In March 1959, the Barbie doll made its first appearance at the New York Toy Fair. 57 years have passed since then, and the popularity of the plastic lady has only increased every year.
All Barbies are German by origin. In the early 1950s, a Lily doll appeared in German tobacco shops, created by a cartoonist based on a popular comic strip for adults. Ruth Handler saw it in a kiosk in Switzerland. Then she bought three “Lilies” at once and remade the doll into a version acceptable for children. Before going on sale, Lily received a new name - Barbie.
Barbie is the favorite toy of millions of girls. True, sometimes it happens that girls grow up, and their love for dolls grows stronger. Then grown girls create Barbie themselves, only from themselves.
Valeria Lukyanova
Among Russian-speaking girls, Valeria is probably the most famous “living Barbie”. A wasp waist, long slender legs and wide blue eyes - the girl really looks exactly like a doll. According to Lukyanova, plastic surgeons participated in the creation of her image only once - with their help, Valeria enlarged her breasts.
Cindy Jackson
This woman is the very first “living Barbie”. Now Cindy is 59 years old, of which 25 years she has been compared to a doll. According to Jackson herself, she did not at all strive to become the embodiment of an “old-fashioned toy,” but over time, after a series of operations (of which the woman had more than 50), journalists decided that Cindy looked exactly like Barbie.
This is how Cindy looked before numerous surgeries.
The woman spent more than 100 thousand dollars on plastic surgery. All the money is part of the inheritance Jackson received from her father.
Angelika Kenova
Despite such a telling surname, Angelica does all the manipulations with her appearance not at all in order to find her “Ken”. She stubbornly denies any surgical intervention and assures that the resemblance to the doll is a lucky coincidence and a gift from nature.
Anastasia Shpagina
Anastasia herself does not consider herself Barbie. The girl is sure that she is a fairy and brings light and goodness to the world. It doesn't seem to be collecting nectar yet. When looking at Anastasia, the first thing you notice is her huge eyes. Now Shpagina is 22 years old; the girl has been wearing similar makeup since she was 15 years old.
Karina Barbie and her mother
Living Barbie from Karaganda, who has long settled in Moscow. The girl herself really looks like a doll. Recently, her mother began to support Karina not only in words: the woman also dressed in pink clothes and became a blonde. Frankly speaking, Karina bears little resemblance to the real Barbie, but the girl considers herself ideal.
Valeria Lukyanova - “living Barbie”. Once again the worldwide Internet is shaken by sensations - a new virtual star has lit up, whose photos amaze and confuse. Who is this girl and where did she get her memorable appearance? Has nature endowed her with stunning appearance or is this the fruit of the painstaking work of plastic surgeons?
Childhood "living Barbie"
Valeria Valerievna Lukyanova was born on August 23, 1985 in Tiraspol, Transnistria, into the family of a builder. Little is known about her childhood years. This is due to the fact that the new Internet star carefully guards information about her young self. Let's just say that Lera Lukyanova was born quite an ordinary girl. She has a brother who lives with his mother in the capital of Russia, and her father remains to live in his homeland. There were no prerequisites indicating that the girl was in danger of popularity. Like many children, she studied averagely, without much zeal. Living Barbie Valeria Lukyanova admits that she did not understand the meaning of many school subjects, and often negotiated grades.
The youth of a modern Internet star
Having moved to the Ukrainian city of Odessa, Lera Lukyanova entered and graduated from music school. However, God did not give her any special vocal abilities. At the age of 14, as a teenager, she drank a heavy dose of diphenhydramine because of unrequited love, but she received medical assistance in time. Russian Barbie joined a vampire sect and ran to meetings of the Red Dragon organization. Realizing that this hobby would not bring anything useful, she gave up on everything and went to study at the Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, where she subsequently received a bachelor's degree. It was then that strange metamorphoses began with her external data.
Plastic surgeries of Valeria Lukyanova
Looking at the photo of Valeria Lukyanova on the social networks VKontakte and Instagram, you are amazed at how much this girl resembles the Barbie doll beloved by all fashionistas. The image is not new, but this is not the first generation of eccentric ladies who want to be like this slender beauty at all costs. Women of different colors often fail, because with any tuning a VAZ 2106 will not work as a Mercedes. But after the operations, Lera Lukyanova became the embodiment of a children's toy.
- Rhinoplasty. Living Barbie Valeria Lukyanova covers her nose with tons of cosmetics. It is possible to get to the bottom of the true state of affairs there only after archaeological excavations in the depths of the cream and powder. However, studying the photo of Valeria Lukyanova before the operation, you will clearly see that the star’s nose was much wider, and there was a hump on it. Nowadays on VKontakte and the girl’s Instagram there are photos in which the nose is narrow and clearly defined. It looks like it was carved by a puppet maker from a piece of high-quality plastic.
