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My celebrity look-alikes

October 22, 2006 2:30 pm

I came across this thing at MyHeritage.com that tries to match your face with photos of celebrities. They require registration, and though they promise to protect your privacy I have no idea how trustworthy they really are. Still, I couldn’t resist.

For my first attempt, I used a photo from a year or so ago:

Celebrity look-alikes

I guess I just have that Asian-babe/supermodel look.

Next I used Photo Booth and the camera in my MacBook to take shots of myself at my desk. These were much less flattering, but I figured I’d get better matches with photos that were larger, more forward-facing, more up-to-date hair-wise, and without glasses. Here’s what I thought was the most interesting of those results:

More celebrity look-alikes

If you want to try this yourself, don’t use Safari. They say they’re working on Safari compatibility, but it isn’t there yet. I used Firefox.

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