Women are 'reverse catfishing' their online dates by posting brutally realistic Tinder profiles

It seems the latest trend in online dating is a new term called "reverse catfishing".

It involves women posting realistic, unfiltered and often unattractive photos of themselves in their dating profiles in a bid to attract men for their personality, not their looks.

One woman, Shanel, posted her Tinder profile into TikTok and revealed the "ugly" photos she chose to ensure her dates are "pleasantly surprised" when they arrive.

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Shanel's dating technique involved using make-up free selfies and unflattering angles instead of curating her profile with edited, unrealistic photos.

"Making myself an 'ugly' Tinder so when I go on dates the guys will be pleasantly surprised," Shanel explained in her video.

At first, Shanel said she didn't have any matches. But eventually, she secured a date thanks to her bizarre new "reverse catfishing" hack.

In a follow-up video, Shanel said her date was gobsmacked when he saw her in person.

"You look a lot better in person, I didn't expect you to be even here. You are much better than your Tinder profile," the man told Shanel.

Shanel's videos garnered hundreds of thousands of likes, with many TikTok users vowing to adopt her new technique.

"This is good technique to find men who want personality tbh," one person wrote.

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Another woman, Sarah, went viral online for her own brutally honest dating profile.

Sarah's Tinder profile circulated on the internet, with people applauding the woman for a very candid review of herself.

"Am I the most attractive girl out there? Of course not. But do I have a good personality? No," Sarah's profile reads.

"But do I wake up every day and try to be the best person I can be? Also no."

Some hailed Sarah as the ideal woman and admitted they would swipe right if they came across her profile.

One said: "My type of girl", while another wrote: "To be fair. This would make me swipe right lmao. I love honesty, what can I say."