My glow-up's so ‘insane' people claim it's AI generated – I take it as a compliment, I'm 100% real
GLAM CODE My glow-up's so 'insane' people claim it's AI generated – I take it as a compliment, I'm 100% real
A YOUNG woman has revealed that she disappeared from social media for six years and had a mega glow up.
While Dina used to cover up in baggy jumpers and jeans, now, she's given her wardrobe a mega overhaul.
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A beauty fan has left people stunned with her "crazy" glow up
Credit: TikTok/@diinaxxy
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Dina gave her wardrobe and beauty routine a total overhaul and now people are convinced her latest selfie is AI generated
Credit: TikTok/@diinaxxy
Not only this, but she's ditched her glasses for contact lenses and to really level up her look, has experimented with different make-up techniques.
Posting on social media, Dina shared a picture of her sitting on some steps from back in 2019.
But moments later, she uploaded a snap perched on similar steps, of her six years later in 2025.
Alongside the pictures that clearly show Dina's impressive 'glow up', she penned: 'POV: You disappear for a few years and then post a story.'
Back in the 2019 snap, Dina wore a red roll-neck jumper, a pair of blue skinny jeans, black boots and a beanie hat.
But in 2025, Dina flashed the flesh as she confidently posed wearing a revealing plunge top, leather look micro shorts and a pair of thigh high boots.
While Dina barely wore make-up in 2019, by 2025, she donned a full face of foundation and had perfected her contour.
She also pencilled in her eyebrows, did a neat eyeliner flick and used lip liner and lipstick to make her pout pop.
But numerous social media users were taken aback by Dina's transformation and were convinced her 2025 snap had been AI generated.
As a result, in a follow-up clip, in response to a comment that read 'It's AI guys', Dina set the record straight and said: 'I've received a lot of comments like this and let me tell you guys, I am not AI generated.
I asked ChatGPT to help me glow up for summer - I did all the tweaks at home myself
'I look like this, I'm just very good at make-up.'
Dina then confirmed that she had taken her return to social media snap on her Canon G7 X camera and had plenty of other pictures to prove she had not artificially created her snap.
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She then admitted: 'I'm wearing [coloured contact] lenses in the picture, so that's why it maybe looks a little AI generated, but I am real, so you guys can chill out.'
Unbothered by the remarks, she shared: 'But I'll take it as a compliment.'
Social media users gasp
Dina's TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @diinaxxy, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly racked up 932,700 views.
It also amassed 167,300 likes, 359 comments and 15,800 shares.
Social media users raced to the comments to praise her "insane" glow up, but others accused her of giving men 'trust issues.'
One person said: 'Please teach me this witchcraft.'
My jaw dropped!
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Another added: 'Best glow up.'
A third commented: 'That's crazy.'
At the same time, one user wrote: 'I literally said 'woah' out loud.'
Meanwhile, someone else gasped: 'My jaw dropped!'
Not only this, but one user snapped: 'This is why men have trust issues.'
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