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| - The image was based on an original photo, which is authentic; however, an X user digitally manipulated it by inserting her own face onto the face of each passenger.
Following the successful flight by space technology company Blue Origin on April 14, 2025, in which six prominent women launched to the edge of space, X user @JebraFaushay posted a photo (archived) of what appeared to be the passengers.
Her caption read: "This was probably one of the dumbest things I've seen in a long time. Total cringe."
The post had received more than 6.9 million views and 93,000 likes as of this writing. Many people replying to the post appeared to believe the picture was authentic.
Other X users noted that all the passengers' faces appeared to have been botoxed, with one writing: "One small step for feminism. One giant leap for Botox. Do men find these plastic identikit women attractive?"
However, @JebraFaushay responded to several replies, clarifying that she digitally edited the photo. She said (archived), "It's literally all my face that I photoshopped," and (archived), "I dont need a community note because I MADE THE PICTURE."
(X user @JebraFaushay)
Jebra Faushay, according to a biography (archived) on BuyMeACoffee, is "creating satire/news everyday." Snopes reached out to the account's listed email to seek comment and to ask her to confirm whether she used Photoshop, as suggested, and she responded confirming that she "manipulated that photo using an app." She wrote via email:
My account is often satirical, so those who follow me regularly understood. I aim to be humorous, make people laugh, and was gently poking fun at the Blue Origin trip.
The faces of the six women on the flight — aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, broadcast journalist Gayle King, singer Katy Perry, film producer Kerianne Flynn and former news anchor Lauren Sánchez, the wife of Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos — bore no resemblance to the edited faces in the X post. The original picture, shot by photographer Justin Hamel for The New York Times, appeared distinctly different, as shown below.
Left: Manipulated image by X user @JebraFaushay. Right: Authentic photo by Justin Hamel for The New York Times. (X user @JebraFaushay and The New York Times)
Hamel's photo was published in The New York Times (archived) on April 14.
In sum, the image is not authentic. The X user who posted it publicly confirmed she digitally manipulated the photo so that the face of each passenger was her face instead. Therefore, we have rated the picture as satirical in origin.
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