- Upper blepharoplasty. The star denies any surgical interventions to create a doll-shaped eye shape. But world-famous surgeons have doubts about the naturalness of the girl’s huge wide-open eyes. On top of that, Valeria Lukyanova, like a real doll, poses in front of camera lenses, her eyes unnaturally widening. Thick makeup and bright lenses that enlarge the iris enhance the effect.
- . Russian Barbie got plump lips from nature. But recently their volume has increased markedly. There is talk of surgery. Lera Lukyanova abuses various lipsticks and glosses before and after lip augmentation. By the way, now the girl has switched exclusively to pink colors.
- Hyaluronic acid. “Beauty injections” have been attributed to the star since the very moment of her appearance on the Internet. At first, fans believed that the absence of facial wrinkles and folds was a consequence of multi-color makeup, but even photos of Valeria Lukyanova without makeup are distinguished by the virgin smoothness of the skin. Experts suggest that it was Botox that became the reason for such an ideal condition of the skin.
- Plastic surgery of cheekbones. Photos from 2016 showed that Russian Barbie's face had noticeably shrunk. The girl herself completely refuses to talk about possible plastic surgery, insisting only on the idea. It’s difficult to judge, but comparing what Lera Lukyanova looked like before the operations, you understand that it could not have happened without the skillful hands of the doctors.
- Breast augmentation. Before plastic surgery, Valeria Lukyanova had a modest 1.5 breast size. Recently, photos of Valeria Lukyanova show voluminous breast implants that would be the envy of the most popular doll. Lera Lukyanova admits that she enlarged her breasts to achieve the desired image. Note that this is only one operation to which the girl confessed. “I actually increased my breasts a couple of sizes, at first I was one and a half. I really regret that I didn’t increase it even more!” she says on her Instagram. My husband paid for the operation. It cost $3000.
- Removal of ribs. A controversial topic that Lera Lukyanova prefers to remain silent about. But the ubiquitous paparazzi got to the bottom of it and found her confession. The star says that she removed two lower ribs in China to achieve the effect of a wasp waist with a diameter of 48 cm. Many doctors and fitness instructors claim, no matter what the girl says, it is impossible to achieve such a result only with training and diets. But in order to maintain a minimum girth, she goes to the gym 3 times a week and is convinced.
Living Barbie Valeria Lukyanova and her Ken
Lera does not really like to talk about the person of her husband, who is also the sponsor of all her blissful ideas for changing her appearance. Valeria Lukyanova's husband Dmitry Shkrabov, an Odessa businessman, does not mind having a living Barbie doll nearby. 
According to available information, he spent $800,000 on updating his wife. Valeria herself practically never leaves the character. Even at home, she puts on kilograms of makeup and walks around not in a robe, but in a short top. The girl considers traditional family life to be something terrible and definitely does not want children. She is convinced that she cannot be a mother.
Pranoedia Valeria Lukyanova
The girl is also known by the name Amatua. And this is no more, no less, but the goddess of the Sun. Valeria convinces all subscribers that she came to Earth from another planet, that she is a deity who has acquired an earthly body. For a long time she ate only raw foods, then switched to liquid food, and then an unsuccessful attempt at prana-eating followed. Living Barbie Valeria Lukyanova was not able to feed on solar energy for long. She suffered a fiasco and wisely postponed attempts indefinitely.
The girl is offended if she is compared to a Barbie doll, although she strives with all her might to achieve the cherished image. And no matter how hard she tried to divert the attention of the audience to her spiritual qualities, everything turned out to be unsuccessful. Lera Lukyanova changed a lot before and after the operations, gradually acquiring a kind of soulless, cosmic beauty. Her fans say: “She was a nice girl... That's what dolls do to people! It would be better if everyone played with cars."
Video: Valeria Lukyanova answers tricky questions live
The biography of Valeria Lukyanova before creating the image of “Barbie” is full of gaps. In her youth, the girl was interested in various subcultures, had a lot of bad habits and did not strive to gain good knowledge.
Later, she became interested in esotericism, wrote poetry, traveled and participated in beauty contests, becoming “Miss Diamond Crown of Ukraine.”
After working on her appearance, popularity came quickly, and the girl was already invited to federal channels. But after declaring her extraterrestrial origin, the blonde stopped communicating with the press personally and banned photography.
