User blog comment:Bluegear93/Tali's face./@comment-4509522-20120916191649

Your argument about Liara and Samara's face being based off of real life models is invalid. Their faces were modeled after those real life figures, not taken from some stock photo and cheaply edited. Tali's face is the center of such controversy because it is a sign of just pure laziness on Bioware's part, as well as a slap in the face of fans who were wanting to see her real face. Before Mass effect 3 came out, I actually had seen the original picture before of that model, though I didn't know who it actually was. Upon seeing Tali's face for the first time, I was appaled at Bioware's decision.

Having a character's face modeled after a real life figure, is completely different from taking a picture of said model and cheaply editing it.