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orcelain pale, her enormous sky-blue eyes are framed by thick, dark lashes, and her mouth is as perfect as a rosebud.
Her hair has been styled into tousled blonde bunches, which hang coquettishly either side of the ruffled collar of her Victoriana blouse.
You could be forgiven for thinking you are looking at a life-size china figurine. But Venus is a living, breathing 15-year-old girl, who chooses to style herself as a ‘living doll’.
Living Doll: You could be forgiven for thinking Venus is a china doll
Living Doll: You could be forgiven for thinking Venus is a china doll. The 15-year-old girl chooses to style herself as a 'living doll' and films tutorials on how to achieve her look for her internet channel
And this isn’t something she does in the privacy of her British bedroom — she uploads footage of herself on to the internet and has gained a cult following around the world.
At last count, Venus’s free internet TV channel had around 30,000 viewers, and her social networking pages 20,000 followers.
Her online tutorials showing how to mimic her look have been watched 10 million times across the globe — including by a host of British schoolgirls desperate to imitate her image.
She says: ‘I get lots of messages from young girls. They tell me they love the way I look and they want to be like me.’
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It’s all rather strange and a little bit disturbing. But looking like a doll seems to be a growing trend.
In recent months, scores of teenage girls have amassed online followers after posting footage of their doll-like features and instructions on how to perfect the bizarre look.
Most have their own special doll name — in Venus’s case ‘VenusAngelic’ — and all look eerily as if they wouldn’t be out of place in the window of a toy shop, if only they were a tad smaller.
This trend, of course, could be seen as nothing more than a passing teenage fad — and one that is less worrying than most.
In an age where many of the role models available to young girls are overtly crude and raunchy, Venus might be accused of nothing more sinister than peddling a heightened version of fancy dress.
However, another description hovers in the background alongside ‘living doll’. It also begins with ‘L’ but has rather more sinister connotations. Yet Venus’s mother will not hear of her daughter being called a Lolita.
Venus's online tutorials on how to mimic her look have been watched 10 million times
Cult following: Her online tutorials showing how to mimic her look have been watched 10 million times across the globe - including by a host of British schoolgirls desperate to imitate her image
Margaret Palermo, 37, is fully supportive of her daughter’s eccentric hobby, and any suggestion there is something a little alarming about it astonishes her.
‘This is not about Lolita — that’s the last thing she wants to be,’ she says.
‘Venus is an innocent girl. She doesn’t drink, she doesn’t smoke, she’s not even remotely interested in boys. She works hard at her studies.
‘I would be far more upset if she was rolling around drunk in the street.
'This is not about attracting men. This is something she likes to do for herself and she enjoys it. Why would I stop her doing something she loves, that she’s good at and that is doing no harm? There is nothing sexual about this — she just wants to look pretty.’
Whether Venus’s look is pretty, or pretty odd, depends on your perspective. What’s beyond dispute though, is that Venus as a doll is incredibly convincing.
When I arrive at the small South London flat she shares with her mother, I see that Venus is as eye-popping in the flesh as she is staring unblinkingly out of a computer screen.
She looks like what can only be described as a souped-up Tiny Tears, clad in a plaid playsuit with a frilly high-collared blouse, topped with that powder-white face.
The only difference with the plastic version is that this one speaks.
The voice is Tinkerbell on helium.
‘Hello,’ she squeaks, batting her heavily accentuated eyelids.
The look certainly requires dedication: Venus dresses like this full-time, day after day, resisting the usual teenage uniform of comfy sweatpants or jeans with steely resilience.
‘I don’t even own a pair of sweatpants,’ she says, her eyes widening to saucer-like proportions. ‘I would never dress that way.
‘If I want to be cosy, I will wear my frilly pyjamas. I feel comfortable this way — I would not feel like myself if I dressed any other way.’
Internet sensation: Venus Palermo, a fifteen year old schoolgirl who dresses like a living doll, also with her mother Margaret
Internet sensation: 15-year-old Venus Palermo dresses like a living doll
Internet sensation: 15-year-old Venus Palermo dresses like a living doll and shares her image tips with her online fans, all with the support of her mother Margaret, right
Her clothes are mainly purchased from high-street shops — including Topshop and Next — although she does buy some of her more off-beat items from internet sites.
‘I don’t have many outfits, say ten,’ she explains. ‘But I can mix and match tops and bottoms to create lots of different looks.’
Her mother nods proudly. ‘This is absolutely her choice,’ she says.
‘Venus has enjoyed dressing up since she was a child, and this is just an extension of that. She has got her own mind.
‘As a parent you have to understand that, in some instances, if your child is determined to do something, they will find a way to do it no matter how much you forbid them. Besides, I don’t see any harm in it at all.’
It is perhaps not insignificant that Margaret, who works for a local opticians, is the only parental influence. It’s hard to imagine the average father feeling comfortable with his daughter dressing this way.
As it is, mentioning Venus’s father is strictly off-limits. Margaret says firmly: 'We don’t talk about him or even use that word.’
All she will say is that she met him in her teens while studying in Switzerland. After a whirlwind romance they got married and Margaret gave birth to Venus, her only child, when she was 21.
However, the marriage did not last, and Margaret raised her daughter alone.
They stayed in Switzerland until Venus was 11, when Margaret decided to move to Tenerife then, later, London.
And there is no doubt that mother and daughter have a close bond — Margaret admits that occasionally they still share a bed.
Although money is tight, Margaret has saved enough from working to enable them to travel far afield on holidays. In 2008 they went to Japan, where Venus first encountered the cult of ‘anime’ — highly stylised cartoons — that inspired her look.
Whether Venus's look is pretty, or pretty odd, depends on your perspective. What's beyond dispute though, is that Venus as a doll is incredibly convincing
Whether Venus's look is pretty, or pretty odd, depends on your perspective. What's beyond dispute though, is that Venus as a doll is incredibly convincing
By then, she was already a keen performer, having attended dance classes from an early age. When she was 13 she set up her own YouTube account, posting footage of herself dancing and miming to music.
Her clips attracted a large group of followers, among them a number of Japanese fans who told her she looked so much like a doll that she should start to dress up like one.
Spurred on by their comments, Venus started experimenting with make-up to mimic doll-like features.
It’s something you might imagine would ruffle the feathers of the average parent. Not Margaret, though.
