Instagram Butt Model, Amanda Lee, Reveals The Emotional Downside Of Constantly Displaying Her Bountiful Backside

Instagram fitness model Amanda Lee has been called a butt queen for her bountiful backside selfies.Since her first leggings-clad post in 2014, the certified personal trainer has racked up 11.7 million followers by posing in thong bikinis, booty shorts, thigh-highs and, sometimes, nearly nothing.“Fitness is sexy,” says the woman better known, at this point, as @amandaeliselee. “When I realized sexier photos got more likes, I was enticed by the attention.”Each week she poses for hundreds of snapshots, directing her mom, Olinda Fields— her primary photographer – to make the best use of angles and natural lighting.Once she’s selected the most flattering shot, Lee obsesses over the details, using Facetune to erase blemishes and Instagram’s Valencia filter to pump up the color of her skin before posting.Her best photos get up to 600,000 likes, while the lowest performers still wrangle more than 300,000. Lee’s success has surpassed her wildest dreams: She says she earns a salary in the high six figures from posting #ads for up to $20,000 apiece and from charging $350 per hour to train clients.But after four years of growing her following by projecting a carefully crafted, meticulously filtered, overtly sexy persona, she’s drained. “Once I got all the followers, I reevaluated things — like, is this really me?” she says.“For my mental health, I don’t want to get so wrapped up in perfection. I want to be more confident in myself without trying so hard.”But while Lee aspires to be more authentic, she admits that her insecurities make it difficult to change her ways.“What should I do?” she asks, eyes shifting between crew members. Unsure, she freezes in one pose as the camera flashes, then skirts off set to peer at the camera’s screen. “Do my eyes look weird in that one?” she asks, pointing to a photo.Photo Credit: Getty

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