Angel-faced Kristina Pimenova is a big internet sensation. (Photo : Instagram)
Supermodels seem to be getting younger and younger. Moscow-born model Kristina Pimenova is a big social media sensation for her looks despite her young age that rival top models.
Pimenova's YouTube channel for fans increased in viewership over the last couple of years. Her Instagram and Facebook followers also increased, though it is her model-mom who runs the young girl's social media sites.
At the age of nine, Pimenova has inked contracts with the likes of Roberto Cavalli, Fendi, Benetton, and Armani. The supermodel dubbed "the most beautiful girl in the world" also landed on the cover of Vogue Bambini.
Almost a year ago, a handful of online readers who saw Pimenova's photographs shared conflicting emotions about the images, asserting that the countless poses do not suggest what a child's life ought to look like.
Pimenova has been called a doll and a babe. This underscores that in the world of modeling, certain snaps of minors may be fine, but others may totter towards the fine line where they become sexualized.
While psychologists say "very clear boundaries are needed, talent agents and even Pimenova's own mother maintain that it is all a matter of perception, News.com.au reported.
Pimenova's mom Glikeriya Shirokova slammed insinuations that her child is sexualized. The kid grew up seeing her mother in modeling gigs, and she simply developed a liking for it.
The young model's mom shared that she tries to shield her daughter from the huge publicity surrounding her by not letting her go online until she turns 13. It is also a way to veer her child away from all the unfavorable comments and dissing of online trolls, the Daily Mail reported.
Young kids are not new in the modeling world. Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio four-year-old daughter Anja Mazur, 11-year-old Ekaterina Samsonov, and six-year-old Hudson Kroenig, son of Chanel model and muse Brad Kroenig, all modeled for major fashion houses.
