Model Dubbed The ‘Human Barbie’ Bags High Fashion Modelling Job For V Magazine

New internet sensation Valeria Lukyonova – a model who looks so much like Barbie that it’s been suggested the doll’s makers Mattel sue her for copyright infringement! – has been on our radar ever since a video about her alleged plastic surgery was released this time last year.

LIVING DOLL FOR V MAGAZINE: PHOTOGRAPHY BY SEBASTIAN FAENA, FASHION BY CARLYNE CERF DE DUDZEELE
LIVING DOLL FOR V MAGAZINE: PHOTOGRAPHY BY SEBASTIAN FAENA, FASHION BY CARLYNE CERF DE DUDZEELE

New internet sensation Valeria Lukyonova – a model who looks so much like Barbie that it’s been suggested the doll’s makers Mattel sue her for copyright infringement! – has been on our radar ever since a video about her alleged plastic surgery was released this time last year.

The Ukrainian 21-year-old has become famous for her unnaturally small wasp-waist, buxom chest, seemingly artificial tiny nose, and huge doll-like eyes – but sceptics claim Lukyonova’s porcelain looks are just a Photoshop creation, and some even question whether she existed at all!

The Huffington Post said: “Has Valeria achieved her Mattel-made look through surgery?”, while ABC News said: “It’s unclear whether Lukyanova exists at all, or whether it’s all a hoax thanks to the world of photo editing.”

With that in mind, the team at Talent Management were surprised to see that the ‘living doll’ was snapped up for a high fashion modelling job in V Magazine.

Her doll-like proportions take centre-stage in an intriguing and revealing feature in the magazine’s latest issue ‘Girl Power’, released yesterday.

Describing herself in interview as “the most famous Russian woman on the Russian-speaking internet”, she goes on the list her activities in an average day: “In the morning I work on my face and I get a massage, then I spend some time on the Internet. I meditate and travel in my astral body,” she says, having explained that she’s a practitioner of ‘astral projection’, the practice of out-of-body travel.

“After that I work out at the gym. I go for a walk with my best girlfriend, I get home, and I make dinner for the man I love. Then I spend some more time on the Internet, do some reading and meditating, and go to bed.”

Having read the full feature this afternoon, it’s clear to us that Lukyonova’s personality is just as intriguing as her looks. Check out Patrik Sandberg’s article in V Magazine’s latest issue and see if you agree.