‘I wasn’t alarmed,’ she says. ‘Why would I be? It was incredibly innocent. When she was a little girl, she loved frills and ribbons. The make-up was a natural progression.’
‘Venus is an innocent girl. She doesn’t drink, she doesn’t smoke, she’s not even remotely interested in boys. She works hard at her studies. I would be far more upset if she was rolling around drunk in the street.'
Yet there is, of course, nothing ‘natural’ about Venus’s look. It is highly contrived, from the opaque contact lenses to make her irises look bigger and the baby powder to lighten her skin to her bleached hair and eyebrows.
She is helped by her mother, who whips out the peroxide bottle every month to lighten her daughter’s naturally dark locks — which were beautiful in their natural state, judging from early photos of Venus.
But the teenager says: ‘I didn’t like my hair that colour. I’m very pale and some of my fans told me I looked like a corpse. I much prefer it blonde.’
Statements like this contribute to the strange combination of naïvety and knowingness that hovers over proceedings.
Venus is switched on enough to mastermind her enormous following, and navigates her state-of-the-art computer like a professional.
Yet she also seems much younger than her years.
Her bedroom is notable more for its fluffy toys than boy-band posters. And she insists she is not interested in having a boyfriend.
Venus is switched on enough to mastermind her enormous following
Venus is switched on enough to mastermind her enormous following, and navigates her state-of-the-art computer like a professional
‘I don’t need to rush — I’ve got lots of years ahead of me, so time is on my side,’ she says. ‘I know a lot of other girls my age have a boyfriend but I don’t think it’s right.’
Tha
Her hair has been styled into tousled blonde bunches, which hang coquettishly either side of the ruffled collar of her Victoriana blouse.
You could be forgiven for thinking you are looking at a life-size china figurine. But Venus is a living, breathing 15-year-old girl, who chooses to style herself as a ‘living doll’.
Living Doll: You could be forgiven for thinking Venus is a china doll
Living Doll: You could be forgiven for thinking Venus is a china doll. The 15-year-old girl chooses to style herself as a 'living doll' and films tutorials on how to achieve her look for her internet channel
And this isn’t something she does in the privacy of her British bedroom — she uploads footage of herself on to the internet and has gained a cult following around the world.
At last count, Venus’s free internet TV channel had around 30,000 viewers, and her social networking pages 20,000 followers.
Her online tutorials showing how to mimic her look have been watched 10 million times across the globe — including by a host of British schoolgirls desperate to imitate her image.
She says: ‘I get lots of messages from young girls. They tell me they love the way I look and they want to be like me.’
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It’s all rather strange and a little bit disturbing. But looking like a doll seems to be a growing trend.
In recent months, scores of teenage girls have amassed online followers after posting footage of their doll-like features and instructions on how to perfect the bizarre look.
Most have their own special doll name — in Venus’s case ‘VenusAngelic’ — and all look eerily as if they wouldn’t be out of place in the window of a toy shop, if only they were a tad smaller.
This trend, of course, could be seen as nothing more than a passing teenage fad — and one that is less worrying than most.
In an age where many of the role models available to young girls are overtly crude and raunchy, Venus might be accused of nothing more sinister than peddling a heightened version of fancy dress.
However, another description hovers in the background alongside ‘living doll’. It also begins with ‘L’ but has rather more sinister connotations. Yet Venus’s mother will not hear of her daughter being called a Lolita.
Venus's online tutorials on how to mimic her look have been watched 10 million times
Cult following: Her online tutorials showing how to mimic her look have been watched 10 million times across the globe - including by a host of British schoolgirls desperate to imitate her image
Margaret Palermo, 37, is fully supportive of her daughter’s eccentric hobby, and any suggestion there is something a little alarming about it astonishes her.
‘This is not about Lolita — that’s the last thing she wants to be,’ she says.
‘Venus is an innocent girl. She doesn’t drink, she doesn’t smoke, she’s not even remotely interested in boys. She works hard at her studies.
‘I would be far more upset if she was rolling around drunk in the street.
'This is not about attracting men. This is something she likes to do for herself and she enjoys it. Why would I stop her doing something she loves, that she’s good at and that is doing no harm? There is nothing sexual about this — she just wants to look pretty.’
Whether Venus’s look is pretty, or pretty odd, depends on your perspective. What’s beyond dispute though, is that Venus as a doll is incredibly convincing.
When I arrive at the small South London flat she shares with her mother, I see that Venus is as eye-popping in the flesh as she is staring unblinkingly out of a computer screen.
She looks like what can only be described as a souped-up Tiny Tears, clad in a plaid playsuit with a frilly high-collared blouse, topped with that powder-white face.
The only difference with the plastic version is that this one speaks.
The voice is Tinkerbell on helium.
‘Hello,’ she squeaks, batting her heavily accentuated eyelids.
The look certainly requires dedication: Venus dresses like this full-time, day after day, resisting the usual teenage uniform of comfy sweatpants or jeans with steely resilience.
‘I don’t even own a pair of sweatpants,’ she says, her eyes widening to saucer-like proportions. ‘I would never dress that way.
‘If I want to be cosy, I will wear my frilly pyjamas. I feel comfortable this way — I would not feel like myself if I dressed any other way.’
Internet sensation: Venus Palermo, a fifteen year old schoolgirl who dresses like a living doll, also with her mother Margaret
Internet sensation: 15-year-old Venus Palermo dresses like a living doll
Internet sensation: 15-year-old Venus Palermo dresses like a living doll and shares her image tips with her online fans, all with the support of her mother Margaret, right
Her clothes are mainly purchased from high-street shops — including Topshop and Next — although she does buy some of her more off-beat items from internet sites.
‘I don’t have many outfits, say ten,’ she explains. ‘But I can mix and match tops and bottoms to create lots of different looks.’
Her mother nods proudly. ‘This is absolutely her choice,’ she says.
‘Venus has enjoyed dressing up since she was a child, and this is just an extension of that. She has got her own mind.
‘As a parent you have to understand that, in some instances, if your child is determined to do something, they will find a way to do it no matter how much you forbid them. Besides, I don’t see any harm in it at all.’
It is perhaps not insignificant that Margaret, who works for a local opticians, is the only parental influence. It’s hard to imagine the average father feeling comfortable with his daughter dressing this way.
As it is, mentioning Venus’s father is strictly off-limits. Margaret says firmly: 'We don’t talk about him or even use that word.’
