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davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 08:45 PM Apr 2014

"Human Barbie" says beauty has been ruined by interracial couples

Valeria Lukyanova has transformed herself to look like a spitting image of a real-life Barbie doll.

And while this wouldn't be the first time that someone emulated the famous toy, this is the first time that GQ magazine has taken readers inside the mind of the controversial 28-year-old.

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"For example, a Russian marries an Armenian, they have a kid, a cute girl, but she has her dad's nose. She goes and files it down a little, and it's all good. Ethnicities are mixing now, so there's degeneration, and it didn't used to be like that," she told the publication.

"Remember how many beautiful women there were in the 1950s and 1960s, without any surgery? And now, thanks to degeneration, we have this. I love this Nordic image of myself. I have white skin; I am a Nordic type—perhaps a little Eastern Baltic, but closer to Nordic."


http://www.eonline.com/news/529091/human-barbie-tells-gq-she-s-repulsed-by-kids-says-mixed-races-have-ruined-beauty-standards?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-celebritynews&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_celebritynews


How people get like this...i just dont understand.
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"Human Barbie" says beauty has been ruined by interracial couples (Original Post) davidn3600 Apr 2014 OP
OMG maddezmom Apr 2014 #1
I hate to say this... Dorian Gray Apr 2014 #56
I always thought that mixed race people demigoddess Apr 2014 #2
they are , and doesn't matter which races are mixed either JI7 Apr 2014 #8
I agree. peabody Apr 2014 #18
Me too. The most beautiful women I have seen have been a mix of DebJ Apr 2014 #39
I was writing my post while you posted XemaSab Apr 2014 #42
Agree! Katashi_itto Apr 2014 #47
Every black/Asian person I've met XemaSab Apr 2014 #41
Ha ha last line is a great point. DebJ Apr 2014 #51
Agreed spinbaby Apr 2014 #60
Worthless without this picture...... Logical Apr 2014 #3
That's actually SevenSixtyTwo Apr 2014 #9
I 100% agree. Weird. nt Logical Apr 2014 #10
uncanny valley AngryAmish Apr 2014 #43
That is scary. Let's hope that there is no "Human Ken". n/t xocet Apr 2014 #11
So much for your hope..... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #22
150k on surgeries to look like a vapid, useless plastic thing? wow. .looking at his "barbie", for niyad Apr 2014 #29
cher didn't go that far. DesertFlower Apr 2014 #54
I am sorry to find out the truth, but thanks for the link. n/t xocet Apr 2014 #49
He has been around for a while now A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #50
unreal. nt ecstatic Apr 2014 #59
that's what everybody used to look like Enrique Apr 2014 #12
Yikes! polichick Apr 2014 #13
What a doll -Yeah she is totally insane in the membrane -who cares what wackos say?? lunasun Apr 2014 #14
God is she ugly ! pangaia Apr 2014 #16
looks like an alien eShirl Apr 2014 #24
LOL! nt Logical Apr 2014 #38
That, my friends, is one fucked-up woman. nt Laffy Kat Apr 2014 #35
OMG that's hideous. GeorgeGist Apr 2014 #36
I've seen some beautiful women SevenSixtyTwo Apr 2014 #4
Fat ankles. tavernier Apr 2014 #6
Yeah, and the tweeternik Apr 2014 #17
I wouldn't have expected her to be an intellectual heavyweight. drm604 Apr 2014 #5
Isn't she the one trying to live on air? Generic Brad Apr 2014 #7
It's a bloodline thing davidpdx Apr 2014 #15
Well, let's poll the class. This woman's main aim in life has been to look like a Barbie doll. struggle4progress Apr 2014 #19
Yea, she reminds me of babylonsister Apr 2014 #26
I like your post. I think she did a great job looking like Barbie, actually ballyhoo Apr 2014 #30
So, she doesn't see the irony (or hypocrisy) LiberalElite Apr 2014 #20
Great projection. Speaking of Russia alp227 Apr 2014 #21
When I was a kid, I looked inside a Barbie head, and I think this woman really does Lex Apr 2014 #23
DUzy! hahahahahahah! nt DebJ Apr 2014 #40
+ struggle4progress Apr 2014 #48
keep in mind that this is someone who believes in an "air diet". salin Apr 2014 #25
'Perhaps a little Eastern Baltic.' elleng Apr 2014 #27
Perhaps the Russian image of "Nordic" Art_from_Ark Apr 2014 #44
*facepalm* sakabatou Apr 2014 #28
I am Nordic, and she is racist Skittles Apr 2014 #31
very disturbing. nt redwitch Apr 2014 #32
She actually was rather attractive before she did this nobodyspecial Apr 2014 #33
SHE BLEACHES HER HAIR.... Ecumenist Apr 2014 #64
So now she doesn't have a vagina or anus or ear canals or nostrils or mouth (just lips)? valerief Apr 2014 #34
Demented person has demented opinons. cthulu2016 Apr 2014 #37
So real-life Barbie doll has the same brain as synthetic Barbie doll undeterred Apr 2014 #45
"Degeneration"? This from a plasticated Barbie doll wannabe? Hekate Apr 2014 #46
a snapshot of the cheerios girl during the commercial JI7 Apr 2014 #52
there was another woman who did that. she was american and DesertFlower Apr 2014 #53
The good news is she's repulsed by children wickerwoman Apr 2014 #55
Wonder if she had reproductive organs removed vankuria Apr 2014 #62
LOL: Mattel's Barbie is much smarter than Human Barbie. FSogol Apr 2014 #57
So true. 3catwoman3 Apr 2014 #63
As someone who is thoroughly mixed, I consider her a product of her country/region stevenleser Apr 2014 #58
Aw, what an adorable little nazi. Iggo Apr 2014 #61

