It was either partially or entirely for cosmetic purposes. It looks pretty different to how it used to look (you can find her old account on tiktok "@ryndeers").
I'd say yeah that's fair to say as a comparison. But it's also important to realize that is probably hurtful from her perspective. Her and elefire_the_elf goddddd. I'm still surprised there aren't more robust ai creations. I know some people have gotten real close to human in terms of manipulating stable diffusion or whatever the newest ones are, I'm sure it's out there somewhere though.