What happens when lines blur between real and virtual beauty through filters?

"We can close a magazine, and we can drive past a billboard. But we are on our phones all the time.”

Camera filters, powered by augmented reality, or AR, are at nearly everyone's fingertips. Opening a smartphone and downloading any one of an array of free apps can give anyone the instant power to create unreal images that have never looked more real. While there are plenty of filters to turn a person into something cute, goofy or even scary, there are some that make a person look thinner, have larger eyes or lips or whiten their teeth. The unavoidable question is whether for some people this is creating a warped sense of beauty, especially among the youngest and most impressionable. With nearly half a million followers, TikTok sensation Tefi Pessoa is known for her unvarnished opinions.