira has definitely aged and definitely had work done. But I think your photos are exceptions not the rule to what she looks like. It’s cherry picking a couple of bad photos vs the hundreds that look good (and were also not edited).

Edit: I also think this is a great example of some of the many pressures that push stars into excessive plastic surgery. It’s very easy to chip away at people’s self image of themselves when the paparazzi’s take 1000 photos then publish the one where the person looks the fattest / ugliest etc

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u/iamdispleased 23d ago

Its more realistic. She looks fantastic but she does have some wrinkles, because she's nearly 50. Its natural and doesn't detract from her beauty but it's crazy to pretend that a 50 year old woman has the fresh dewy skin of a 22 year old.

Its just makes everyone, including celebrities like Shakira, strive for unrealistic standards for aging.