Impregnated by Eunwoo 3,207 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Meme ruins a Taiwanese model's career Taiwanese model Heidi Yeh was 2 years into her career when she signed on for an advertising photo shoot for a plastic surgery clinic. What she didn’t know at the time was that the resulting photo would damage her life and ruin her career. The 2-minute BBC segment above tells the story of how Yeh’s photo became a viral Internet meme and a story that went out of control. Yeh originally signed up for the photo shoot in the early 2000s after being told that it would be a simple advertising campaign in print media for the clinic. The ad featured Yeh sitting next to a model “husband†and three children that don’t resemble their parents at all. The caption read: “The only thing you’ll ever have to worry about is how to explain it to the kids.†Unfortunately for Yeh, people on the Internet noticed the image years later and turned it into various Internet memes: After the meme images spread far and wide on the Web, “news†outlets began picking up the photo and writing about it as a true news story without doing any fact checking. One Chinese newspaper, the Heilongjiang Morning Post, reported that the man successfully sued his wife for divorce and for monetary damages in response to her “deceit†that was revealed when she gave birth to an “ugly baby daughter.†The woman had gotten major plastic surgery prior to meeting the man, the newspaper said. The newspaper later apologized for running the story without checking the facts, but by then the damage had already been done to Yeh. She estimates that she has lost over $100,000 in potential earnings due to the negative publicity. Yeh recently went public about the story and is now threatening to sue the clinic and the modeling agency for about $150,000 in damages. The clinic argues that they obtained the right to use Yeh’s likeness in their ad campaign, and says it may sue Yeh for damaging its image. http://petapixel.com/2016/02/25/ad-photo-turned-internet-meme-ruined-models-career/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Swanson 6,677 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 This is old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emb 1,987 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 ive seen this before, its actually really sad. i feel sorry for her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gondry 2,511 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Isn't this old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeong jaehyuns boyfriend 10,627 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 i feel so bad for her :( social media is evil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atreyuavenged 162 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I've seen this before and now I"m confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedVelvetTrash 484 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Wait, why didn't they use better looking kids for an ad in the first place? It wouldn't matter, but compared to her and the male model they look out of place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapmon's Ahjussi Husband 2,299 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Bitch what!?, talking about real problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiyu 2,891 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 ive seen this before, its actually really sad. i feel sorry for her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyoDori 1,475 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 what i find amusing about all this is that...they always blame the female for having plastic surgery. as if the female couldn't be natural the guy was the one who got plastic surgery. it's unfortunate how it didn't hurt the man but hurt the woman instead. tells you how sexist some people can be in this world. but yeah, this is old. i feel sorry for her though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodBot 1,005 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Old , someone made the same thread months ago because of the reddit post . Reddit just posted the same shit again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almondandlime 6,854 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 This has been posted like 5 times already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat554 498 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I remember hearing about this, I didn't realize it was just an ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timpa 6,547 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Wait, why didn't they use better looking kids for an ad in the first place? It wouldn't matter, but compared to her and the male model they look out of place. Uhh... that's the point. The kids are not as attractive because their parent(s) are actually ugly but the plastic surgery made them attractive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedVelvetTrash 484 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Uhh... that's the point. The kids are not as attractive because their parent(s) are actually ugly but the plastic surgery made them attractive Oh... I thought the ad was for something else and it was used as a meme about ps after. That's what I get for skimming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oodles 13,187 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 ive seen this before, its actually really sad. i feel sorry for her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasshi 46 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 what i find amusing about all this is that...they always blame the female for having plastic surgery. as if the female couldn't be natural the guy was the one who got plastic surgery. it's unfortunate how it didn't hurt the man but hurt the woman instead. tells you how sexist some people can be in this world. but yeah, this is old. i feel sorry for her though. Because the story the photo was attached to was about a husband finding the wife had plastic surgery after their kids were born ugly .... so people really think this is the real family in the story when actually it's not a true story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najaflow 1,379 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 ive seen this before, its actually really sad. i feel sorry for her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chic Chick 284 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Wow. I can't believe that people thought that this was real Ya'll can't spot Photoshop from a mile away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentasGlittery EyeMakeup 36,575 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 This is an old story, but I still feel really bad for her. I hope she is doing well now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blem 1,480 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I have seen this before but it still shocks me tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesusajane99 (WJSN Fan) 238 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 ive seen this before, its actually really sad. i feel sorry for her i feel so bad for her :( social media is evil what i find amusing about all this is that...they always blame the female for having plastic surgery. as if the female couldn't be natural the guy was the one who got plastic surgery. it's unfortunate how it didn't hurt the man but hurt the woman instead. tells you how sexist some people can be in this world. but yeah, this is old. i feel sorry for her though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamaswag 8,571 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I'm glad u make this thread. I still thought is real story all this time since I just heard the news and never bother to follow up the story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelightfulsong 1,656 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 My mom was one of the people obsessed with the fake story. I come from great genes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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