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Lukyanova, 38, from Ukraine has build her reputation because of numerous plastic surgeries to look just like Barbie, the well-known plastic fashion doll. 

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Valeria Lukyanova, the human Barbie, believes race mixing fuels plastic surgery. 

Lukyanova, 38, from Ukraine has built her reputation on numerous plastic surgeries to look just like Barbie, the well-known plastic fashion doll. 

In an interview with GQ Magazine, Lukyanova gave her opinions about beauty and race. 

"Ethnicities are mixing now, so there's degeneration, and it didn't used to be like that," she said. "Remember how many beautiful women there were in the 1950s and 1960s without any surgery? And now, thanks degeneration, we have this." 

According to past interviews, Lukyanova won't admit to having plastic surgeries except breast implants. Although she did confess to being a "breatharian" solely living on light and air. 

Even the real-life Ken doll, can't fully understand Lukyanova. Justin Jedlica, who had more than 130 surgeries to look like "Ken" didn't necessarily have the best things to say about his Barbie counterpart. 

"We met a photo shoot, she's a cute girl. I really don't get her. I don't get why people think she's so interesting. She wears hair extensions and stage makeup, she's an illusionist," he told GQ. 

Altered views of beauty

Many women are dissatisfied with their body image, and people like Lukyanova who inspire to be the complete opposite of a real women, doesn't help. 

According to Confidence Coalition, 90 percent of all women want to change at least one aspect of their physical appearance and 81 percent of 10-year-old girls are afraid of being fat. 

Magazine covers and billboards have come under scrutiny for photoshopping and airbrushing models to unrealistic ideals. 

Target recently stirred controversy and received backlash for photos of model Tanya Marie Keller, which showed the model with a gap in between her legs as well as elongated arms. 

"By comparing yourself to unrealistic ideals about what is 'perfect' you can put yourself under pressure to meet idealistic expectations and consequently suffer stress and anxiety which can have a negative impact on your health and well-being,"  Helen Smith, Researcher at Benenden Health said. 

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