New World Notes: Which RL Celebrity Inspired This SL Avatar? (Answer Below)

Sunday, May 03, 2009

Which RL Celebrity Inspired This SL Avatar? (Answer Below)

Correct answer revealed in an update to this post at the end of Monday or after 200 votes, whichever comes first. Much thanks to Kerry Takashi for the submission. Got a celebrity-based avatar you think most people can accurately identify? Here's how to send me a screenshot. See and guess all the "Celebrity to Avatar" entries here.

Update, 3/5: Answer after the break. Did you guess correctly?

According to Kerry, this avatar was inspired by Grace Kelly. Of the 95 guesses registered by the end of Monday, 42% wrongly guessed Cybill Shepherd, and only 6% chose Grace. Why so off, do you think?

Posted on Sunday, May 03, 2009 at 01:52 PM | Permalink

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This is Grace Kelly:
http://www.geocities.com/gracekelly6/

The avvie's eyebrow shape is wrong for a start, more elongated like Cybil Shepperd's are. Grace Kelly's chin is more pointed and her face seems a bit more narrow than the avvie's.

Here is Cybil Shepperd:
http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/rsz/434/x/x/x/medias/nmedia/18/35/91/08/18453822.jpg

Broader brows, broader face, more rounded chin. The avvie's lips are more narrow, like Cybil's too.

Posted by: Sioban McMahon | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 at 10:04 AM

Interesting.

Cybill Shepard and Gwyneth Paltrow were both actresses who banked on looking like Grace Kelly.

Grace Kelly's face is broad. An avatar portrait maker has to take care while using professional photos. They cover up the "flaws". All the movie clips show that Kelly had a strong jaw and a broad face. Most photos of Kelly are of 3/4 view to hide this fact.

One of the rare full front portraits
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mapadomeunada/2358324127/in/pool-1103331@N22

Posted by: melponeme_k | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 at 10:22 AM

Lol, so many were so off because it doesn't look a damn thing like Grace Kelly, bottom line.
/me shrugs.

Posted by: MK | Tuesday, May 05, 2009 at 02:23 PM

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