But some photos of Valeria Lukyanova still leak onto the Internet and raise a lot of questions among users about the naturalness of beauty. It’s hard to believe the words of the Odessa “Barbie” that she had only one operation to enlarge her breasts: “I am presented as a doll who achieved this appearance thanks to plastic surgery.”
The girl calls the rest the result of spiritual practices, genetic factors and hard work on herself. Lera Lukyanova looked attractive and beautiful before the operation, but after plastic surgery and an obsession with the Barbie image, not only the size of Amatue’s breasts (Lukyanova’s nickname) changed, but also her waist size.
The girl says that she got her “wasp” waist in the gym and with proper nutrition.
In one of her interviews, “Barbie” stated that family values are not the main thing. This did not stop her from becoming the wife of the owner of a large construction company. Internet users suggest that it was her husband who helped Lukyanova realize her dream of an ideal appearance.
Valeria Lukyanova after surgery
Ukrainian “Barbie” does not deny mammoplasty - breast correction. She increased her breasts two sizes to achieve the look she wanted. In one of the social networks, the Internet star regrets that she did not enlarge her breasts even more. The girl justifies mammoplasty very simply: with the help of the operation she wanted to balance her body: “In an effort to balance my hips and emphasize my waist, I made my breast size somewhat larger.”
Valeria Lukyanova looks completely different before and after the proposed surgical intervention. Changes are noticeable in the girl’s facial features and figure.
Plastic surgeons are sure that Amatue, in addition to breast enlargement, performed rhinoplasty and Botox injections. As a child, Lera’s nose had a small hump, which completely disappeared in later photos of the Internet star.
A frozen “mask” on the face and lack of facial expressions may indicate numerous Botox injections. Amatue believes that all means are good to match the doll's parameters. There is an opinion that Valeria Lukyanova had surgery to change the shape of her eyes, the shape of her cheekbones and eyelids. The star categorically denies all journalists' assumptions about plastic surgery and focuses on spiritual qualities, talents and extraterrestrial origin.
I am presented as a doll who achieved this appearance through plastic surgery.
Valeria Lukyanova before and after operations: assessment of appearance
Some experts, when viewing photos of Valeria Lukyanova before and after, have no doubt that she used the services of plastic surgeons. Before plastic surgery, Valeria Lukyanova did not have a model appearance, but after surgery and numerous experiments she turned into a “living doll.” Along with her popularity, Lera became the owner of an unnaturally thin waist, a straight nose and too large eyes.
Others believe that the effect of a doll's appearance is achieved by skillful makeup and the use of photo editors. On the beach or on television, in his video blog or on the streets of his hometown - everywhere Amatue appears with spectacular makeup. She willingly shares with fans the secrets of applying tone and gives recommendations on choosing cosmetics.
Valeria speaks negatively about plastic surgery and tries to attract attention with her hobbies and diets. The girl does not like to be compared to Barbie, but she tries in every possible way to improve her doll-like appearance. Even some of Amatue's outfits are similar to those of the popular toy.
There is no doubt about mammoplasty and correction of the shape of the nose, but the rest of Valeria Lukyanova’s plastic surgeries still remain a question mark.
Valeria Lukyanova looks different before and after plastic surgery. People have ambivalent perceptions of the girl’s thoughtful image, admiring it or calling it madness.
History knows many examples of female ideals of beauty: ancient Greek statues, plump beauties from Rubens’ paintings, flat-chested girls like Piggy in the 20th century. One of the ideals of girlish appearance in the 21st century has become the famous Barbie doll, which is very far from the usual standards of appearance.
Today we will tell you about 10 girls who are difficult to distinguish from a blond doll. Some were lucky to be born like Barbie, others spent a lot of effort and money on it. Let's see if ideal beauty and similarity to the main symbol of beauty of the present time helped them become happy and successful in life.
1. Cindy Jackson
The top 10 living Barbies are opened by US resident Cindy Jackson, who is known in the world for having the largest number of plastic surgeries. Until the age of 30, Cindy was an ordinary unremarkable American woman suffering from excess weight. The girl’s lover, who invariably told her about her unattractiveness, fatness and lack of sexuality, added fuel to the fire of her complexes. A big blow for Cindy was the separation from her lover, to whom she was very attached.
After a breakdown in her personal life, Cindy received a long-awaited success - she received a significant inheritance. In the wake of her own complexes and dissatisfaction with her own appearance, the girl used the funds received to improve her own appearance. Cindy's list of plastic surgeries is impressive: facial plastic surgery, breast augmentation, liposuction, rib removal, numerous lifts. Perhaps, Cindy does not have a single part of her body that has not been touched by the hand of a plastic surgeon.
