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It seems influencers would do just about anything for a perfect picture.
But one Instagram star took it too far after turning her motorcycle accident into an impromptu photoshoot.
Tiffany Mitchell, from Nashville in the US, took to Instagram to post a now-deleted string of pictures of her lying on the ground after allegedly falling off her motorcycle, Metro reports.
In the caption, the young woman, who has more than 211 000 followers, explained how she was riding her motorcycle in town with a group of friends when the accident occurred.
“I’m resting and healing up my arm and @ianwhitetattoos may need to touch up my wildflowers [tattoo], but I am feeling so much better and guys, I am beyond grateful,” Tiffany wrote in the caption.
In the snaps, taken by her friend Lindsay Grace Whiddon, Tiffany looks visibly hurt. But there’s a strategically-placed bottle of SmartWater next to her – sparking her followers to accuse her of exploiting her accident for profit, Independent reports.
Following the negative comments on her post, the blogger told Buzz Feed that she wouldn’t exploit an accident.
“I’m sad that some people are taking it that way,” Tiffany says.
“I wanted to share that moment with you guys, it’s vulnerability practice,” she later explains in her blog.
“This was a heavy moment for me that was scary and meant a lot and I had this treasure of having these images from it. Nothing about it was staged. Nothing about it was a sponsorship.”
The influencer went on to tell Metro that she decided to post the pictures to raise awareness, especially after her boyfriend, Kappel, died in a motorbike accident.
“The reason this accident was so intense and important to me, and why I’m so grateful that my friend captured photos (which I didn’t find out about until later that evening) is because three years ago my partner Kappel passed away in a motorcycle accident, and anyone who has followed me on Instagram since then knows that I spent the majority of the 2017 walking through intense grief and sharing that journey with people.
“It’s something the people who follow me understand the beauty and depth of, and when this happened and I ended up having photos to share, I wrote about the experience genuinely.”
Sources: Metro, Independent, Buzz Feed
