The Fake Acai Berry Diet Girl
Status: Scam
Following up on
Accipiter's post in the forum about the Acai berry weight-loss scam -- one of the interesting (and sleazy) things about the scam is the proliferation of fake diet blogs promoting these Acai berries. The sites go by names such as kirstensweightloss.com, rachelsweightloss.com, patdietblog.com, etc. etc.
The sites have before and after pictures of the Acai berry dieters, but pictures of the same women appear on different sites... under different names. For instance, the woman below, depending on which site you visit, is named
Kirsten Hunt,
Ann Conrad,
Daniella Conrad,
Jenna Patterson, and a bunch of other names.
But according to the
Center for Science in the Public Interest, her real name is Julia. She's a german model who once posed for a
stock photo and has never eaten Acai berries. According to the photographer who took the photos, the "after" photos have been digitally manipulated to make her look skinnier.
The wafflesatnoon blog has a collection of all the
fake diet girls who are promoting Acai berries.
Posted By: Alex | Date:
Tue Mar 24, 2009 |
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