A new super model is ruling social media with her perfectly toned body, appealing eyes and accurate postures. Shudu Gram is being called as one of the most beautiful models on Instagram. But hey, she is not a regular Insta famous model. Shudu is not real! Created by a British photographer Cameron-James Wilson, Shudu Gram is world’s first digital supermodel who has racked up more than 60 thousand followers (and still counting). Credit goes to her lifelike images. After she has made her Instagram debut last year in April, Shudu has witnessed an impressive growth in her fan base.
Shudu Gram may look like she has just waltzed off a catwalk somewhere, but in real, she is computer generated. Her beauty in fact reached to the renowned singer Rihanna. Shudu caught the Barbadian’s attention after a photo of her wearing one of Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty Lipsticks, a photo that was reposted by the brand. But yes, just like every popular figure, Shudu soon became controversial. With her flawless skin and long limbs, she was questioned whether she is just a little too perfect and Wilson was forced to reveal the truth. He admitted that she was a creation of his imagination and updated Shudu’s Instagram Bio which now reads— “World’s First Digital Supermodel.”
The British Photographer was quoted in Refinery29 saying, “Basically Shudu is my creation, she’s my art piece that I am working on at the moment. She is not a real model unfortunately, but she represents a lot of the real models of today. There’s a big kind of movement with dark skin movement with dark skin models, so she represents them and is inspired by them.” With this, her army followers are getting the heads around the fact that she is not real.
But yes, the disclosure did not go really well with people as they believe that Shudu represents more than a digital project. Twitterati’s heartbroken!
Black Community is not a trend!
First of all, the Black community is not a "trend"
Second of all, just shoot with a real Black model??? Why does this exist. https://t.co/QDKtKisUoY
— crocodile (@pairating) February 28, 2018
What do you think?
Hold tf onnnnnn. So someone “made up” a black model, when they actually could’ve just hired a real life black one? At your big big age. Trash! https://t.co/dj7TOtSt7N
— Grace 🌔✨🌈🌷❣️♍️ (@GraceFVictory) February 27, 2018
This is problematic!
This is problematic. Instead of hiring a black model, the photographer created one. Is it that hard to pay black women? Also shows how much dark skin is still being exoticised by the media. https://t.co/tfmcUzAdzZ
— Moza (@MozaFrique) February 28, 2018
Black Skin is not a toy.
As much as I appreciate art I detest the fact that the minute dark skin is finally glamourized by the mainstream media a white man finds a way to commericalize & capitalize off it. Black skin is not a trend. Black skin is not a toy. Black women even more not so. #Shudu #FreeShudu pic.twitter.com/pu79IGcU1s
— Sonia Pratt (@adrianette_) February 28, 2018
A photo shoot with a real dark skin model!
Black models, specifically dark skin Black models are not a trend though. We should be the norm. Ok. Even though Shudu is a beautiful digital creation, I hope that he can shoot with real dark skin Black models and pay them accordingly too. https://t.co/2FGTZ2IoEm
— 𝔟ecca (@MJFinesseLover) February 27, 2018
Racism and misogyny!
A white photographer figured out a way to profit off of black women without ever having to pay one. Now pls, tell me how our economic system is in no way built on and quite frankly reliant on racism and misogyny 🤧🤔 https://t.co/k7tDc7cXLL
— ur local sweetheart✨💛✨ (@hodayum) February 27, 2018
The models in Instagram and other social media platforms are attracting more followers each day and Shudu Gram is one big example. Though much of a controversial figure, Shudu’s account is still active and her increasing numbers of followers is quite a competition to other influencers.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Mar 06, 2018 06:01 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).