Glikeriya Pimenova says whoever sees something wrong in her 9-year-old daughter’s photos is definitely a pedophile

Dec 6, 2014 11:11 GMT  ·  By
Kristina Pimenova is only 9 but she’s already been modeling for years
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   Kristina Pimenova is only 9 but she’s already been modeling for years

The world’s most famous and controversial model right now is only 9 years old: dubbed the most beautiful girl in the world, Kristina Pimenova has been modeling since she was 4 and she already has a huge following online.

Her mother, Glikeriya Pimenova, is also a former model and this is how Kristina discovered this “calling” to be in front of the camera. Kristina’s father is retired Russian football player Ruslan Pimenov, and she lives with her parents in Moscow.

Though Kristina has been modeling for years already, it is just now that she’s getting attention from the international media, after her story was picked up by several outlets from the US and even more in Europe.  

The controversy: isn’t Kristina too young for this?

From that to people saying that she was too young to model and that her mother was too desperate for money and was thus selling out her own daughter was but a step. What came next was even worse, as Kristina’s mother was accused of exploiting her daughter by putting her in age-inappropriate outfits and in age-inappropriate poses, thus making her pedophile bait.

The way most people reacted to photos of Kristina was that yes, she was a very, very beautiful girl and that she deserved the name of world’s most beautiful fully.

Still, that was no reason for her mother to pimp her out on social media because, in doing so, she was robbing her of her innocence, in addition to exposing her to countless dangers by giving her such a strong online presence.

Whoever sees something wrong with the photos is sick

Glikeriya is fighting back now: in a lengthy interview with the Daily Mail she defends herself by saying that the decision for Kristina to start modeling wasn’t hers; it was Kristina’s all along. Apparently, she lived in France until she was 3 and had people fawning over her, but when they moved to Moscow, she was “shocked” to see that no one was complimenting her on how pretty she was.

Her mother signed her up with a modeling agency for kids to boost her esteem, and she’s been having fun ever since.

Glikeriya insists that the poses and the outfits that have caused the most outrage online are perfectly fine, and that whoever sees something wrong with them must be a pedophile.

She points out that no one thought Kristina’s modeling career was a problem until the US and European media caught wind of her photos, and she says out loud that those who posted the most negative comments came from countries where same sex-marriage was either legal or relationships of this kind were at least not frowned upon.

“I am certain in my mind all her photographs are absolutely innocent. All her ‘poses’ are natural. She is just a little girl who is attracting a lot of attention and unfortunately some of this attention is coming from strange people with huge personal problems, keen to throw dirt at anyone. I consider all the pictures I am posting to be normal, otherwise I would not have posted them,” she says.

Encouraging your kids to be their best, a parent’s dream

Kristina isn’t modeling because of the money, she’s modeling because she likes it and she’s good at it. Her mother shoots down talk that she’s pimping out her kid for a paycheck, saying she and her husband have enough resources to provide for the family.

The world believes that all models are dumb and have no other possibility to earn a living than by their looks, but Glikeriya insists she’s the example that proves the stereotype needs to go away – and fast. She has an honors degree and she’s keen to have her daughter Kristina follow a similar path, by getting a proper education, doing sports, and learning to be compassionate towards others.

Should Kristina find international success as a model, it won’t be because she, Glikeriya, wanted it to happen, but because Kristina decided so. Glikeriya, as a parent, will support her no matter what.

Kristina Pimenova or the "world's most beautiful girl" (9 Images)

Kristina Pimenova is only 9 but she’s already been modeling for years
Kristina is the daughter of Glikeriya Pimenova and a retired Russian football playerThe "world's most beautiful girl" Kristina Pimenova
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