People often say art is like a deceptive moonlight, but for online communities, especially guys these days, beauty apps, filters, and Photoshop are the real culprits. There have been countless exposes revealing the true looks of hot girls and cosplayers online, leaving many disappointed. Recently, another drama unfolded starring Asteroid, a female streamer with a sizable subscriber base and a crush-worthy image for many young men.
Known as a rising beauty with an adorable face and a super sexy figure, even though she rarely dresses revealingly, Asteroid quickly built an impressive fanbase. But after accidentally turning off her automatic beauty filter during a recent livestream, she shattered the carefully crafted image she had worked so hard to maintain. On her April 25 stream, for reasons unknown, maybe a computer glitch, she suddenly sat down to fix something, forgetting that her face was now outside the filter’s effect.
Of course, her real face isn’t ugly enough to cause a scandal by itself. But it’s so different from the flawless, glowing, and refined look she usually shows on stream. Without the filter, Asteroid’s face looked pale, lifeless, and honestly, many viewers described it as very “ordinary.”
The fallout was almost immediate. Once a hot name in the streaming world with thousands of viewers per stream, Asteroid’s brand took a serious hit. Her latest stream only pulled in around 400 viewers, less than a tenth of her peak numbers. Asteroid publicly apologized, revealed her bare face, and begged fans to come back. But so far, her viewership hasn’t bounced back.
