I’m a catfish who transforms to makes fools of men who say I’m ugly

She’s not fishing for those guys.

A TikToker is going viral after revealing men have called her ugly — before seeing her makeup transformation.

Valeria Voronina, who touts 2.3 million follows on the video streaming app, garnered 2.5 million views on a clip that confirms her catfishing skills.

“Him: you’re too ugly to be talking to me,” text on the clip reads as Voronina appears sans-makeup and sporting glasses.

“Me: I don’t wanna talk to you,” the text says on the next frame, when the TikToker appears in full glam.

While her before — and after — looks could have been doctored with heavy makeup or a filter, viewers called her transformation “magic.”


Before her transformation with no makeup
Voronina might have used makeup to doctor her looks pre-glam, but the transformation still bewildered viewers.
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Voronina's final look
Her final result left TikTokers floored as she sang along to the sound in the clip.
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“That’s not make up, that’s magic,” commented one viewer.

“They have different noses,” wrote one skeptic, “just saying.”

“Im so not believing that this is the same person,” chided another.

“Without a doubt one of, if not THE, best makeup artists I’ve seen on tiktok!” praised someone else, while other users begged for tutorials.

This isn’t the only glam look Voronina has sported on her page. Her account is full of before and after clips that amass hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of views. Users have compared her bare face to a teenager, while saying she looks much older with makeup on.

She even dabbles in special effects makeup, touting her skills by adding wrinkles to make herself look elderly.


Before with no makeup on
She regularly stuns followers with her transformative glam skills.
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Voronina with makeup on
Voronina has some critics, but is widely praised for her makeup expertise.
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Makeup influencers flood the platform on a regular basis to show astonishing before and after videos much like Voronina’s, shocking thousands of app users and angering internet trolls.

One woman revealed that her done-up look is what her boyfriend sees only a fraction of the time, when in reality, she doesn’t always look as model-esque as she appears.


Voronina with no makeup
Before and after videos seem to be her shtick online.
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Voronina with makeup on
She touts millions of followers, reaching thousands of viewers with each clip.
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Dubbed “TikTok’s biggest catfish,” Jessy Volk’s transformations have convinced people that her “before” clips might not even be her, due to the stark contrast.

Another TikToker shared her make-up makeover, prompting people to comment that “this is why I have trust issues.” Still another woman shared that people she knows don’t recognize her with make-up on.

Such “catfishes” or “shape-shifters” have spawned harsh, often brazenly misogynistic criticism from those who make absurd arguments about how makeup should be “illegal” because of its supposed deceitfulness, with some sexists claiming that men “should take girls swimming on the first date.”