All she will say is that she met him in her teens while studying in Switzerland. After a whirlwind romance they got married and Margaret gave birth to Venus, her only child, when she was 21.
However, the marriage did not last, and Margaret raised her daughter alone.
They stayed in Switzerland until Venus was 11, when Margaret decided to move to Tenerife then, later, London.
And there is no doubt that mother and daughter have a close bond — Margaret admits that occasionally they still share a bed.
Although money is tight, Margaret has saved enough from working to enable them to travel far afield on holidays. In 2008 they went to Japan, where Venus first encountered the cult of ‘anime’ — highly stylised cartoons — that inspired her look.
Whether Venus's look is pretty, or pretty odd, depends on your perspective. What's beyond dispute though, is that Venus as a doll is incredibly convincing
Whether Venus's look is pretty, or pretty odd, depends on your perspective. What's beyond dispute though, is that Venus as a doll is incredibly convincing
By then, she was already a keen performer, having attended dance classes from an early age. When she was 13 she set up her own YouTube account, posting footage of herself dancing and miming to music.
Her clips attracted a large group of followers, among them a number of Japanese fans who told her she looked so much like a doll that she should start to dress up like one.
Spurred on by their comments, Venus started experimenting with make-up to mimic doll-like features.
It’s something you might imagine would ruffle the feathers of the average parent. Not Margaret, though.
‘I wasn’t alarmed,’ she says. ‘Why would I be? It was incredibly innocent. When she was a little girl, she loved frills and ribbons. The make-up was a natural progression.’
‘Venus is an innocent girl. She doesn’t drink, she doesn’t smoke, she’s not even remotely interested in boys. She works hard at her studies. I would be far more upset if she was rolling around drunk in the street.'
Yet there is, of course, nothing ‘natural’ about Venus’s look. It is highly contrived, from the opaque contact lenses to make her irises look bigger and the baby powder to lighten her skin to her bleached hair and eyebrows.
She is helped by her mother, who whips out the peroxide bottle every month to lighten her daughter’s naturally dark locks — which were beautiful in their natural state, judging from early photos of Venus.
But the teenager says: ‘I didn’t like my hair that colour. I’m very pale and some of my fans told me I looked like a corpse. I much prefer it blonde.’
Statements like this contribute to the strange combination of naïvety and knowingness that hovers over proceedings.
Venus is switched on enough to mastermind her enormous following, and navigates her state-of-the-art computer like a professional.
Yet she also seems much younger than her years.
Her bedroom is notable more for its fluffy toys than boy-band posters. And she insists she is not interested in having a boyfriend.
Venus is switched on enough to mastermind her enormous following
Venus is switched on enough to mastermind her enormous following, and navigates her state-of-the-art computer like a professional
‘I don’t need to rush — I’ve got lots of years ahead of me, so time is on my side,’ she says. ‘I know a lot of other girls my age have a boyfriend but I don’t think it’s right.’
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Freaky: Valeria of búp bê as tính năng, mái tóc dài vàng and ¿perfect¿cơ thể làm cho cô ấy trông giống as cuộc sống thực Barbie Freaky: Valeria của búp bê giống như tính năng, mái tóc dài vàng và ¿perfect¿cơ thể làm cho cô ấy trông giống như một cuộc sống thực Barbie21 tuổi 'thật Barbie con búp bê' tìm kiếm quốc tế ... 21 tuổi 'thật Barbie con búp bê' tìm kiếm quốc tế...CHIA SẺ BÀI VIẾT NÀY CHIA SẺ BÀI VIẾT NÀYChia sẻ Chia sẻĐỗ is all khá lạ so some chút lo ngại. Đó là tất cả khá lạ và một chút lo ngại. But trông like a con búp bê seems one xu hướng ngày as increase.Nhưng trông như một con búp bê có vẻ là một xu hướng ngày càng tăng. Trọng those tháng gần, điểm số of cô gái trẻ has tích lũy trực tuyến those người theo after the đăng đoạn phim their tính năng like con búp bê and hướng dẫn làm thế nào on the to hoàn hảo hình kỳ lạ. Trong những tháng gần, điểm số của cô gái trẻ có tích lũy trực tuyến những người theo sau khi đăng các đoạn phim của họ tính năng giống như con búp bê và hướng dẫn trên làm thế nào để hoàn hảo hình kỳ lạ.Hầu hết called búp bê đặc biệt riêng their-trong trường hợp of Venus 'VenusAngelic' -. and all trông kỳ quái such as they will not be from nơi in the window of one cửa hàng đồ chơi, if they have only one tad less than Hầu hết có tên búp bê đặc biệt riêng của họ-trong trường hợp của Venus 'VenusAngelic'- và tất cả trông eerily như thể họ sẽ không ra khỏi nơi trong cửa sổ của một cửa hàng đồ chơi, nếu chỉ có họ đã một tad nhỏ hơn.Xu hướng this, tất nhiên, may be nhìn see such as is not có gì khác rather than one mốt nhất thời thiếu niên đi qua- and one of which is less than đáng lo ngại than most. Xu hướng này, tất nhiên, có thể được nhìn thấy như không có gì khác hơn là một mốt nhất thời thiếu niên đi qua- và một trong đó là ít hơn đáng lo ngại hơn hầu hết. Trọng one tuổi, nơi người multiple in the number of mô hình vai trò builtin cho cô gái trẻ is and plain công khai tục tiu, sao Kim possible bị cáo buộc can not có gì xấu xa than người bán dạo a version of nâng cao the trang phục ưa thích. Trong một tuổi, nơi nhiều người trong số các mô hình vai trò có sẵn cho cô gái trẻ là overtly thô và tục tỉu, sao Kim có thể bị cáo buộc không có gì xấu xa hơn người bán dạo một phiên bản nâng cao của trang phục ưa thích.Tuy nhiên, mô tả one dao động in background within cạnh 'sống búp bê'. Tuy nhiên, một mô tả dao động trong nền bên cạnh 'sống búp bê'. It also starting with 'L' but khá than nham hiểm ý nghĩa. Nó cũng bắt đầu với 'L' nhưng có khá hơn sinister ý nghĩa. Được of Venus mẹ will be found nghe cô con gái called is one of Lolita.