The virtual model just scored her first real-life modeling gig.

Imma Real

Spoiler: it's only the one in the middle.

The model in question is Instagram influencer Imma, who has racked up over 50,000 followers.

Imma may be rendered entirely by a computer, but that hasn't stopped her from picking up her first gig: modeling Japanese makeup brand Kate Cosmetics for the Vice owned site i-D. In the photos, she's posing alongside real human models, adding to the effect.

Virtual Models

Surprisingly, Imma isn't the only virtual Instagram model around. For instance, Lil Miquela has garnered a lot of attention for her posts on Instagram with 1.5 million followers, but is arguably less photorealistic and easier to spot.

Imma even took part in an advertorial interview with i-D. She had some insightful comments to offer up when asked about how beauty needs to change in the future:

"The idea that the pursuit of an ideal and something that is like one can coexist," she said, as interpreted by Google Translate. "There is no need to choose one or the other."

READ MORE: One of these models doesn't exist [Engadget]

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