Beauty in brutality is causing uproar in fashion circles. Shocking images of brutally injured women were used in a beauty fashion shoot. Photos depict beautiful models with black eye, burns and piercings.

The extreme pictures part of a fashion spread by Bulgarian magazine 12 has been denounced by many as being 'perverse and troubling' by domestic violence workers.

Vasil Germanvo shot the photos 'Victim of Beauty' with models to look like they have cuts and piercings after being attacked.

Each model wore fashion outfits from Valentino, Galdini and H&M. The magazine website, displays the warning under the image: "Recommended Parental Controls: pictures are not recommended for persons under 16 years. And for the faint of hearted."

Vasil Germanov is a fashion photographer with his works shown in Harper's Bazzaar, Elle, Rolling Stone and many advertising campaigns.

Model Jeena Sauers called the spread 'appalling' in a comment piece in Jezebel.com, others commented "OMG, this looks so scarry... amazing pictures, Congrats guys! by some for its realism."