Also, her haters are just fat people who are jealous of her

Jun 9, 2015 10:58 GMT  ·  By
Valeria Lukyanova doesn't like Human Barbie comparisons, finds them “degrading”
   Valeria Lukyanova doesn't like Human Barbie comparisons, finds them “degrading”

Valeria Lukyanova, the Ukrainian model who rose to fame about 3 years ago as Human Barbie, is disowning the moniker that made her famous: she finds the comparison “degrading” because she would never copy someone else, let alone a plastic doll.

Lukyanova agreed to speak to Cosmopolitan magazine via Skype and email after a fresh round of controversy caused by a series of Facebook photos she posted online, which sparked more talk of plastic surgery and Photoshop. She owned up to the latter, but she’s taking it back now: she is just as natural and perfect as she appears to be.

Human Barbie comparison sucks, but she’ll take it

Valeria never set out to be perceived as a human Barbie, even though she pushed the comparison hard in media appearances, after it was out there.

“I think it's even a little degrading and insulting, but I'm used to it now, since that's what my work demands and this is precisely the image most fans request. So I have to comply with it because it's become part of my aesthetic image, but I don't like it,” she tells the magazine.

Her idea was to show herself to the world as she was, but if the media chose to compare her to the famous Mattel product, she took it without questioning too much because she wanted the exposure.

Even though she finds the comparison “degrading,” Valeria is still encouraging it, tagging her photos with hashtags that almost always include the words “doll,” “Barbie” or even “Human Barbie.” She says that this helps her be more visible online: she wants it not because she’s seeking fame but because she’s on a mission to teach the world how to find balance and harmony.

Valeria, for those who don’t know, isn’t all about looking dollish and creeptastic: she claims to be a spiritual guru who can travel out of body, an alien sent on Earth to teach others her special set of skills. Makeup routine is not included.

Haters are just jealous fatties

Because of her disproportionate Barbie-esque figure and because she’s proved herself a racist and misogynist, Valeria has her fair share of haters online as well.

Some criticize her for pushing an ideal of beauty that is impossible and unhealthy to attain, while others openly attack her for “obviously” lying about not having any kind of plastic surgery done to achieve it (Valeria only admits to getting breast enhancement surgery).

Whatever her haters have to say about her, she has this as the response: stop being fatties who stuff your face with McDonald’s and look to her to vent their frustrations about their own body! Fix whatever is wrong with you and you will probably not find her existence and appearance so “offensive.”

“That's how they defend themselves,” she argues in the Cosmopolitan chat. “They laugh and say that they don't need this. If this didn't bother them inside, they wouldn't laugh. They have envy.”