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With her enormous, glassy eyes, purple
hair and coquettish pose, this girl could
have stepped from the scene of a Japanese
anime film.
Anime fan Anastasiya Shpagina has
transformed herself into a living cartoon
character, complete with miniature waist,
vividly-coloured hair, and a cupid’s bow pout.
Originally from the Ukraine, the 19-year-old
takes style inspiration from the cartoons and
computer animations that have a huge
following in Japan, and has even adopted a
Japanese name – Fukkacumi.
Anime characters often feature huge eyes
and heads that are disproportionately large
in comparison to their body.
Shpagina, who is just 5ft2ins tall, is already
reported to have slimmed down to just over
six stone in her attempts to resemble a living
anime character, and is said to spend 30
minutes painstakingly applying her dramatic
make-up to each one of her eyes.
It is thought Shpagina may go even further in
her efforts to achieve her desired look, with
some reports claiming she intends to undergo
surgery on her eyes to make her resemble
her anime idols even more closely.
The teenager, who has over 10,000 fans on
Facebook, also posts videos on YouTube
demonstrating how she applies her make-up.
One clip, in which Shpagina reveals to fans
how she achieves her ‘flower fairy’ look, has
been watched more than 150,000 times
Shpagina is not the first young girl to take
style inspiration from the world of fantasy.
American Dakota Rose – or Kota Koti – has
been dubbed the ‘real-life Barbie’ thanks to
her doe-eyed stare and dainty proportions.
The teenager has amassed a global audience
by posting fashion and beauty tutorials on
YouTube.
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