The figure of Barbie plays a big role in the lives of kids, mostly girls and as a result, the unrealistic beauty standards that the doll perpetuates have long been debated. If little girls grow up playing with dolls which are tall, have an ultra slim waist, long legs and ample chest with their hair always being shiny and blonde- that is the image of an ‘ideal’ looking woman that subconsciously form in their mind and a lot of girls end up wanting to achieve those unachievable figures too.
One woman from Ukraine took these beauty standards too seriously and did everything to look like Barbie. The result? She looks more like a doll and strangely inhuman. What all did she do to achieve a Barbie-like aura? This is the story of human Barbie.

Before She Became Barbie


This is Valeria Lukyanova who was born in a small European place called Moldava and now she lives in Ukraine.  Like many young girls, she too was exposed to the world of Barbie dolls and had her own collection with each Barbie have its exclusive set of everything.
But she was not just interested in playing House with them or marrying them to male doll figures. She was attracted to the unnatural symmetry of their bodies.