Được của Venus mẹ sẽ không nghe thấy cô con gái được gọi là một Lolita. Hướng dẫn trực tuyến of Venus ngày làm thế nào to bắt chược cái nhìn of cô successfully theo doi 10 triệu lần Hướng dẫn trực tuyến của Venus ngày làm thế nào để bắt chước cái nhìn của cô đã được theo dõi 10 triệu lầnTôn giáo sau đây: hướng dẫn trực tuyến of mình thấy làm thế nào to bắt chược cái nhìn of cô were tracking 10 triệu lần on the toàn cầu - bao including by a loat of học sinh in anh tuyệt vọng to bắt chược hình ảnh của mình Tôn giáo sau đây: hướng dẫn trực tuyến của mình thấy làm thế nào để bắt chước cái nhìn của cô đã được theo dõi 10 triệu lần trên toàn cầu - bao gồm cả bởi một loạt các học sinh trong anh tuyệt vọng để bắt chước hình ảnh của mìnhMargaret Palermo, 37, is hoàn toàn ủng hộ sở thích lập dị of cô con gái, and bất cứ đề nghị which is one cái gì đó an chút đáng báo động về it astonishes cô ấy. Margaret Palermo, 37, là hoàn toàn ủng hộ sở thích lập dị của cô con gái, và bất cứ đề nghị đó là một cái gì đó một chút đáng báo động về nó astonishes cô ấy." This is not về Lolita-which is điều cuối cùng cô ấy you want is, "cô nói. ' Điều này là không về Lolita-đó là điều cuối cùng cô ấy muốn là,' cô nói." Venus as a cô gái vô tội. ' Venus là một cô gái vô tội. Cô no uống, cô no khói, cô does not even from xa quan tâm to cậu bé. Cô không uống, cô không khói, cô không phải là ngay cả từ xa quan tâm đến cậu bé. Cô làm việc chăm chỉ tại nghiên cứu of mình.Cô làm việc chăm chỉ tại nghiên cứu của mình. ' Tôi will thêm many khó chịu if cô ấy have cán xung quanh thành phố nói rượu Trên đường phố. ' Tôi sẽ có thêm rất nhiều khó chịu nếu cô ấy đã cán xung quanh thành phố say rượu trên đường phố." This is not về thu hút người đàn ông. ' Đây không phải là về thu hút người đàn ông. This is a cái gì đó cô ấy thích làm cho mình and much cô thích it. Đây là một cái gì đó cô ấy thích làm cho mình và cô rất thích nó. Tại sao tôi would Stop the cô làm one gì đó cô ấy yêu, which cô ấy is tốt tại and which làm hại do not? Tại sao tôi sẽ ngừng của cô làm một cái gì đó cô ấy yêu, mà cô ấy là tốt tại và đó làm hại không? Không có gì tình dục về việc this-cô chỉ wish to nhìn đẹp. " Không có gì tình dục về việc này-cô chỉ muốn nhìn đẹp.'Cho though cái nhìn of sao Kim is đẹp, or khá lẻ, depending on quan điểm of you. Cho dù cái nhìn của sao Kim là đẹp, hoặc khá lẻ, phụ thuộc vào quan điểm của bạn. Những gì is beyond ra ngoài tranh chấp mặc though, is it like a Venus con búp bê much thuyết phục.Những gì là vượt ra ngoài tranh chấp mặc dù, là Venus đó như một con búp bê rất thuyết phục. Tôi Khí to the nhỏ Nam Luân Đôn phẳng cô cổ phần for mẹ, Tôi see that Venus is kinh ngạc in xác thịt, such as cô ấy nhìn cham cham không chớp mắt from màn hình máy tính. Khi tôi đến các nhỏ Nam Luân Đôn phẳng cô cổ phần với mẹ, tôi thấy rằng Venus là kinh ngạc trong xác thịt, như cô ấy nhìn chằm chằm unblinkingly ra khỏi màn hình máy tính. Cô ấy trông giống like explain what can only mô tả as a nước mắt nhỏ được cải tiến, mạ in one playsuit sọc with one xếp con cao cổ áo, kêu gọi with the gương mặt bột màu trắng. Cô ấy trông giống như những gì chỉ có thể mô tả như là một nước mắt nhỏ souped-up, mạ trong một playsuit sọc với một xếp con cao cổ blouse, kêu gọi với gương mặt bột màu trắng.Sự khác biệt duy nhất with phiên bản nhựa is that this nói. Sự khác biệt duy nhất với các phiên bản nhựa là rằng điều này nói. Tiếng nói is on the Tinkerbell trực thăng. Tiếng nói là Tinkerbell trên heli. "Xin chào," tiếng rít cô, cô batting of many nổi bật mí mắt. 'Hello,' cô squeaks, batting của cô rất nhiều accentuated mí mắt.Việc xem xét chắc chắn đòi hỏi sự cống hiến:. Venus trang phục like thế này toàn thời gian, ngày after ngày, chống đồng phục thiếu niên bình thường of sweatpants thoải mái or quần Jean with the capabilities đàn hồi đanh thép Việc xem xét chắc chắn đòi hỏi sự cống hiến: Venus trang phục như thế này toàn thời gian, ngày sau khi ngày, chống đồng phục thiếu niên bình thường của sweatpants thoải mái hoặc quần Jean với khả năng đàn hồi steely. 'Tôi even not own one cặp quần thể thao,' cô nói, đôi mắt of mình extension for tỷ lệ as chiếc đĩa. 