Dorian Gray

(13,499 posts)
56. I hate to say this...
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 08:07 AM
Apr 2014

but she's grotesque. (In both looks and thoughts.)

She's descrying plastic surgery???? She looks like a giant plastic barbie ballooon.

demigoddess

(6,644 posts)
2. I always thought that mixed race people
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 08:48 PM
Apr 2014

were actually better looking. Read James Michener's Hawaii and you will find that mixing the races has always been with us. At least that is what I believe.

JI7

(89,262 posts)
8. they are , and doesn't matter which races are mixed either
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 08:54 PM
Apr 2014

and even if both of the parents are unattractive, the kid they have that will be of mixed race will usually be much nicer looking.

DebJ

(7,699 posts)
39. Me too. The most beautiful women I have seen have been a mix of
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 10:33 PM
Apr 2014

African American and Asian, stunning.

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)
41. Every black/Asian person I've met
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 10:41 PM
Apr 2014

has looked like a GOD.

Traffic-stopping good looks.

I guess they don't have too many of those in East Borschtistan, or wherever this chick is from.

Personally, I look at pictures of people back in the day and I think a significant percent of them look wonky in a way that most modern people don't, and I think it's a result of bringing different bloodlines together. Your ancestors live in the same village for a thousand years, you're not going to look so good.

DebJ

(7,699 posts)
51. Ha ha last line is a great point.
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 03:51 AM
Apr 2014

I do family ancestry research when I have time, and I warned my daughter in Northern Virginia to not ever allow her children
to date anyone born in Culpeper Va. I am sure we are bloodline related to about 90% of that town. I have found a double cousin
who lives in Baltimore from that family line. And I've no doubt after all that intermingling down there the town votes Republicon.

spinbaby

(15,090 posts)
60. Agreed
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 08:55 AM
Apr 2014

One of my sons went to school with a stunningly beautiful girl with curly blonde hair, bright blue eyes, a golden complexion, and African features. I wonder what she looks like all grown up.

niyad

(113,541 posts)
29. 150k on surgeries to look like a vapid, useless plastic thing? wow. .looking at his "barbie", for
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 09:42 PM
Apr 2014

some reason, all I can think of is cher (and this is not a slam at cher, I happen to like her)

DesertFlower

(11,649 posts)
54. cher didn't go that far.
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 05:50 AM
Apr 2014

the original cher was much more attractive. all she had to do was fix her teeth. i tend to remember cher was one of the first women to puff up her lips. i've been told that i look like cher and i always respond "i hope you mean the cher before the plastic surgery".

that being said i've had some work done -- nothing that changed the way i look -- had a facelift and eyes done, but no one would know because i look natural. now it's just botox and fillers.

my nose is kind of big but it's my nose. if it were a big "honker" i would have had it done.

i think barbara walters has had great plastic surgery. she's 83 but she looks natural. she admits to having work done and has said "be careful with botox -- don't do too much".

