Why were these 26 gorgeous contestants photoshopped to the point of almost not looking human?
The official Miss World Philippines portraits are here and they are wildly retouched. As in, much more photoshopped than your average beauty pageant portrait series. Or as in, their pores look like they're vomiting sunshine. Photos of the 26 contestants were published to
Yahoo Philippines, where commenters feverishly speculated over the very heavy-handed retouching. The tipster who sent the series to
PetaPixel offhandedly remarked that perhaps the photographer was "high when he post-processed these photos."