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Image source: Valeria Lukyanova/Facebook
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Ukrainian model
Valeria Lukyanova wants to be known as the real-life "
Human Barbie doll."
She walks, talks, and shops just like Barbie. She is technically classified as a human as defined in biology, but some of her beliefs are not from planet Earth. Some of her
claims are just downright
bizarre, and that's probably the intention.
If you say bizarre things, you get more attention, right?
Human Barbie Doll Valeria Lukyanova is Not Photoshopped
Many people simply think that she just isn't real, but she is.
Valeria Lukyanova is not some
model that has been photoshopped to look like a Barbie. She is Barbie in the flesh.
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| Human Barbie Doll? |
She really does strive to look as realistic as a
human Barbie doll as possible, although she won't admit it, and actually states the opposite (as you will find out below). She makes some rather
bizarre claims, and doesn't mind getting the publicity for them.
Does the Human Barbie Doll Valeria Lukyanova Promote a Bad Self-Image?
Some people say that Valeria Lukyanova is the epitome of what happens when young girls get caught up in an image of what women should look like and have unrealistic expectations of themselves throughout life.
The reality is that there is no perfect woman, and all women will have ups and downs in their lives. It is a part of life.
Comparing your body to a Hollywood movie star or a model is unrealistic and is just not healthy.
Below you can see the evolving look of Valeria over the years as she has evolved into the Human Barbie.
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| Valeria over the years; credit: Valeria Lukyanova |
The fact alone that she is capable of resembling a
human Barbie doll so closely could be false hopes for some that think that such features are realistically attainable.
Artist Nickolay Lamm says: "She is so extreme that people think she's a crazy weirdo and don't look at the bigger, much more silent problem of young girls trying to achieve an impossible ideal."
Yahoo! Shine shared in their
article some rather
bizarre claims that Valeria Lukyanova has made, which might be part of her way of gaining publicity. HuffPost added even more weird claims to the list in this
article.
Valeria Lukyanova May Look "Perfect" But She Has Made Bizarre Claims
Here are some "way out there" claims by Valeria reported by Yahoo! Shine:
- Valeria Lukyanova told V Magazine in an interview that she is a professional mountain climber and spends weeks climbing the Himalayas
- Valeria Lukyanova told an independent reporter: "In recent weeks, I have not been hungry at all; I'm hoping it's the final stage before I can subsist on air and light alone."
- Valeria Lukyanova claims that she has out-of-body experiences. She self-describes herself as a New Age guru that has out-of-body experiences with the ability to travel to other planets and communicate with aliens "using light"
- Valeria Lukyanova has stated that she has known her husband for 10 years. She is asked if he is human, and she says she "doesn't want to discuss that"
Here are some "way out there" claims by Valeria reported by HuffPost Weird News:
- Valeria Lukyanova wants to be a demigod. She said: "The aim of my life is to come to this planet to help people to realize that it is necessary to move from the role of the 'human consumer' to the role of 'human demigod'..." (this can be seen in her documentary "Space Barbie")
- Valeria Lukyanova said that she started seeing spirits when she was 12 or 13
- Valeria Lukyanova says she never intended to look like Barbie. She says: "Even though people call me Barbie, I never try to look like a doll. I just like everything beautiful, feminine and refined. It just so happens that dolls are based on the image of refined girls."
Valeria Lukyanova Doesn't Get Along with Human Ken Doll
One thing has been made very clear: Valeria Lukyanova is
not on good terms with the "Human Ken doll," Justin Jedlica. They were featured together in a photo shoot in 2013, where they first met. He then shared the secret that she had only achieved her looks through plastic surgery. Bad move, Justin. Valeria was very upset with him for that. Justin Jedlica openly confessed to having more than 90 plastic surgery procedures to achieve his Ken-like appearance. Upon being "outed," Valeria only admitted to having one: breast implants.
Sadly, in this story, Barbie
won't be marrying Ken to live in her dream Barbie house. Her home is on another planet altogether.
Will Human Barbie Valeria Lukyanova Ever Have Children?
Valeria Lukyanova probably won't be having children anytime soon, if ever.
When asked by a GQ reporter, Valeria said:
"It's unacceptable to me. The very idea of having children brings out this deep revulsion in me."
She continues her rant, saying:
"Most people have children to fulfill their own ambitions, not to give anything. They don't think about what they can give this child, what they can teach her. They just try to shape her according to some weird script--whatever they couldn't do in life, like becoming a writer or a doctor. Or some woman who's almost 30 and thinks no one needs her, she says: 'Oh, I'll have a kid. He will love me and become my reason to live.' And then this kid becomes a soccer ball she and her boyfriend will kick back and forth." -Valeria Lukyanova, Human Barbie (Source: GQ)
Do you think Valeria Lukyanova looks like a human Barbie doll?
Brazilian Influencer & 'Human Barbie' Barbara Jankavski Died at 31
Another woman known as the 'Human Barbie,' Barbara Jankavski, sadly passed away on November 2, 2025, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Jankavski had at least 27 different surgeries in her lifetime.
Her Instagram account: @bonecadesumana is seen below.