A HERETIC I AM

(24,376 posts)
50. He has been around for a while now
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 03:27 AM
Apr 2014

Like his Barbie counterpart, they both showed up on the web several years ago.

As has been mentioned though, vapid, banal, self absorbed and boring.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
14. What a doll -Yeah she is totally insane in the membrane -who cares what wackos say??
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 08:58 PM
Apr 2014

Duh-you are not more a Nordic type, you are more a plastic surgery type

 

SevenSixtyTwo

(255 posts)
4. I've seen some beautiful women
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 08:52 PM
Apr 2014

in my half century plus on this planet. Some black, some white, some shades in between.

drm604

(16,230 posts)
5. I wouldn't have expected her to be an intellectual heavyweight.
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 08:53 PM
Apr 2014

Someone who does to themselves what she has is obviously a confused person.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
15. It's a bloodline thing
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 08:59 PM
Apr 2014

I don't agree with it, but having been in South Korea for 10 years I've heard stuff like this before. Some (not all) Koreans see that as important to maintaining their heritage. There are two problems though: 1) Because of the favoritism of having boys over girls there are more males than females which means men (particularly in the rural areas) have a hard time finding a wife; and 2) A declining birthrate. The last time I checked I believe it was 1.21 births per 1,000 women (2.1 is needed to maintain the population). More Koreans are marrying foreigners (both westerners and other people from other Asian countries). Men in rural areas are "buying" brides from poorer Asian countries (yes, this is atrocious) Some Korean men and women are marrying westerners (my wife is Korean).

I was just on a message board the other day for foreigners in Korea and saw something posted by another foreigner where he was describing his experience with a Korean calling his son a "half-breed". Now whether that's a language issues (as in the person did not know the correct terminology) or something else I can't say for sure. I'll tell you he wasn't happy about it.

struggle4progress

(118,332 posts)
19. Well, let's poll the class. This woman's main aim in life has been to look like a Barbie doll.
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 09:13 PM
Apr 2014

Raise your hand if you expected her to remind you of Joan of Arc? Nobody?

Well, how about Queen Elizabeth the First of England? Did you expect her to remind you of Queen Elizabeth? No votes there either?

Anybody expecting her to remind you of Harriet Tubman? Hands up high now! No?

Anyone expecting to be reminded of Clara Barton? Not a single vote yet?

Annie Oakley? Anyone expecting she'd be like Annie Oakley? Nobody?

Come on, people! This is Barbie we're talking about! She looks like Barbie! She's put lots of time into looking like Barbie! That's got to be worth something!

Put your hand up if you thought she'd remind you of Nellie Bly! Come on! Nellie Bly! No?

Marie Curie? Nobody?

Ida B. Wells? Anybody? No?

Maria Montessori? Get those hands up if she reminds you of Maria Montessori! No votes?

Helen Keller? Anybody for Helen Keller? How about Eleanor Roosevelt? Margaret Mead? Marian Anderson? Rachel Carson? Golda Meir? Jane Goodall?

Look, she's put in a lot of time and energy, trying to become who she is! She must remind you of somebody!





babylonsister

(171,081 posts)
26. Yea, she reminds me of
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 09:31 PM
Apr 2014

Barbie-that in itself is a very sad commentary. I also think it speaks to her mental stability.

 

ballyhoo

(2,060 posts)
30. I like your post. I think she did a great job looking like Barbie, actually
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 09:44 PM
Apr 2014

miraculous. I don't think women are as good looking as they used to be either, but as far as mixing races or whatever being the cause, I haven't the slightest, and don't really care. She looks fragile. I wouldn't want to...oh, well never mind...

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
20. So, she doesn't see the irony (or hypocrisy)
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 09:16 PM
Apr 2014

of making herself look like a doll through the use of plastic surgery?

"Remember how many beautiful women there were in the 1950s and 1960s, without any surgery? And now, thanks to degeneration, we have this. I love this Nordic image of myself. I have white skin; I am a Nordic type—perhaps a little Eastern Baltic, but closer to Nordic."

alp227

(32,047 posts)
21. Great projection. Speaking of Russia
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 09:19 PM
Apr 2014

It starts to sound so much like a fantasy perfect red state because racism and homophobia have no shame there.

