It’s not uncommon for teenage girls to work in the fashion industry. But it comes as a bit of a shock that Kristina Pimenova, who is only eight years old, is being named the “most beautiful girl in the world” after years of consciously opposing the sexualization of young girls and encouraging equitable treatment and healthy lifestyles for minors.
Pimenova, a Russian model born in 2005 in Moscow, signed deals with the children’s lines of Armani, Benetton, Fendi, and Roberto Cavalli when she was just three years old. She was featured on the cover of Vogue Bambini, has more than 2 million fans on Facebook, and has 416,000 followers on her mother’s Instagram account.