'Tôi thậm chí không sở hữu một cặp sweatpants,' cô nói, đôi mắt của mình mở rộng với tỷ lệ giống như chiếc đĩa. ' Tôi will never ăn mặc such. ' Tôi sẽ không bao giờ ăn mặc như vậy. ' If toi muon be ấm cúng, Toi se mặc áo py ja ma xếp con của tôi Diễn đàn. ' Nếu tôi muốn được ấm cúng, tôi sẽ mặc áo py ja ma xếp con của tôi. Tôi cảm see thoải mái theo this way-Toi se can not be found cảm like bản thân mình if Tôi mặc quần áo bất kỳ cách nào khác. "Tôi cảm thấy thoải mái theo cách này-tôi sẽ không cảm thấy như bản thân mình nếu tôi mặc quần áo bất kỳ cách nào khác.' Cảm Internet giác: Venus Palermo, an sinh trung học năm mười lăm tuổi, those người mặc quần áo giống as con búp bê sống, and as bà mẹ Margaret Cảm giác Internet: Venus Palermo, một sinh trung học năm mười lăm tuổi, những người mặc quần áo giống như một con búp bê sống, cũng với bà mẹ MargaretCảm giác Internet: 15 tuổi Venus Palermo mặc quần áo giống as con búp bê sống Cảm giác Internet: 15-year-old Venus Palermo mặc quần áo giống như một con búp bê sốngCảm giác Internet: Venus Palermo 15 tuổi mặc quần áo giống as con búp bê sống and chia sẻ lời khuyên hình ảnh của cô as người hâm mộ trực tuyến, tất cả sự hỗ trợ with the của mẹ Margaret , quyền Cảm giác Internet: 15-year-old Venus Palermo mặc quần áo giống như một con búp bê sống và chia sẻ lời khuyên hình ảnh của cô với người hâm mộ trực tuyến, tất cả với sự hỗ trợ của mẹ Margaret, quyềnQuần áo of cô been chủ yếu mua is from cửa hàng cao-street-bao including Topshop and next-though mặc cô ấy may be one mua số mặt hàng than ra đánh bại of mình from trang web. Quần áo của cô được chủ yếu là mua từ các cửa hàng cao-street-bao gồm cả Topshop và tiếp theo-mặc dù cô ấy có thể mua một số mặt hàng hơn ra đánh bại của mình từ các trang web.' Tôi does not have many trang phục, nói mười, "cô giải thích. 'Tôi không có nhiều trang phục, nói mười,' cô giải thích. "Tôi But you can trộn and kết hợp đỉnh and bottom to create a ra many khác nhau trông." 'Nhưng tôi có thể trộn và kết hợp đỉnh và đáy để tạo ra rất nhiều khác nhau trông.'Mẹ cô gật đầu tự hào. Mẹ cô gật đầu tự hào. "This is a completely sự lựa chọn of mình, ', cô nói. 'Đây là hoàn toàn sự lựa chọn của mình,', cô nói.' Venus have much thích mặc quần áo lên cô since on as a đứa trẻ, and this is the address is one extensions of which. ' Venus đã rất thích mặc quần áo lên kể từ khi cô là một đứa trẻ, và đây là chỉ là một phần mở rộng của đó. Cô ấy has tâm trí of chính mình. Cô ấy có tâm trí của chính mình." Be an phụ huynh, you must hiểu that, in one số trường hợp, trẻ em if of you is defined để làm one gì đó, they would find one cách để làm điều does not có vấn đề bao nhiêu bạn cấm they . ' Là một phụ huynh, bạn phải hiểu rằng, trong một số trường hợp, nếu trẻ em của bạn được xác định để làm một cái gì đó, họ sẽ tìm thấy một cách để làm điều đó không có vấn đề bao nhiêu bạn cấm họ. Bên cạnh that, can not be found Tôi bất kỳ Tổn hại in it out tất cả. " Bên cạnh đó, tôi không thấy bất kỳ tổn hại trong nó ở tất cả.'This might not 'is not đáng Kể that Margaret, làm việc cho one chuyên gia nhãn khoa địa phương, is affect the cha mẹ chỉ. Nó có lẽ không phải là không đáng kể rằng Margaret, làm việc cho một opticians địa phương, là ảnh hưởng của cha mẹ chỉ. Thật khó for tưởng tượng cha trung bình is not find cảm thoải mái với con gái mặc quần áo in this way. Thật khó để tưởng tượng cha trung bình là cảm thấy thoải mái với con gái mặc quần áo bằng cách này. Vì it is, nhắc to Venus of cha is off-giới hạn chặt ché. Vì nó là, nhắc đến Venus của cha là off-giới hạn chặt chẽ. Margaret nói vững chắc: "We do not nói về anh ta or even sử dụng from. " Margaret nói vững chắc: 'Chúng tôi không nói về anh ta hoặc thậm chí sử dụng từ đó.'Tất cả cô sẽ nói is cô have gặp ông out tuổi thiếu niên of mình during du học ở Thụy sĩ. Tất cả cô sẽ nói là cô đã gặp ông ở tuổi thiếu niên của mình trong khi du học ở Thụy sĩ. After một tình lãng mạn cơn lốc they kết hôn and Margaret have sinh ra sao kim, đứa con duy nhất of cô, cô is on 21.Sau khi một tình lãng mạn cơn lốc họ kết hôn và Margaret đã sinh ra sao kim, đứa con duy nhất của cô, khi cô là 21. Tuy nhiên, cuộc hôn nhân kéo can not, and Margaret lớn lên cô con gái một mình. Tuy nhiên, cuộc hôn nhân không kéo, và Margaret lớn lên cô con gái một mình. Họ retained out Thụy sĩ until Venus is 11, on Margaret was determined to Tenerife then, then, London. Họ vẫn ở Thụy sĩ cho đến khi Venus là 11, khi Margaret đã quyết định tới Tenerife sau đó, sau đó, London. Va do not have nghi ngờ that mẹ và con gái have an mối quan hệ gan gui-Margaret thừa nhận đôi that while they still chia sẻ one giường. Và không có nghi ngờ rằng mẹ và con gái có một mối quan hệ gần gũi-Margaret thừa nhận rằng đôi khi họ vẫn còn chia sẻ một giường.Mặc though tiền is chặt ché, Margaret . have tiết kiệm đủ từ làm việc to allow them đi du lịch xa than to those ngày lễ Mặc dù tiền là chặt chẽ, Margaret đã tiết kiệm đủ từ làm việc để cho phép họ đi du lịch xa hơn vào những ngày lễ. Trọng năm 2008 they have to đi Nhật bản, nơi Venus lần đầu tiên gặp sự sùng bái right of 'anime - much cách điệu phim hoạt hình -. which truyền cảm hứng cho nhìn of mình Trong năm 2008 họ đã đi đến Nhật bản, nơi Venus lần đầu tiên gặp phải sự sùng bái của 'anime' — rất cách điệu phim hoạt hình — mà truyền cảm hứng cho nhìn của mình. . Cho though cái nhìn of sao Kim is đẹp, or khá lẻ, depending on quan điểm of your Cho dù cái nhìn của sao Kim là đẹp, hoặc khá lẻ, phụ thuộc vào quan điểm của bạn. Những gì is beyond ra ngoài tranh chấp mặc though, is it like a Venus con búp bê much thuyết phục Những gì là vượt ra ngoài tranh chấp mặc dù, là Venus đó như một con búp bê rất thuyết phụcCho dù cái nhìn của sao Kim là đẹp, hoặc khá lẻ, phụ thuộc vào quan điểm của bạn. Những gì là vượt ra ngoài tranh chấp mặc dù, là Venus đó như một con búp bê rất thuyết phụcBởi sau đó, cô đã là một nghệ sĩ quan tâm, có tham dự các lớp học nhảy từ khi còn nhỏ. Khi cô đã 13 cô thiết lập tài khoản YouTube riêng của mình, gửi bài cảnh của mình nhảy múa và miming cho âm nhạc. Clip của cô thu hút một nhóm lớn của những người theo, trong đó có một số người hâm mộ Nhật bản đã nói với cô ấy cô ấy trông như vậy giống như một con búp bê cô nên bắt đầu để mặc quần áo giống như một. Thúc đẩy bởi ý kiến của họ, Venus bắt đầu thử nghiệm với make-up để bắt chước tính năng giống như con búp bê. Nó là một cái gì đó bạn có thể tưởng tượng nào ruffle lông của cha mẹ trung bình. Không Margaret, mặc dù. 