Lex

(34,108 posts)
23. When I was a kid, I looked inside a Barbie head, and I think this woman really does
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 09:23 PM
Apr 2014

have the Barbie thing down to the smallest detail.

salin

(48,955 posts)
25. keep in mind that this is someone who believes in an "air diet".
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 09:31 PM
Apr 2014

The only other time I have read about her (within the past month, I believe on huff post) was that she subscribes to a belief that she can get most of the nutrients she needs through breathing.

That struck me as dangerous to self - and not terribly big on critical thinking. After that first impression, this is not surprising.

I file in the category of... "so what".

Not representative of a broad view (how many people believe in "air diets?), and contradictory in nature (claiming to "heritage lines" as the cause for her "barbie likeness" - while decrying joining of "heritage lines" {re :interracial marriages"})

Strange, but not noteworthy, imo.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
44. Perhaps the Russian image of "Nordic"
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 10:52 PM
Apr 2014

includes not only Scandinavia, but also that area of Russia which borders on Finland and Norway.

nobodyspecial

(2,286 posts)
33. She actually was rather attractive before she did this
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 09:49 PM
Apr 2014


I wonder if she has ever had a mental health evaluation.

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
64. SHE BLEACHES HER HAIR....
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 04:50 PM
Apr 2014

FAKE A-N-D Weird looking. I guess we're not supposed to notice this.. BUT HEY,whatever floats her particularly disturbed boat

valerief

(53,235 posts)
34. So now she doesn't have a vagina or anus or ear canals or nostrils or mouth (just lips)?
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 09:51 PM
Apr 2014

That's just plain silly. How does she survive?

undeterred

(34,658 posts)
45. So real-life Barbie doll has the same brain as synthetic Barbie doll
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 10:55 PM
Apr 2014

Not a big surprise that someone who defines herself by her looks sounds like her head is hollow.

Hekate

(90,779 posts)
46. "Degeneration"? This from a plasticated Barbie doll wannabe?
Mon Apr 7, 2014, 11:03 PM
Apr 2014

In my opinion, Hawai'i has produced some of the most beautiful people on the planet from generations and generations of intermarriage -- since Captain Cook landed there in 1776.

One thing's certain, though: every single ethnic group/race produces its share of beautiful humans, no surgery needed. At least the little bubblehead got that right.

JI7

(89,262 posts)
52. a snapshot of the cheerios girl during the commercial
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 04:26 AM
Apr 2014

that seems like the perfect reaction to what this "human barbie" is saying.

DesertFlower

(11,649 posts)
53. there was another woman who did that. she was american and
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 05:38 AM
Apr 2014

Last edited Tue Apr 8, 2014, 06:25 AM - Edit history (1)

lives in england now and is a celebrity. can't remember her name. i think her first name was cindy. anyone remember her -- it was about 20 years ago. i googled but couldn'd find her. she didn't come as close to looking like barbie as this one did.

i just found her. cindy jackson.

http://www.cindyjackson.com/my-surgery.html

wickerwoman

(5,662 posts)
55. The good news is she's repulsed by children
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 06:09 AM
Apr 2014

and unlikely to have any of her own.

That's all I needed to hear really.

vankuria

(904 posts)
62. Wonder if she had reproductive organs removed
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 09:59 AM
Apr 2014

to get her waist that tiny? Very sad that this woman's only apparent quest in life is to look like a Barbie...sounds to me like a lonely life, would like to read a follow up on her in 20 years, that is if she's still alive.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
58. As someone who is thoroughly mixed, I consider her a product of her country/region
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 08:49 AM
Apr 2014

Many places in the world are MUCH more ethnocentric than we are. Russia is one of the worst, Asian countries (particularly Japan, China and the Koreas) also tend to be very ethnocentric and anti-mixing.

To answer the question in the OP of "How people get like this..." I would say 95% of Russia is like this. Maybe higher. There is a reason Jews have wanted to emigrate out of there for the last 60 years. You would have thought the German invasion of the 1940s and subsequent treatment of ethnic slavs in Russia and elsewhere by the Nazis as 'untermenschen' would have given the people of Russia a perspective of how ethnocentrism is a bad thing but it didnt seem to have an impact.


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