KIM Kardashian fans have hailed the iconic reality TV star “much easier to like” in her baby-faced youth.

Supporters of the Keeping Up With The Kardashians alum, 41, relished a throwback snap that surfaced on Reddit, showing the SKIMS founder makeup-free as she revealed severe sunburn.

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They cited how the candid shot, which captured painful-looking red marks across her forehead, nose and above her top lip, made her more “relatable.”

Kim’s brunette locks had been scraped back by her sunglasses, with the snap being taken before the mom of four had opted for Botox injections.

The image cropped up a Kardashians Reddit thread entitled: “Way back before the curation of their Instagram feeds.”

One fan was quick to comment: “I miss this era. They seem so much more serious and stressed now.”

Another wrote: “They were so much easier to like when they didn’t take themselves so seriously.”

A third then pleaded: “Can the world go back to this?!” as one surmised: “So much more relatable.”

Another continued of Kim, who will soon re-name her beauty line: “She’s so pretty in the first picture holy s**t,” while a fan then rounded off with the words: “I so prefer this.”

Other images uploaded to the site included one showing Kim’s foot left sore from her sandal, and fooling around with little sister Khloe on the telephone.

‘BAD SIDE’

The fans’ comments came after many branded Kim “unrecognizable” at the recent Vanity Fair bash following the Oscars ceremony.

Kim was photographed with sister, Kendall Jenner and producer Tyler Perry at the after party and fans on Reddit couldn’t help but talk about her “bad side.”

Kim was seen laughing with them in a light blue dress and diamond earrings.

The dress had attached gloves, but she forgoed the sunglasses for the actual party.

The thread, which had a close up of Kim’s face got a lot of comments today even five days after the Oscars aired.

Talking about the “bad side” of Kim’s face, someone else commented, “It looks as though smiling hurts…”

Others, however, posted that they love that we get to see the natural side of her sometimes.

“Refreshing to see the Kardashians looking like actual humans lately,” they said.

BOTOX BABE

In season five of the hit series KUWTK, Kim – who was 30 at the time – took sister Khloé along for moral support as she tried Botox for the first time.

Ahead of the appointment, Kim said: “I’m going to try Botox to get rid of my wrinkles and once and for all I’m going to see what it’s all about.”

The star visited Lift MD Aesthetics in Beverly Hills where she had Botox injected near her temples.

In the days that followed, Kim says the area where she’d been injected was swollen, sore and itchy – which prompted her to swear off Botox for another ten years.

While out for lunch with Khloé, Kim asked for a glass of ice and said her eyes felt like they were “on fire.”

Although Kim feared she’d had an allergic reaction to the Botox, her family doctor Dr Vaisman confirmed that bruising was a normal yet uncomfortable side effect of the procedure.

After the swelling eventually went down, Kim said: “I’ll never do this again… at least, not until I’m 40.”

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