'Tôi đã không cảnh báo,', cô nói. ' Tại sao tôi sẽ có? Nó là vô cùng vô tội. Khi cô là một cô bé, cô ấy yêu rườm rà và băng. Các make-up là một sự tiến triển tự nhiên.' ' Venus là một cô gái vô tội. Cô không uống, cô không khói, cô không phải là ngay cả từ xa quan tâm đến cậu bé. Cô làm việc chăm chỉ tại nghiên cứu của mình. Tôi sẽ thêm rất nhiều khó chịu nếu cô ấy đã cán xung quanh thành phố say rượu trên đường phố.'Được không, tất nhiên, có gì là 'tự nhiên' về diện mạo của sao kim. Nó cao đã tính toán, từ các ống kính liên hệ đục để làm cho cô irises trông lớn hơn và bột em bé để làm sáng làn da của mình để tẩy trắng tóc và lông mày.Cô được giúp đỡ bởi mẹ của cô, người whips ra chai peroxide mỗi tháng để làm sáng của con gái của cô tự nhiên tối khóa — được đẹp trong trạng thái tự nhiên của họ, xét xử từ các hình ảnh ban đầu của sao kim. Nhưng thiếu niên nói: ' tôi không thích tóc của tôi màu sắc. Tôi là rất nhạt và một số người hâm mộ của tôi nói với tôi tôi trông giống như một xác chết. Tôi nhiều thích nó blonde.' Báo cáo như thế này đóng góp vào sự kết hợp kỳ lạ của naïvety và knowingness rằng di chuyển lên trên thủ tục tố tụng. Venus được bật đủ để sư của cô sau đây rất lớn, và điều hướng máy tính nhà nước-of-the-nghệ thuật của mình như một chuyên nghiệp. Nhưng cô cũng có vẻ nhiều trẻ hơn tuổi của cô. Phòng ngủ của mình là đáng chú ý nhiều nhất của nó đồ chơi fluffy hơn áp phích ban nhạc. Và cô nhấn mạnh cô ấy không quan tâm đến việc có một bạn trai. Venus được bật đủ để sư của cô sau đây rất lớnVenus được bật đủ để sư của cô sau đây rất lớn, và điều hướng máy tính nhà nước-of-the-nghệ thuật của mình như một chuyên nghiệp' Tôi không cần phải vội vàng-tôi đã có rất nhiều năm trước của tôi, vì vậy thời gian là trên mặt của tôi,' cô nói. "Tôi biết rất nhiều các cô gái tuổi của tôi có một bạn trai nhưng tôi không nghĩ rằng nó là đúng." Tha
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orcelain pale, her enormous sky-blue eyes are framed by thick, dark lashes, and her mouth is as perfect as a rosebud.
Her hair has been styled into tousled blonde bunches, which hang coquettishly either side of the ruffled collar of her Victoriana blouse.
You could be forgiven for thinking you are looking at a life-size china figurine. But Venus is a living, breathing 15-year-old girl, who chooses to style herself as a ‘living doll’.
Living Doll: You could be forgiven for thinking Venus is a china doll
Living Doll: You could be forgiven for thinking Venus is a china doll. The 15-year-old girl chooses to style herself as a 'living doll' and films tutorials on how to achieve her look for her internet channel
And this isn’t something she does in the privacy of her British bedroom — she uploads footage of herself on to the internet and has gained a cult following around the world.
At last count, Venus’s free internet TV channel had around 30,000 viewers, and her social networking pages 20,000 followers.
Her online tutorials showing how to mimic her look have been watched 10 million times across the globe — including by a host of British schoolgirls desperate to imitate her image.
She says: ‘I get lots of messages from young girls. They tell me they love the way I look and they want to be like me.’
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It’s all rather strange and a little bit disturbing. But looking like a doll seems to be a growing trend.
In recent months, scores of teenage girls have amassed online followers after posting footage of their doll-like features and instructions on how to perfect the bizarre look.
Most have their own special doll name — in Venus’s case ‘VenusAngelic’ — and all look eerily as if they wouldn’t be out of place in the window of a toy shop, if only they were a tad smaller.
This trend, of course, could be seen as nothing more than a passing teenage fad — and one that is less worrying than most.
In an age where many of the role models available to young girls are overtly crude and raunchy, Venus might be accused of nothing more sinister than peddling a heightened version of fancy dress.
However, another description hovers in the background alongside ‘living doll’. It also begins with ‘L’ but has rather more sinister connotations. Yet Venus’s mother will not hear of her daughter being called a Lolita.
Venus's online tutorials on how to mimic her look have been watched 10 million times
Cult following: Her online tutorials showing how to mimic her look have been watched 10 million times across the globe - including by a host of British schoolgirls desperate to imitate her image
Margaret Palermo, 37, is fully supportive of her daughter’s eccentric hobby, and any suggestion there is something a little alarming about it astonishes her.
‘This is not about Lolita — that’s the last thing she wants to be,’ she says.
‘Venus is an innocent girl. She doesn’t drink, she doesn’t smoke, she’s not even remotely interested in boys. She works hard at her studies.
‘I would be far more upset if she was rolling around drunk in the street.
'This is not about attracting men. This is something she likes to do for herself and she enjoys it. Why would I stop her doing something she loves, that she’s good at and that is doing no harm? There is nothing sexual about this — she just wants to look pretty.’
