aespa Winter was caught for excessively photoshopping. But instead of being criticized, she is receiving praise for it. 

What's the reason?

aespa Winter's Selfie Photoshopped?

On May 24, aespa attended the 76th Cannes Film Festival, held in southern France.The quartet appeared as global ambassadors for the luxury Swiss jewelry brand, Chopard.

To commemorate the event, member Winter then took to her newly launched personal Instagram to upload photos from the festival.

In the picture, Winter flaunted her top-tier visuals wearing a black dress and giving an alluring charm while gazing at the camera.

As soon as the photos were released, Winter's unique dreamy expression and background amassed admiration from K-pop fans.

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As of writing, the post already gained about 1.4 million likes and about 13k comments praising her beauty.

However, amid this, some found Winter's small mistake. This is because the cell phone in her hand in the last picture is distorted by photoshop.

In her mirror selfie, Winter's iPhone looks bigger and the supposedly straight line is distorted as well.

This is not the first time that Winter was caught photoshopping.

In July 2022, the idol shared several photos, taken at the filming site of KBS2's "Music Bank," on aespa's official Instagram account.

Winter in the photo showed off her charm in a cute two-piece with blonde hair. At that time, when Winter was found to be bent unevenly on the stairs she was sitting on, she was immediately called out for excessive and poor editing of her photos.

Netizens' Reaction To aespa's Edited Photo Is Not What You Are Expecting

Immediately after its release, the photo spread to various SNS and online communities, sparking various reactions.

In the past, idols caught altering their photos and faces were immediately hated and called out for it.

While Winter was spotted doing the same excessive correction, people thought it was rather "cute." They emphasized that Winter's attempt to photoshop "failed" because there's no difference that happened — she's beautiful regardless!

Some are also laughing at Winter's clumsiness and lack of knowledge when it comes to using social media platforms and photo tools.

Here are comments from netizens and MYs (fandom):

• "The real goddess also needs corrections in her photos."
• "Why did you do it when there is no difference between the article picture and the corrected picture?"
• "Didn't the phone already capture the real thing?"
• "I know you're not interested in photoshopping because you're not detailed."
• "She still uploaded it even though the iPhone is bent that much."
• It's the same as the real thing, but I smile at the thought of you being proud of photoshopped."

Meanwhile, aespa attracted attention by opening a personal SNS account for the first time in three years.

As of May 26, Winter's number of followers surpassed 2.7 million, Karina's 3 million, Ningning's 2.6 million, and Giselle's 2.7 million, proving its global popularity.

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Written by Eunice Dawson.