Beyonce's Real Face Exposed: Unretouched Photos Leak Online

Over 200 unretouched photos from Beyonce's 2013 L'Oreal cosmetic campaign were leaked on a fan site called The Beyonce World on Tuesday, revealing that she's stunning but not as flawless as we might think.

The 33-year-old superstar, known for her hit track 'Flawless', appears to have uneven and pimply skin under heavily applied foundation in the supposed pre-Photoshop images.

But her legions of admirers have come out in support online, criticising the posting of the pictures, with many claiming they are not real.

Beyonce has yet to comment on the unretouched photos, which were immediately taken down by the website soon after they were posted. (But they were picked up by Complex and Gawker.)

The outtakes appear to be from Beyonce's adverts for L'Oreal's Feria and Infallible products, which advertise hair dyes, lipsticks and foundations.


Due to the widespread condemnation of the images, though, the fansite has since removed them and issued a statement saying:

"Due to the disdain of the BeyHive, we have removed the photos. We don't want to cause any drama, nor do we wish to start fan wars. Some of the things we have seen posted were just horrible, and we don't want any parts of it. We were just posting the photos to share the fact that our queen is naturally beautiful, at the same time she is just a regular woman."

Beyonce has been a model for L'Oreal since she was 18. The company was accused of whitening her skin for another Feria ad in 2008.

They have also been in trouble before for their extensive retouching of other models. Ads have been banned for false advertising, with claims that the finished look was the result of retouching rather than anything the product could do.