What has the American achieved through such a transformation? After the operations, the girl wrote the book “Living Barbie,” which was an incredible success and instantly made Cindy incredibly popular and famous. Currently, she acts as the official representative and advertising face of one large plastic surgery clinic.
2. Valeria Lukyanova
The top ten living Barbies are continued by 30-year-old native of Odessa Valeria Lukyanova. The girl is of the opinion that she is a heavenly angel and is perfect by nature, therefore she is against all kinds of surgical interventions. The girl herself admits only the fact of breast enlargement, explaining its necessity in the desire to make her already beautiful image even more harmonious.
Valeria's fans, and even more so numerous skeptics, are sure that the girl's list of plastic surgeries is by no means limited to breast surgery. Based on numerous photographs of Ukrainian Barbie, experts boldly declare many more operations performed by the girl to achieve the desired doll image: removal of ribs, plastic surgery of the nose and eyelids, liposuction, correction of cheekbones.
Valeria's life is mostly connected with filming as a model. A distinctive feature of the girl is the special art makeup that she does for filming. However, such art makeup often appears in her photographs thanks to her skillful use of Photoshop.
In addition to caring about her appearance, Valeria writes music and is interested in esotericism, which once again emphasizes her involvement in the sublime unearthly world.
3.Hannah Gregory
The third place in the hit parade of modern Barbies is taken by British student Hannah Gregory. By nature, Hannah is very shy and has had problems communicating with peers since childhood. The image of Barbie helps her get rid of her own complexes and establish contacts with others. Hannah herself says that when people perceive her as a doll, it is much easier for her to open up to them and not worry about what they think of her.
It is worth noting that the girl is naturally beautiful - this is confirmed by photographs that were taken even before she took on the image of Barbie. Without surgical interventions, Hannah has a waist of 55 cm. Currently, the girl never appears outside the house without the image of Barbie: she does appropriate makeup, wears lenses to enlarge her eyes and doll clothes. We can say that the girl became a hostage to the doll image because of her shyness.
4.Anzhelika Kenova
Continuing the top living Barbies of our time is a girl from the Russian town of Kurgan, Anzhelika Kenova, who is currently studying in Moscow to become a child psychologist. The girl's true age is not known, most likely she is 20-25 years old.
Angelica is seriously interested in fitness. She is categorically against surgical interventions and believes that creating an attractive body should take place in the gym. Angelica works out according to a specially designed program under the supervision of a personal trainer. The girl is also interested in classical dance and gymnastics.
The creation of the doll image of Angelica began in childhood with her mother. The girl was born into a fairly wealthy family and was surrounded by increased attention from childhood. Angelica still lives with her parents, who have total control over her, her wardrobe and her social circle. All Barbie dates and filming take place in the presence of her mother.
Angelica herself dreams of breaking out of the doll box created around her, but she is afraid of a scandal with her parents and continues to live in her fairy-tale illusionary world, apparently waiting for Ken, who will save her from her protracted childhood.
5. Lolita Richie
Despite the extravagant name, the next participant in our review comes from Kyiv. An interesting pseudonym for her daughter was invented by her mother, who performs as an actress in one of the Kyiv theaters. It is the mother who promotes her daughter, who looks similar to Barbie. The girl has a lot of offers for filming for various magazines, commercials and projects. But the vigilant mother diligently selects purely erotic shooting from all the proposed options. Such an interesting family.
Note that with a waist of 44 cm, Lolita denies that she is on a diet. The girl says that she does not limit herself in anything and eats whatever she wants. All that remains is to take her word for it.
6. Anastasia Shpagina
Let's continue our acquaintance with Russian Barbies and move on to anime fan Anastasia Shpagina. Nastya is seriously interested in Japanese cartoons and looks very similar to their characters. Like the heroines of Japanese anime, the girl came up with the pseudonym Nick Fukatsumi, which means “resurrected” in Japanese.
Anastasia has only one plastic surgery - the girl changed the shape of her eyes. The girl creates the rest of her visual resemblance to Barbie with the help of skillful makeup, since the girl is a makeup artist by profession.
Japanese Barbie maintains her blog on YouTube, where she is followed by more than 2 million subscribers.
7. Alina Kovalevskaya
Russian Alina Kovalevskaya realized her resemblance to Barbie not so long ago and diligently supports it. The girl does not tan to maintain her white skin and wears hair extensions to look as much like the famous doll as possible.
Alina tries to eat right and watch her figure. At the same time, the girl does not dream of crowds of fans and does not want to pursue a modeling career. After completing her education, the girl plans to lead an ordinary life and work in her profession.