Whether Venus’s look is pretty, or pretty odd, depends on your perspective. What’s beyond dispute though, is that Venus as a doll is incredibly convincing.
When I arrive at the small South London flat she shares with her mother, I see that Venus is as eye-popping in the flesh as she is staring unblinkingly out of a computer screen.
She looks like what can only be described as a souped-up Tiny Tears, clad in a plaid playsuit with a frilly high-collared blouse, topped with that powder-white face.
The only difference with the plastic version is that this one speaks.
The voice is Tinkerbell on helium.
‘Hello,’ she squeaks, batting her heavily accentuated eyelids.
The look certainly requires dedication: Venus dresses like this full-time, day after day, resisting the usual teenage uniform of comfy sweatpants or jeans with steely resilience.
‘I don’t even own a pair of sweatpants,’ she says, her eyes widening to saucer-like proportions. ‘I would never dress that way.
‘If I want to be cosy, I will wear my frilly pyjamas. I feel comfortable this way — I would not feel like myself if I dressed any other way.’
Internet sensation: Venus Palermo, a fifteen year old schoolgirl who dresses like a living doll, also with her mother Margaret
Internet sensation: 15-year-old Venus Palermo dresses like a living doll
Internet sensation: 15-year-old Venus Palermo dresses like a living doll and shares her image tips with her online fans, all with the support of her mother Margaret, right
Her clothes are mainly purchased from high-street shops — including Topshop and Next — although she does buy some of her more off-beat items from internet sites.
‘I don’t have many outfits, say ten,’ she explains. ‘But I can mix and match tops and bottoms to create lots of different looks.’
Her mother nods proudly. ‘This is absolutely her choice,’ she says.
‘Venus has enjoyed dressing up since she was a child, and this is just an extension of that. She has got her own mind.
‘As a parent you have to understand that, in some instances, if your child is determined to do something, they will find a way to do it no matter how much you forbid them. Besides, I don’t see any harm in it at all.’
It is perhaps not insignificant that Margaret, who works for a local opticians, is the only parental influence. It’s hard to imagine the average father feeling comfortable with his daughter dressing this way.
As it is, mentioning Venus’s father is strictly off-limits. Margaret says firmly: 'We don’t talk about him or even use that word.’
All she will say is that she met him in her teens while studying in Switzerland. After a whirlwind romance they got married and Margaret gave birth to Venus, her only child, when she was 21.
However, the marriage did not last, and Margaret raised her daughter alone.
They stayed in Switzerland until Venus was 11, when Margaret decided to move to Tenerife then, later, London.
And there is no doubt that mother and daughter have a close bond — Margaret admits that occasionally they still share a bed.
Although money is tight, Margaret has saved enough from working to enable them to travel far afield on holidays. In 2008 they went to Japan, where Venus first encountered the cult of ‘anime’ — highly stylised cartoons — that inspired her look.
Whether Venus's look is pretty, or pretty odd, depends on your perspective. What's beyond dispute though, is that Venus as a doll is incredibly convincing
Whether Venus's look is pretty, or pretty odd, depends on your perspective. What's beyond dispute though, is that Venus as a doll is incredibly convincing
By then, she was already a keen performer, having attended dance classes from an early age. When she was 13 she set up her own YouTube account, posting footage of herself dancing and miming to music.
Her clips attracted a large group of followers, among them a number of Japanese fans who told her she looked so much like a doll that she should start to dress up like one.
Spurred on by their comments, Venus started experimenting with make-up to mimic doll-like features.
It’s something you might imagine would ruffle the feathers of the average parent. Not Margaret, though.
‘I wasn’t alarmed,’ she says. ‘Why would I be? It was incredibly innocent. When she was a little girl, she loved frills and ribbons. The make-up was a natural progression.’
‘Venus is an innocent girl. She doesn’t drink, she doesn’t smoke, she’s not even remotely interested in boys. She works hard at her studies. I would be far more upset if she was rolling around drunk in the street.'
Yet there is, of course, nothing ‘natural’ about Venus’s look. It is highly contrived, from the opaque contact lenses to make her irises look bigger and the baby powder to lighten her skin to her bleached hair and eyebrows.
She is helped by her mother, who whips out the peroxide bottle every month to lighten her daughter’s naturally dark locks — which were beautiful in their natural state, judging from early photos of Venus.
But the teenager says: ‘I didn’t like my hair that colour. I’m very pale and some of my fans told me I looked like a corpse. I much prefer it blonde.’
Statements like this contribute to the strange combination of naïvety and knowingness that hovers over proceedings.
Venus is switched on enough to mastermind her enormous following, and navigates her state-of-the-art computer like a professional.
Yet she also seems much younger than her years.
Her bedroom is notable more for its fluffy toys than boy-band posters. And she insists she is not interested in having a boyfriend.
Venus is switched on enough to mastermind her enormous following
Venus is switched on enough to mastermind her enormous following, and navigates her state-of-the-art computer like a professional
‘I don’t need to rush — I’ve got lots of years ahead of me, so time is on my side,’ she says. ‘I know a lot of other girls my age have a boyfriend but I don’t think it’s right.’
Tha
Her hair has been styled into tousled blonde bunches, which hang coquettishly either side of the ruffled collar of her Victoriana blouse.
You could be forgiven for thinking you are looking at a life-size china figurine. But Venus is a living, breathing 15-year-old girl, who chooses to style herself as a ‘living doll’.
Living Doll: You could be forgiven for thinking Venus is a china doll
Living Doll: You could be forgiven for thinking Venus is a china doll. The 15-year-old girl chooses to style herself as a 'living doll' and films tutorials on how to achieve her look for her internet channel
And this isn’t something she does in the privacy of her British bedroom — she uploads footage of herself on to the internet and has gained a cult following around the world.
At last count, Venus’s free internet TV channel had around 30,000 viewers, and her social networking pages 20,000 followers.
Her online tutorials showing how to mimic her look have been watched 10 million times across the globe — including by a host of British schoolgirls desperate to imitate her image.
She says: ‘I get lots of messages from young girls. They tell me they love the way I look and they want to be like me.’
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It’s all rather strange and a little bit disturbing. But looking like a doll seems to be a growing trend.
In recent months, scores of teenage girls have amassed online followers after posting footage of their doll-like features and instructions on how to perfect the bizarre look.
Most have their own special doll name — in Venus’s case ‘VenusAngelic’ — and all look eerily as if they wouldn’t be out of place in the window of a toy shop, if only they were a tad smaller.
