“Valeria Lukyanova, better known as Human Barbie, might seem like a figment of Photoshop imagination, but, when GQ’s Michael Idov traveled to Ukraine to interview her, he found out Lukyanova is all too real.

Lukyanova first made headlines in 2012 for her living doll appearance, with large breasts, waist-length blond hair and wide eyes. She calls herself Amatue in her YouTube videos, which focus on transcendental thought and self-help.

Idov met Lukyanova in Odessa, where she consumed nothing but carrot juice with chutney (she’s expressed a desire to be a breatharian, meaning she would not eat or drink and would attempt to subsist on air and light). It wasn’t long before she dropped a bombshell, claiming that standards of beauty have changed “because of the race-mixing.””* Steve Oh, Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), Malcolm Fleschner (Executive Producer, The Point) and Jackie Koppell break it down.

*Read more here from Cavan Sieczkowski / The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/valeria-lukyanova-kids-racist_n_5106405.html