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That's the bizarre true story which is the subject of a new motion picture (docudrama) called Catfish concerning the world of online dating and romance. The film centers upon the woman pictured immediately above -- Angela Wesselman-Pierce -- "a depressed 40-year-old stepmom of two developmentally handicapped kids in rural Michigan" (you can still say "handicapped," BTW?).
For some odd reason, Pierce didn't think she'd be able to attract males online using her actual photo and identity. So she assumed the identity of a fictitious 19-year-old named Megan Faccio (as in Big Fake-O). And just for good measure, Pierce used pictures which were actually those of 30-year-old Aimee Gonzales (first picture above), "a happily married mother of two with a side business as a model and photographer."
The gorgeous Gonzales didn't know about all of this until filmmakers told her. She seems largely to be a good sport about it and is hopeful that attention from the film will boost her photography and modeling career. As for Pierce, she's also trying to get in on the act. It's reported that she's a painter and (due to her appearance in the film) has raised the commissions on her paintings from $1500 to $1750! Maybe next she can paint a picture of Gonzales and use the work as her new fake online photo?
Perhaps the strangest thing about this story is the account of how Pierce used her "Faccio" alter ego to meet a 24-year-old New York man online and then reportedly actually engaged in a "romance" and "relationship" with the man. Assuming (from those descriptions) that the two met in person at some point and then embarked upon a "relationship," was this dude blind or just plain crazy? Think about it: Expecting to meet a hottie looking like Gonzales, he instead met Pierce, but he still carried on with things!? Maybe she bribed him with promises of free paintings or something.
http://www.newyorkpost.com/p/news/national/bizarre_photo_op_in_new_film_CJRWa5j1lHoZ1OHwo4JpsN
For some odd reason, Pierce didn't think she'd be able to attract males online using her actual photo and identity. So she assumed the identity of a fictitious 19-year-old named Megan Faccio (as in Big Fake-O). And just for good measure, Pierce used pictures which were actually those of 30-year-old Aimee Gonzales (first picture above), "a happily married mother of two with a side business as a model and photographer."
The gorgeous Gonzales didn't know about all of this until filmmakers told her. She seems largely to be a good sport about it and is hopeful that attention from the film will boost her photography and modeling career. As for Pierce, she's also trying to get in on the act. It's reported that she's a painter and (due to her appearance in the film) has raised the commissions on her paintings from $1500 to $1750! Maybe next she can paint a picture of Gonzales and use the work as her new fake online photo?
Perhaps the strangest thing about this story is the account of how Pierce used her "Faccio" alter ego to meet a 24-year-old New York man online and then reportedly actually engaged in a "romance" and "relationship" with the man. Assuming (from those descriptions) that the two met in person at some point and then embarked upon a "relationship," was this dude blind or just plain crazy? Think about it: Expecting to meet a hottie looking like Gonzales, he instead met Pierce, but he still carried on with things!? Maybe she bribed him with promises of free paintings or something.
http://www.newyorkpost.com/p/news/national/bizarre_photo_op_in_new_film_CJRWa5j1lHoZ1OHwo4JpsN
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