this is and awsome illusion. I think her head is in the front of her body????

I think she has her head flexed back so that it is behind her shoulders. Amazing angle!

its obvious her head is behind her. Shes flinging it back

nice illusion! i see her bending over backwards, as you can see from the rotation of her arms. that way, her head looks like its almost touching her back

i agree with stephen

How did her leg get cut off and get put behind her?

u can see her head bending back,just look to the left of her torso u can see some black hair

Perhaps the subject (gender is subjective)is headless.

There is a similar picture of this, if not its the same exact one already on this site only no jump rope thingy, anyhow her head cant be in front of her because we are looking at her front already, you can kind of see her hair on the left side of her body, OUR LEFT her RIGHT, again I THINK

its behind her

i like the other one since it looks like her foot is her head

funny comentary!

No, what you are seeing is her back. She rotated her arms back so it looks like her hands are the right way, but they are not. Check out the feet too.

Actually I have her head on my mantlepiece.

I thought it would stop her from performing gymnastics, but it appears she went out without her head.

Wow--that's an incredible shot! I agree with some of the others...her head is behind her back. I think.

I can see that her head is bent back, and the thing over her shoulder must be her hair.

But, where has her other foot gone?

I reckon she lost her head at the wild party she went to last night!

HER HEAD IS DEFINITELY BACK. LOOK AT HER SHOULDERS!!!

The head was definitely photoshopped off. Crudely, I might add, and not sure the purpose of it. The whole jump rope thing is a pretty cool illusion though.

I agree with 3dpeanutbutter. The angle that her shoulders are poining indicates that her head is flexed behind her. Great illusion!

Her head is behind her body. Look @ her arms....!!!! could be found out easily ;) awesome tho'

If you zoom in on the picture, the top of her head is right below her right armpit. You can see part of her face and part of her hair

I've seen the video for this. The head is flexed backwards. Also, she's in a gymnastics competition with a stadium around her, not on a sodden looking page with a skipping rope.

I put in a vote for forwards

1. that is the fakest rope i ever saw
2. stefen, does ur last name start with a c?

stephen could not be more wrong. He could try, but he would be unsuccessful

Her head is flexed backwards as comments 2-3 and 4 agrees upon.

this is awesome #s 2,3,and4 are right i think i am 6th yipee

pie!!

cool!

not really an illusion just a rally flexible girl but still cool looking tho.

When I opened the page I thought "hey didn't they already have this one?" but you didnt! THis one is COMPLETLY different, there is a skipping rope in this one and there isn't in the other one. WOW I know a huge difference eh? ... *Sarcams for those who don't get it*

If you save the picture and zoom in on it her head is arched backwards and the thing behind her is her other foot..so Stephen methinks you an anon are both incorrect

It is a very old Chinese discipline. The head would be retracted into the body during battle to make less of a target. It takes a lot of practice and once you overcome the problem of your ears getting stuck in your neck you will be able to freak people out at Halloween.

o my dear god she has no head

i think its both. her head is way far back but a little PS edit to get rid of the little bit that was left showing.

The first one wasnt photoshopped, you could see the angle at which she had to bend her body. This one is obviously photoshopped especially with the bad background and corny rope. Some cut out a gymnast with no head and pasted it on a cheesy grey photoshopped tile background.

head is behind so u cannot c it, and her "missing" leg is folded (bended) towards her body so u cannot see it. I am correct, No?

I agree with the first post here. The head is actually bent down onto her chest. Perhaps she is wearing a hair piece with a similar design as that of her dress making it appear as just a part of her chest.

The dark piece on her outfit under her arm is simply a shadow and not a piece of hair. I find it would be impossible to bend your head backwards like that no matter how flexible you are. However laying it forward so your chin meets your chest is very possible and could give that perfectly cut off look as found in this picture.

The gold and darker patch of red on her costume stand out making me believe that it is a hair piece and her head is bent down.

It is a "scan effect". Some digital cameras take pictures from the first line on top to the last line at bottom, but if the subject is moving very fast the final picture appears deformed. Like in these pictures:
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/2204/elicotterife4.jpg

I made a replica of the same effect moving a paper cross during a scan:
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5640/scanelicajp6.jpg

A similar effect was used in many Zbigniew Rybczynski movies:
http://www.zbigvision.com/The4Dim.html

wow.. some of you all aren't very smart are you!? she is doing a leap (the splits in the air) that is why her leg is behind her, it's also bent a little, and her head is bent back, just because that is how you do it in gymnastics! and we are looking at the front of her, obviously.. if this was the back then the full leg you see is up-side down, the heel would be facing up! :)