Khloe Kardashian's unedited bikini photo leaks.

Khloe Kardashian's unedited bikini photo leaks as her team demands the photo be deleted from the internet

The photo (left) which was posted on reddit shows Khloe, 36, looking fresh-faced while posing in a leopard-print bikini by the pool. 

In the unedited snap, her waistline appears less defined, her curves less dramatic and her skin not as impossibly smooth as it looks in her carefully staged glossy fashion shoots. 

Soon after the photo went viral on various forums online, members of the Kardashian PR team reported the posts as copyright infringement, due to the photo being posted without permission. 

Copies of the photo have been taken down under "legal threats" from the Kardashians' team, according to Page Six.

Her team called the photo "beautiful," but explained they wanted it gone because it was not authorized.

Tracy Romulus, chief marketing officer for KKW Brands, said in a statement: "The color edited photo was taken of Khloé during a private family gathering and posted to social media without permission by mistake by an assistant.

“Khloé looks beautiful but it is within the right of the copyright owner to not want an image not intended to be published taken down.”