It had a skeletal face that appeared straight out of a horror movie, grotesquely swollen lips, and hollow faces that were disturbingly alluring.
Many thought she had had more than 50 plastic surgeries to mimic the Hollywood star in an unsettling, otherworldly manner, as her photos sparked wild allegations.
But as it turned out, the terrifying sight that stunned the Internet was a phony, a deliberate fusion of Photoshop fraud, clever makeup, and visual shock.
Fatemeh Khishvand, a regular teenager behind the computer mask, acknowledged that Gholish aesthetics was nothing more than a mashup of digital art and theatrical makeup.
She claimed that compared to a typical acting career, online offered an easier method to be recognized.
She disclosed that her intention was to amuse, not to mislead, by employing humor and fantastical imagery to amuse both herself and other people.