8. Dakota Rose
American Barbie Dakota Rose, thanks to her doll appearance, has fulfilled her dream of becoming famous. Dakota is currently a popular Internet star and has a huge fan base. The girl is regularly invited to various shootings, and recently the girl received an invitation to film a movie.
Experts debate whether Dakota's beauty is natural. Until now, it has not been possible to expose her resort to plastic surgery. Although published childhood photographs of Dakota indicate that her appearance has changed very significantly since then.
9. Julia Vince
“The Hulk with the face of Barbie,” her fans say about Julia Vince, amazed at the combination of her muscular body and Barbie’s face. Julia is passionate about bodybuilding and highlights her achievements on her blog. The girl’s achievements will be the envy of any average man: Yulia squats with a weight of 200 kg, lifts 115 kg and can deadlift 100 kg. The girl repeatedly became the winner of the Russian powerlifting championship and not so long ago became the director of her own fitness club.
10. Laura Vinicombe
Let's finish our review of modern Barbies with an introduction to Laura Vinicombe. The girl has long been interested in collecting Barbie dolls and has turned her own home into an exact copy of a dollhouse. Deciding to get closer to her idol, the girl underwent several operations and changed her wardrobe, leaving in it only those things that reminded her of the famous doll.
It is worth noting that all Laura’s efforts did not bring her the long-awaited fame and did not become significant achievements in her life.
In recent years, all over the world, a doll-like appearance is considered very cute among young girls and they frantically strive for it. Unnaturally large eyes, long eyelashes, bow-shaped lips and a wasp waist - these are the main attributes of a doll girl. I present to your attention a selection of living dolls from all over the world.
Russian Barbie
The new Russian Barbie can be called Muscovite Anzhelika Kenova, who has a doll-like appearance and successfully uses it, taking part in various photo shoots. 
American Barbie 
The main Barbie of America is Dakota Rose. In a short period of time, Rose became an Internet sensation and at the same time a style icon. Hundreds of thousands of teenage girls dream of looking like her, endlessly watching YouTube videos from KotaKoti (that is the name by which Dakota Rose is known throughout the world), in which 21-year-old Barbie shows how to properly do doll makeup and dress. From a young age, Dakota dreamed of becoming famous. It didn’t matter to her who she would be - a singer, actress or model - the main thing for her was worldwide fame. After graduating from modeling school, the American starred for one of the glossy magazines, and she received offers from designers and fashion designers. In one of the interviews, she admitted that she does not want to be a catwalk model, as it is boring and uninteresting, but prefers to be a trash model - bright, funny and cheerful. Dakota is most popular in Japan and China. In America, she is often invited to various television shows and is willing to pay Dakota significant fees. 
Japanese doll 
Another heroine of the younger generation, Venus Palermo, having moved from Japan to England, also decided to turn into Barbie. She is an incredible success among girls and young women around the world and is very doll-like: porcelain skin, doe eyes and heart-shaped lips. They idolize her, imitate her, envy her. 
Barbie from Odessa 
Valeria Lukyanova (known under the nickname Amatue), a girl from Odessa, loved to play with dolls as a child. She loved her so much that at 26 she looks like a doll. The girl is obsessed with the desire to become outwardly similar to the famous Barbie; she has undergone several operations to bring her appearance closer to ideal. As a result, Amatue’s image became practically a doll’s: huge eyes, plump lips, long blond hair, large breasts, a wasp waist (which cost the girl the removal of several ribs). Valeria is very popular on social networks, not only in Odessa, but throughout the world. She is married, is engaged in esotericism and psychological practices - she organizes psychological seminars “on out-of-body travel.” The video, which Amatue posted on YouTube, has been viewed by more than 1.5 million people. 
Old Barbie 
Her name is Sarah Burge, and she is the same age as the legendary Barbie. From an early age, Sarah dreamed of becoming like her famous rival. And now, after much torment, enormous expenses and surgical operations, this dream came true - Sarah became the only woman in the world to be awarded the title of Real Life Barbie. To win this title, Sarah had to spend more than half a million dollars. Twenty-six plastic surgeries have changed almost everything about her, from her face to her legs. Everything would be fine, but a manic passion for plastic surgery and love for the doll began to spread to her youngest daughter Poppy. Recently, foreign media wrote that Sarah Burge gave her 7-year-old daughter a liposuction procedure worth 8,500 euros for the New Year. True, little Poppy will only be able to take advantage of her mother’s generosity at the age of 16. This is the minimum age possible for plastic surgery in England. 
Other living dolls from around the world: 
