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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Post-Op or Never-Opped?

Regular readers will recall my never-ending quest to root out the "fake" trannies on Flickr, i.e. those individuals who post pictures of real girls and pretend they're the person in the picture.

I'm probably not as obsessive as I used to be, because I haven't seen one in ages. And these days my work is pretty much done for me by all the people who make a point of emailing me when their suspicions are aroused. I'm sort of seen as the unofficial Faketrannyfinder General.

A blogger that shall remain nameless, unless she wants to name herself, sent me a candidate this morning. I'm going to let you join in on the fun with this one, because I must admit she's not made any of the obvious mistakes that I look for. There's just a chance she's a fantastic looking post-op TS. If so, I'm quite happy to doff my metaphorical hat to her. And I'd hope she'd take it as a compliment that she's aroused suspicions of fakery, because I know I would.

So... Real Fake Girl or Fake Fake Girl? You decide!

Edit: After discovering that the pictures really were fake, stolen from a clothes catalogue site (see comment from Lauren below) I sent a (polite, honest!) email to the person in question, asking for the pictures to be taken down. The person no longer appears to be active on Flickr, so the link above now points to a screenshot of the old page.

Blogger Becky  So far the debate in the EnVerite household is tending towards real TS... in which case... wowsers. Incredibly pretty. :-) 
Anonymous Alli' Cat'  Her profile says she's pre-op. So I'm guessing, assuming she's genuine, that she started 'early'. I don't think you can say much about such a 'narrow' photostream - all the pictures appear to be part of the same session. "Wowsers" would appear to be totally appropriate though! 
Anonymous Jessica  I saw her the other day and thought of you. Pretty sure she's a fake! 
Blogger Becky  Oh yeah, you're right, Alli'. I misread that as post-op.

Thought of me because of my equally impressive passing level, Jessica? :D 
Blogger Karol Cross  Have to say I was wondering the same thing when I saw this profile this morning.

Being in a positive mood at the moment, I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt. I guess I'd like to believe that TG's could look that good. 
Blogger Helena Love  Not sure about the pre-op TS bit, if she is, she's good, but those pictures look like catalogue shots to me. Very similar proffesional looking pics with the plain background background and often the same lighting, yet a large number of outfits, but some that look like smallish variations on a theme. Plus not all of those outfits really seem to suit her. 
Anonymous Alli' Cat'  @Karol: TG's can look that good. Am I the only one who remembers Caroline Cossey (a.k.a. Tula) who posed for Playboy and was a 'Bond girl' before being crucified by the News of the World?

@Helena: Funny you should say that, I thought 'catalogue' too. 
Blogger Stephanie Delacey  I'd say fake. It's not her appearance, though, which makes me suspicious.

Firstly it's this line in her profile - "Due to the fact I do not have a pro account, I am unable to message any of you beautiful ladies back". Is she stupid? But if so, how did work out how to hide her exif data? Why does she hide it? The dates given as titles just don't ring true. Are we supposed to believe that a pretty pre-op TS who is accepted by everyone she knows has only got these posed shots taken in the space of a fortnight? As Helena pointed out they are obviously catalogue pics. Every pose taken from the back, for instance, is identical!

I find it hard to believe that on one day (the 27th of January) a TS would photograph herself wearing four or five different tops in the same few poses. Why? What woman do you know - if you photographed her everyday for a fortnight would have hair that looks exactly the same in every picture. I suspect the pictures were taken at the same modelling session (and that's why the exif data is missing). The colours of her clothes don't ring true either - a red dress and a blue one and a yellow one and a green one and a black one. I don't think so - no woman I know thinks she looks good in every colour of the rainbow. 
Anonymous Suzie Tall  My opinion, for what it is worth is to give her the benefit of the doubt. I see nothing contradictory, and no girl who wants to be a model is going to show anything other than the best studio pictures. What size shoes does she have? She is either 3' tall or they are size tens.

Some girls really do look that good, I have spent a considerable amount of time with someone that I would never have known was TS until she told me. 
Anonymous Lauren Close  Exhibit A

Exhibit B.

Sorry, but I'm an old cynic. At some point I will explain how I worked it out, but for now I have to go to bed. 
Anonymous Vic  Laurel has closed the case - Fake.

Let's all individually post a comment with the link - and keep posting every time she takes them down. 
Blogger Becky  Wow Lauren, pretty conclusive. I sense a power in you. You'll have to tell us all how you worked it out. :-) 
Blogger Joanna  Great spot Lauren. That's that myth busted.... 
Anonymous Lauren Close  The clue is that the full size images are all 509x670 pixels. Apart from being a rather arbitrary size, that's also something you can search for. It doesn't take you straight there, but it's pretty near.

Anyway, I won't be posting on her photos as Vic suggests; I don't have the energy to get into a fight at the moment. I just wanted to know. 
Anonymous NH  What I think is really missing from those photos are captions that say:

0711 LIGHTWEIGHT JERSEY TOP. £15
75% Acrylic
25% Polyamide
Available in Brown. Blue. Midnight. Taupe.
Sizes: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18

Also, a TG who has about 30 pictures of themselves but none of them featuring knee high boots or any stockings or tights? Not possible. 
Anonymous Vic  All the same Lauren, a nice piece of lateral thinking. If the site is searched a bit deeper, daresay the remainder of the photos will emerge. 
Blogger sophie h  I think the person in question has either discovered that they have been rumbled, or have been so offended that they seem to have removed the pictures as i could not find them. 
Blogger Becky  Yep, looks like it's another one bites the dust. I took a screenshot on my other machine which I'll put up in replacement for the link when I get a chance. 
Blogger Joanna  Saw one last week blatantly posting pictures of Monica Bellucci to a pile of tranny groups. Was so obvious, yet you still got lots of comments like "ooh I am so jealous" and "you look great!"

Again, can't find it now so maybe she's gone already with a bit of luck. 
Anonymous Vic  It's not just the photos that have gone, the accounts closed too.

Maybe someone challenged her. Certainly wasn't me. Or maybe she reads Becky's blog. 
Blogger Stephanie Delacey  Perhaps it was my fault - she actually posted new pictures from the ReformClothing catalogue yesterday. So I left a comment on one with a link to the site.

LOL Joanne at Monica Bellucci - I wish I'd seen the comments to that! 
Anonymous Siobhan  You have 218 new messages O_o 

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