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NDTV
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NDTV
"Wipe Off Your Makeup": Woman Fails Facial Recognition At China Airport
A passenger departing Shanghai was asked to remove her makeup after the facial scanner failed to identify her at the immigration counter. A short video of the young woman being disciplined by an airport employee surfaced on social media. In the clip, she is seen wiping and scrubbing her face while the airport staff instructs her in an irritated tone. The employee insisted, "Wipe everything off until you look like your passport photo." "Why would you do your makeup like that? You are asking for trouble," she was heard saying in the video. The video was taken at the Shanghai Airport in September 2024 and initially shared on Chinese social media, per Oddity Central. It remained unknown if she eventually cleared the airport's facial recognition test. View this post on Instagram A post shared by wchinapost (@wchinapost) The clip sparked hilarious responses on social media. One commented, "It's not like she was able to walk around with a filter on in real life, right?" "This is cosplay. Not just regular makeup," a second comment read. Others sympathised with the young lady, saying she appeared uncomfortable enough and that the airport official had no right to harass her over her makeup. "Poor girl should not be laughed at. The guard hurt her feelings. Not nice and not funny," one said. Others questioned whether makeup should be a problem for modern facial recognition technology. "No matter how thick the makeup is, the face shouldn't be unrecognisable, right? Isn't it time to upgrade the equipment?" another asked. Not long ago, model influencer Janaina Prazeres was also held for 40 minutes by immigration officials who couldn't identify her surgically altered face. Ms Prazeres, who Playboy Norway referred to as the "perfect woman," has spent about one million dollars on 20 cosmetic surgeries, including nose jobs, body lifts, and complete face "harmonisation," per The Post.
Time of India
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Too glam to scan: Shanghai airport stops woman with 'bridal-level' makeup as her face didn't match passport
Shanghai airport stops woman with 'bridal-level' makeup as her face didn't match passport (Pic credit: @wchinapost) A woman flying out of Shanghai was forced to scrub off her makeup at airport immigration after facial recognition scanners couldn't match her heavily contoured face to the photo in her passport, sparking a viral moment. In a video that has now racked up thousands of views on Chinese and international social media, the flustered traveller is seen using wipes to remove what commenters called 'bridal-level makeup' while being berated by an airport employee off-camera. 'Wipe everything off until you look like your passport photo,' the person is heard saying. 'Why would you do your makeup like that? You are asking for trouble.' The clip, shared by @wchinapost, shows the woman visibly mortified as she tries to scrub off foundation, contour, eyeliner, and possibly even her will to travel. It's unclear if she eventually made it through immigration, but the scanner definitely didn't approve of her glow-up. Online, reactions flew as fast as a delayed boarding call. Some were merciless. 'This is cosplay. Not just regular makeup,' one viewer joked. 'It's not like she can walk around with a filter in real life,' another quipped. Others, however, called out the behaviour of the staff member and the person filming: 'She was already embarrassed. No need to keep nagging her like a boomer,' said one comment. 'This is bullying. Poor girl,' added another.
New York Post
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Humiliated pssenger forced to scrub off heavy makeup because her face didn't match her passport: ‘You are asking for trouble'
It was a glam slam at the gate. A woman flying out of Shanghai was forced to scrub off her heavy makeup at airport immigration because the facial scanner couldn't recognize her. The viral video, shared by @wchinapost and originally posted on Chinese social media, shows the mortified traveler cleaning her face with wipes while a person behind the camera — believed to be an airport worker — scolds her. 3 The cringey clip, shared by @wchinapost, shows the red-faced flyer scrubbing off her glam as a scolding voice — likely an airport worker — lays into her off-camera. Instagram/@wchinapost 'Wipe everything off until you look like your passport photo,' the alleged employee demands. 'Why would you do your makeup like that? You are asking for trouble.' The now-infamous clip, which has racked up thousands of views, subsequently shows the flier scrubbing off 'bridal-level' layers of cosmetics. While it's unclear if she eventually made it through security, the scanner certainly didn't approve of the contouring. Viewers were quick to pile on the snark. 'This is cosplay. Not just regular makeup,' one viewer observed in the comments. 'It's not like she was able to walk around with a filter on in real life, right?' another quipped. 3 It's unclear if she ever made it past security — but her contour sure didn't. Online gawkers were quick to serve both shade and sympathy. Instagram/@wchinapost Others were more sympathetic. 'She was already wiping her makeup off and embarrassed enough. There was no need for you to keep going on like some naggy boomer,' one defender declared. 'This is so humiliating,' another noted, while a third chimed in, 'Poor girl should not be laughed at. The guard hurt her feelings. Not nice and not funny.' Someone even called out the person filming for 'bullying' the makeup-wrecked woman. But she's not the only one whose passport pic didn't pass muster at an airport security gate. Model and influencer Janaína Prazeres, dubbed the 'perfect woman' by Playboy Norway, was recently detained for 40 minutes by immigration officers after they failed to recognize her surgically enhanced face. The Brazilian beauty, who's dropped nearly $1 million on 20 cosmetic procedures — including a body lift, nose jobs and a full facial 'harmonization' — admitted, 'I always knew this could happen at some point because my appearance has changed a lot over the years.' The snafu was so stressful, she rushed to update her passport photo post-trip: 'I didn't want to go through that kind of embarrassment again.' 3 This isn't the first time that a glammed-up passenger had trouble getting through immigration or security. Many experts stress avoiding makeup on a flight for your skin health. Getty Images 'Perfection has its price,' she added. 'No matter how thick the makeup is, the face shouldn't be unrecognizable, right?' asked one commenter. 'Isn't it time to upgrade the equipment?' Until then, flyers might want to tone it down — or keep the wipes handy. Just in case your glam gets flagged by the glam police.
