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PHOTOS: Is This Model A Real-Life Barbie Or Just A Photoshop Hoax?

Have you ever seen a real-life Barbie? No? Well, 21-year-old Valeria Lukyanova bears a striking resemblance to the real thing. The Ukranian model has the doll’s plastic-y skin, long blond hair, wide eyes, thin nose, and (of course!) an insane chest-to-waist-ratio.

Lukyanova promotes her Barbie-like features via a personal blog, a Facebook page, and her own YouTube channel. She has uploaded 95 videos since she joined YouTube in November 2011 and has 385 subscribers. There are videos of her singing, putting on makeup, her cat Behemoth, shots of her body, and her raw foot diet, which could explain her teeny-tiny waist.

Strangely enough, her Facebook page lists her current city as Odessa, Ukraine but her YouTube channel has her in Japan. That explains the Japanese video titles, but not much else.

Some commenters speculate that Lukyanova has been excessively Photoshopped in her photos or that she has gotten plastic surgery, while others have championed the real-life Barbie.

What do you think of the photos?


And check out this hilarious Taiwanese animation of Lukyanova’s alleged plastic surgery below:

[via Daily Mail]



  • http://barefoot-duchess.blogspot.com/ Barefoot Duchess Blog

    that is Sailor Moon, not Barbie!

  • http://twitter.com/littlesebastien Sebastien

    her blank expression is not attractive

  • La

    Her eyes look like she has blue contacts on. And her skin definitely looks photoshopped.  I have nothing against beautiful women (I am one myself) but it’s sad that she goes to such extremes to get a following…which isn’t even very large.

  • Dipti Desai

    I think this is not barbie because as per sebastien there is no expression in body language.

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  • Joetta Crider

    long blond hair, wide eyes, thin nose, and (of course!) an insane chest-to-waist-ratio.
    http://www.shoporlandodowntowncondos.com/

  • Gregg

    I don’t know why, but these pictures scare the hell outta me

  • http://twitter.com/yournumerology Ed Peterson
  • EJM

    I should try a raw foot diet.

  • Anonymous

    Yabba Dabba Do!   I want to believe!

  • feiy

    so obviously plastic.

  • Michelle

    Her following is very large. But not in USA. She is an opera singer and a spiritual leader with a very beautiful view of the world. 

    She used circle lenses. She admits that on her website. She has a raw vegetable diet she teaches through youtube. It’s a part of her spirituality. She also doesn’t drink or smoke. 

    She also posts many pictures and videos without makeup and lenses.

    She doesnt go through any “extremes.” She shows her mother on youtube as well. They look so similar; she has great genes. 

  • Michelle

    Do more research before you say something so negative about a human. 

  • Anonymous

    Багиня и до сюда добралась? LOL

  • Treize

    I think she’s pretty. 

  • Anonymous

    That blank expression makes her look clueless and stupid. I’m sure avoiding the use of facial muscles to smile or give any hint of humanity is a great way to save your complexion from developing wrinkles but really… she looks like some alien life form.

  • Bbb

    There is no photoshopping going on here, Just makeup.
    Here are a few pics of her with and without :
     http://m.vk.com/album4926666_16453154

  • Edelmira Chapin

    Lukyanova promotes her Barbie-like features via a personal blog, a Facebook page, 

    http://www.aspmrents.com/

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Resangail-Sigue/100000577522199 Resangail Sigue

    hope she pose more with a smiling face….

  • Gofin1

    kupreety

  • Shllie

    Not just make up, when u look at the pic on the link u posted u can see her before a nose job, boob job, lips, etc and after. At first i thought it was a different girl, but it is her in all the pics. Check it out…

  • http://www.facebook.com/Love.Melissa.Love Melissa Trout

    there is nothing spiritual about a physical obsession of looking like a doll. 

  • frk

    She would be cute if she didn’t pose and act like a plastic doll. The photos of her wearing less or no make up are much better than the others.

  • Kaboogaus

    An OPERA SINGER??? With THIS frame? Yeah, right.

  • Kaboogaus

    Valeria, is it you?

  • Idont

      “As per” is redundant and annoying.  :p

  • Bob55

    Thats not very attractive, needs food.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Grace.JealousAgain Grace JealousAgain

    …She does sing opera, to calming trancey New-Age music. Do most of you realize a HUGE number of females photoshop their facebook photos? it’s kind of a given that some of the close ups are airbrushed and she’s wearing contacts, but her body structure I believe is totally real. I think she’s beautiful, but it doesn’t matter what I think of her, or what anyone else does, because this is HER life and HER BODY. I’m sick of reality shows and even talent shows that have started to distort the perspectives of the human race. (Oh wait, I MEAN THE DEVELOPED WORLD OF INTERNET BOTTOM FEEDERS.) So many people taking it into their own hands to be society’s personal JUDGE. If you’re criticizing a few pics on the internet without even having met her, you’re the one that needs help.

  • Pimneva

    I guess you are not good enough in Russian language to understand the text, but you can see Amatue’s (that’s her nickname) real old photos. I am sure no one will be doubt if it is a product of plastic surgery and sick brain or not)))
    http://baginya.org/2007/05/31/makijazh_iz_astrala.html#

  • Pimneva
  • Jason

    Legs like that? No way they’re real. Not at that length, unless she’s incredibly tall. It’s possible to get the skin through make-up (although, unless she bathes in it, easier to Photoshop it), and much of the rest can be achieved through surgery.
    But those LEGS?! I can’t see them being real. I suppose she’d be a dream come true for someone into RealDolls, but I don’t see how this is even remotely attractive. In her earlier photos, she looks much more “alive” and attractive.

  • Jason

    Women (and, to a lesser degree, men) relying on fame for being unnaturally, and unattainably, “attractive” leads to an increase in society believing that individuals must look like that to be considered attractive and desirable, no matter how healthy- or unhealthy- that may be. Pushing society to focus more on looks than on health is a very bad thing, for anyone who doesn’t make money off it.
    So criticising pictures of a person who perpetrates those stereotypes, increasing the pressure on people to look good if they want to be accepted, does NOT mean a person needs help. The best is that these people are concerned about society’s pressures; at worst, they have an opinion that you don’t like.

  • http://www.facebook.com/rviehweger Robert Viehweger
  • http://www.facebook.com/dementedkitten Kathryne Myers

    I dont think she is a earthling…not a joke im serious ets are all among us…and maybe she is hear 2 teach us…maybe its time we listened!

  • k

    PHOTOSHOP HOAX
    http://exposebarbie.com

  • http://www.facebook.com/royallancet Lance Taylor

    she is for real, except her breast implants,,,,,don’t pity her, she is to be admired,,,it’s the people who dis her that are problematic.

  • http://www.facebook.com/JParker145 Joyce Galloway Parker

    I’ll admit I didn’t know many women photoshopped their FaceBook photos, and I’ll also admit I don’t even know how to photoshop photos because I’ve never tried. But even if I did, I would never do something like that. It would be dishonest. But I also have to say, I don’t think the woman in the photo looks good, because there’s a fakeness about her appearance that makes it look as though she’s had to put a lot into looking the way she does. And in some of the photos, they are just creepy looking with the way she’s got such a blank look in her eyes, and her face looks frozen. I’ll bet you anything she didn’t grow up and ‘naturally’ look like that. And my opinion of her appearance damn sure doesn’t make me a “personal judge” of society or anyone else, it’s just my opinion. And we are ALL entitled to our opinions, and to post our opinions, neither of which make any of us “society’s personal JUDGE.” Besides, you seem to be doing a pretty good job of judging society all by yourself. “Bottom Feeders”? Really?

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