This trend, of course, could be seen as nothing more than a passing teenage fad — and one that is less worrying than most.
In an age where many of the role models available to young girls are overtly crude and raunchy, Venus might be accused of nothing more sinister than peddling a heightened version of fancy dress.
However, another description hovers in the background alongside ‘living doll’. It also begins with ‘L’ but has rather more sinister connotations. Yet Venus’s mother will not hear of her daughter being called a Lolita.
Venus's online tutorials on how to mimic her look have been watched 10 million times
Cult following: Her online tutorials showing how to mimic her look have been watched 10 million times across the globe - including by a host of British schoolgirls desperate to imitate her image
Margaret Palermo, 37, is fully supportive of her daughter’s eccentric hobby, and any suggestion there is something a little alarming about it astonishes her.
‘This is not about Lolita — that’s the last thing she wants to be,’ she says.
‘Venus is an innocent girl. She doesn’t drink, she doesn’t smoke, she’s not even remotely interested in boys. She works hard at her studies.
‘I would be far more upset if she was rolling around drunk in the street.
'This is not about attracting men. This is something she likes to do for herself and she enjoys it. Why would I stop her doing something she loves, that she’s good at and that is doing no harm? There is nothing sexual about this — she just wants to look pretty.’
Whether Venus’s look is pretty, or pretty odd, depends on your perspective. What’s beyond dispute though, is that Venus as a doll is incredibly convincing.
When I arrive at the small South London flat she shares with her mother, I see that Venus is as eye-popping in the flesh as she is staring unblinkingly out of a computer screen.
She looks like what can only be described as a souped-up Tiny Tears, clad in a plaid playsuit with a frilly high-collared blouse, topped with that powder-white face.
The only difference with the plastic version is that this one speaks.
The voice is Tinkerbell on helium.
‘Hello,’ she squeaks, batting her heavily accentuated eyelids.
The look certainly requires dedication: Venus dresses like this full-time, day after day, resisting the usual teenage uniform of comfy sweatpants or jeans with steely resilience.
‘I don’t even own a pair of sweatpants,’ she says, her eyes widening to saucer-like proportions. ‘I would never dress that way.
‘If I want to be cosy, I will wear my frilly pyjamas. I feel comfortable this way — I would not feel like myself if I dressed any other way.’
Internet sensation: Venus Palermo, a fifteen year old schoolgirl who dresses like a living doll, also with her mother Margaret
Internet sensation: 15-year-old Venus Palermo dresses like a living doll
Internet sensation: 15-year-old Venus Palermo dresses like a living doll and shares her image tips with her online fans, all with the support of her mother Margaret, right
Her clothes are mainly purchased from high-street shops — including Topshop and Next — although she does buy some of her more off-beat items from internet sites.
‘I don’t have many outfits, say ten,’ she explains. ‘But I can mix and match tops and bottoms to create lots of different looks.’
Her mother nods proudly. ‘This is absolutely her choice,’ she says.
‘Venus has enjoyed dressing up since she was a child, and this is just an extension of that. She has got her own mind.
‘As a parent you have to understand that, in some instances, if your child is determined to do something, they will find a way to do it no matter how much you forbid them. Besides, I don’t see any harm in it at all.’
It is perhaps not insignificant that Margaret, who works for a local opticians, is the only parental influence. It’s hard to imagine the average father feeling comfortable with his daughter dressing this way.
As it is, mentioning Venus’s father is strictly off-limits. Margaret says firmly: 'We don’t talk about him or even use that word.’
All she will say is that she met him in her teens while studying in Switzerland. After a whirlwind romance they got married and Margaret gave birth to Venus, her only child, when she was 21.
However, the marriage did not last, and Margaret raised her daughter alone.
They stayed in Switzerland until Venus was 11, when Margaret decided to move to Tenerife then, later, London.
And there is no doubt that mother and daughter have a close bond — Margaret admits that occasionally they still share a bed.
Although money is tight, Margaret has saved enough from working to enable them to travel far afield on holidays. In 2008 they went to Japan, where Venus first encountered the cult of ‘anime’ — highly stylised cartoons — that inspired her look.
Whether Venus's look is pretty, or pretty odd, depends on your perspective. What's beyond dispute though, is that Venus as a doll is incredibly convincing
Whether Venus's look is pretty, or pretty odd, depends on your perspective. What's beyond dispute though, is that Venus as a doll is incredibly convincing
By then, she was already a keen performer, having attended dance classes from an early age. When she was 13 she set up her own YouTube account, posting footage of herself dancing and miming to music.
Her clips attracted a large group of followers, among them a number of Japanese fans who told her she looked so much like a doll that she should start to dress up like one.
Spurred on by their comments, Venus started experimenting with make-up to mimic doll-like features.
It’s something you might imagine would ruffle the feathers of the average parent. Not Margaret, though.
‘I wasn’t alarmed,’ she says. ‘Why would I be? It was incredibly innocent. When she was a little girl, she loved frills and ribbons. The make-up was a natural progression.’
‘Venus is an innocent girl. She doesn’t drink, she doesn’t smoke, she’s not even remotely interested in boys. She works hard at her studies. I would be far more upset if she was rolling around drunk in the street.'
Yet there is, of course, nothing ‘natural’ about Venus’s look. It is highly contrived, from the opaque contact lenses to make her irises look bigger and the baby powder to lighten her skin to her bleached hair and eyebrows.
She is helped by her mother, who whips out the peroxide bottle every month to lighten her daughter’s naturally dark locks — which were beautiful in their natural state, judging from early photos of Venus.
But the teenager says: ‘I didn’t like my hair that colour. I’m very pale and some of my fans told me I looked like a corpse. I much prefer it blonde.’
Statements like this contribute to the strange combination of naïvety and knowingness that hovers over proceedings.
Venus is switched on enough to mastermind her enormous following, and navigates her state-of-the-art computer like a professional.
Yet she also seems much younger than her years.
Her bedroom is notable more for its fluffy toys than boy-band posters. And she insists she is not interested in having a boyfriend.
Venus is switched on enough to mastermind her enormous following
Venus is switched on enough to mastermind her enormous following, and navigates her state-of-the-art computer like a professional
‘I don’t need to rush — I’ve got lots of years ahead of me, so time is on my side,’ she says. ‘I know a lot of other girls my age have a boyfriend but I don’t think it’s right.’
Tha
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