24 Facts About Valeria Lukyanova

Valeria Valeryevna Lukyanova is a Russian-Ukrainian model best known for her resemblance to a Barbie doll.

Valeria Lukyanova currently has property in Mexico and lives in Moscow.

Valeria Lukyanova has stated that she has had breast implants, but that the rest of her body is natural and slender due to daily gym workouts and a particular diet.

Valeria Lukyanova was born 1992, in Tiraspol, in what was then part of Moldavian SSR in the Soviet Union.

Valeria Lukyanova's mother, Irina, worked for the military sector and her father was a construction worker, who was a part-time disc jockey.

Valeria Lukyanova lived in Odesa, Ukraine from age 16 until 2014, when she moved to Moscow.

In 2007, Valeria Lukyanova won the worldwide beauty contest "Miss Diamond Crown of the World".

Valeria Lukyanova subsequently had multiple photo sessions and interviews published in Russian media, including erotic photos.

Valeria Lukyanova developed a worldwide following for her Barbie doll-like appearance after she posted photos and videos of herself on the web.

Valeria Lukyanova gained notoriety after reports of her "almost inhuman beauty" surfaced online.

ABC News suggested that Valeria Lukyanova was a hoax aided by image editing software.

Valeria Lukyanova admitted to having breast augmentation but no other plastic surgery, and denies that she had ribs removed to make her waist smaller.

Valeria Lukyanova blamed people unconnected to her for altering photos of her younger self in a malicious attempt to imply she had received body modifications.

In 2013, Valeria Lukyanova was the subject of an episode of Vice's My Life Online documentary series entitled Space Barbie.

In 2015, Valeria Lukyanova participated in Dosso Dossi's fashion show as a model.

Valeria Lukyanova is a composer, an opera singer, and has recorded two albums of new-age music, Sun in the Eyes and 2013 using the name Amatue.

Valeria Lukyanova had her debut starring role in a feature film in The Doll, a horror movie directed and written by Susannah O'Brien.

Valeria Lukyanova has a bachelor's degree in architecture from Odesa State Academy of Constructions and Architecture.

Valeria Lukyanova is married to Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Shkrabov, her childhood friend.

Valeria Lukyanova is a strict raw vegetarian, living on a liquid diet.

In 2014, because of Russia's covert invasion of Ukraine, the war in Donbas, Valeria Lukyanova moved from Odesa to Moscow.

In 2014, Valeria Lukyanova reported to police that she was punched and strangled by two men outside her home, after receiving anonymous threats for over the past two years.

Valeria Lukyanova caused controversy when she expressed support of Russia during the war in Donbas.

Valeria Lukyanova has most commonly been referred to as "The Human Barbie".