Chrissy Teigen's Cry Face Basically Had a Social Media Strategy

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A photo posted by @chrissyteigen on Jan 11, 2015 at 6:14pm PST

An award show without at least one cry face? Impossible. Chrissy Teigen fell victim to the cry face anticipators at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, as husband John Legend won for Best Original Song. Of course, the model handled being caught off guard in a moment of weakness like a boss, tweeting, retweeting, and Instagramming as the Internet butchered her face on Photoshop. If you can't beat 'em.

It's been 5 minutes and I'm a meme

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 12, 2015

Sorry I don't practice my cry face okay

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 12, 2015