We’ve all wished we could have that picture-perfect body. For women it’s tiny waists and thigh gaps, while men idealize well-defined abs and muscled arms. While dolls are mainly made as a plaything for little children, they are usually made to represent these “perfect” versions of the human body.
While most people realize that it’s just a depiction of what is deemed to be “perfection” and not actually the way you’re supposed to look, others have taken it to an entirely different level by going through a lot of effort to actually look like these dolls. And then there are those that nature has presented with the ultimate cocktail of good genes and beauty!
Here are 12 people who look like real life living dolls:
1. Venus Palermo
This blonde beauty is a Swiss YouTuber who is best known for her doll-like appearance. Her channel includes videos of makeup tutorials and beauty advice. She was only 15 years old when her video on “how to look like a doll” went viral in March 2012, and skyrocketed her to fame.
2. Angelic Kenova
Angelica Kenova is 26-year Russian woman who bears such an uncanny resemblance to the Barbie doll, which earned her the nickname “Human Barbie”. She has Barbie’s signature wide eyes, plump lips and impossibly tiny waist but she claims to never have gone under the knife!
3. Dakota Rose
Dakota Rose is a 22-year old American girl who lives in Tokyo. She has a cute doll-like appearance that appeals to her fans from Japan who love anime. Although she has been asked many times if she’s had plastic surgery, she denies all claims. She says she achieves the look by wearing the right clothes and makeup, which she even shows you how to do on her YouTube channel!
4. Rodrigo Alves
It’s not just girls who want to look like dolls, apparently. Air steward, Rodrigo Alves is a 31-year old Brazilian who has gone through several surgeries that have cost him upwards of $250,000 to look like a male doll. He was diagnosed with body dysmorphia, a condition that makes people want to drastically change their appearance.
5. Duckie Thot
Australian model Duckie Thot was gifted her doll-like features naturally! She looks uncannily similar to the dark-skinned Barbie and rose to fame when she appeared on the reality show Australia’s Next Top Model. Since then, she’s been featured in famous magazine worldwide like Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.
6. Amber Guzman
Another “Human Barbie”, Amber Guzman who is now 30 years old was born with muscular dystrophy, which is a debilitating disease which causes weak muscles and decreased motor skills. Although she has struggled with her disease she has come to love it because it give her the appearance of a living doll. And just a like a doll, she cannot eat real food which means she has a petite frame, and has to be carried around because she cannot move freely!
7. Ceslo Santebanes
Another “Ken doll” Ceslo Sentebanes is a Brazilian who went through multiple surgeries to look like a living doll. It is said that he spent more than $30,000 dollars on various plastic surgeries. Sadly, he was diagnosed with cancer while being hospitalized due to a complication arising from leg plastic surgery and died later on at the age of just 21.
8. Valeria Lukyanova
“Ukrainian Barbie doll” Valerie Lukyanova is a model and entertainer. She is best know for her doll-like features. She has said she achieves the look by wearing makeup and contact lenses, but has had no plastic surgery other than having breast implants.
9. Anastasiya Shpagina
Adding her name to the “Ukrainian human doll” list, Anastasiya Shpagina is only a teenager! She is known for her anime-like features with wide eyes, a narrow waist, small pouty lips, and red hair. She is known to be good friends with look-alike Valeria Lukyanova. Anastasiya, and is also all-natural. But she has said she wants to have surgeries done to have her eyes widened and waist reduced.
10. Justin Jedlica
Another man dedicating his life to look like the “human Ken doll” is Justin Jedlica, a 34-year old Slovak American. He has had 190 surgeries so far to achieve his ideal appearance, but says he isn’t satisfied yet. While working as a consultant to others who wish to go under the knife, he also plans on doing so himself even more in the future.
11. Lolita Richie
Ukrainian doll-like Lolita Richie rose to fame on the Russian social media VK for her Barbie-like proportions of a tiny waist and ample chest. All of this despite her being just 16 years old! She’s also had no surgery and says there’s no photoshop involved. Lolita has the full support of her 33-year old photographer/mother.
12. Nanette Hammond
Nanette Hammond is a stay-at-home mom from Ohio in USA who has gone through several surgeries, fillers, and extensions that cost around $500,000 to make herself look like one of her daughter’s Barbie dolls! She even lives in a real life Barbie dream house with 10 bedrooms, a dedicated dressing room, a gym, etc., complete with a pink convertible! Nanette Hammond might be look like a lifeless doll, but she has a warm personality.
