The girl went through all the circles of hell on the way to fame.
Sveta Alekseeva, 20, from Komsomolsk-on-Amur, became a real star two years ago when she started an Instagram account and started uploading her shocking photos. The girl, whose body is 40% covered with burns, not only did not give up and did not fall into depression, but became a fashion model and a popular blogger.
Her amazing story began with a terrible tragedy. When Sveta was four, she set fire to the thread on her synthetic nightie, because she saw that adults do this. The fabric flushed and literally stuck to the skin. Mom was not at home at that moment, and no one could help the baby.
At the hospital, Sveta fell into a coma for several months, underwent many operations and severe stress. Because of the burns, her arms and legs stopped unbending. I had to learn to move again.
But her troubles did not end there. The baby’s father died immediately after her birth, and her mother began to abuse alcohol from her worries. The girl went to the hospital and the police for help, when one day her mother in a fit cut her with a knife. According to Sveta, her mother so often showed aggression that if the girl had not been taken to the orphanage on time, then, most likely, she would have been dead.
Sveta lived in the orphanage from 9 to 18 years old. Here she also had a hard time: they hounded, insulted and mocked. Because of her unusual appearance, classmates nicknamed the girl Ugolyok, under this pseudonym Sveta and decided to pursue her future career.
I have no breasts. I put on my first bra at the age of 14 because of humiliation at school, – Sveta recalls. – The high school student touched his chest, did not even feel the nipples. It was seen by the whole class and the students passing by. Girls, boys – they all laughed. I was in so much pain because of my deprivation. I didn’t want it to happen again.
The orphanage began to provide bras and push-up swimwear on request. Castellansha once said: “Since there is no breast, we will do it ourselves. To avoid being recognized on the beach, put on a pareo. ”
The bra and I became inseparable: I didn’t take it off before going to bed, I was afraid that in the morning they might go into the bedroom.
Sveta says that from early childhood she was teased and humiliated due to burns. No matter how they called it: Frankenstein, Burner, Pharaoh … But when she grew up, she learned to accept and love herself.
I find my body beautiful and very unique, the concepts of “beauty” and “ugliness” are abstract …
After being discharged from the orphanage, Sveta rushed to Moscow, where she immediately became the heroine of journalistic reports and took part in filming in glossy magazines. And I also met a guy Andrey on the Internet and for the first time really fell in love.
Until recently, Sveta Ugolek felt like a useless outcast and did not know how to live. But then she pulled herself together and decided to fight her complexes. Now the girl is a favorite model of many brands and magazines, she is often interviewed, and she, as she dreamed, lives in Moscow and is studying to be a publisher.
The girl now wears revealing clothes and even swims in a bikini, not paying attention to sidelong glances. Some out of curiosity ask permission to touch her burnt skin, to which Sveta has also learned to react calmly and sometimes even suggests herself: “If you want, you can touch me!” She also does not think about a skin transplant, because if her young man was able to love her as she is, then nothing needs to be changed. Sveta even managed to forgive her mother and took her to Moscow: “I forgave her, I no longer have any aggression against her, and she stopped drinking. In general, I am grateful to life for both the bitter and sweet experience. “
And the model advises all insecure, shy girls: “Get rid of prejudices, unjustified hopes, disappointments and suffering. Problems need to be solved! I was able to do everything, and you can. “
– A sign of a mature personality – when we learn not to hold on to past grievances, but form our real “I”. Svetlana is a very mature and strong person, she did not leave any grudges in herself, she does not pull this cart with her. Many people repeat the fate of their parents, others carry their “mother disliked” all their lives – they remember how their parents offended them when they were 3-5 years old. Cases like Svetlana’s are rare. The girl listens to herself, understands what she wants, she found her place in life, goes her own way, develops. She is truly admirable. I admire such people, Svetlana is just great.