Can you tell if the image is of a woman or a doll? Photo / Instagram
Can you tell if the image is of a woman or a doll? Photo / Instagram
A gorgeous model has left Twitter users dumbfounded with her stunning doll-like features, which have prompted some to wonder whether she's actually real.
Nyadak Thot, who rose to fame on Australia's Next Top Model when she was just 17 years old, shared a mesmerizing photo of herself on Twitter last week.
The 21-year-old, who goes by Duckie, can be seen staring into the camera with her hands brushing her right thigh. In the snap, Duckie's striking facial features are on full display.
While the model has been blessed with a gorgeous face naturally, her make-up in the photo, which includes white eye-shadow, full rows of lashes and touches of highlighter, seems to make her appear even more doll-like.
The snap, which Duckie playfully captioned "ducks after dark", prompted Twitter users to come forward and admit they initially thought the model was a doll.
"I won't believe she's real until I see her in person," one person wrote in reply to the stunning shot.
Several others compared the model to a Barbie doll. Duckie's hairdo in the picture, complete with a sleek bang framing her face, does call to mind the famous doll's style.
"Are you even human?" one fan asked the model in response to the gorgeous photo, while another admitted: "Literally thought you were a Barbie."
The model seemed to enjoy the comparisons, and sent out a humorous tweet showing a disheveled Barbie with the caption: "I'm not perfect. Sometimes, a girl slips."
Duckie later asked her followers: "Did y'all just nominate me to be ya new barbie? I mean..."
Her friends got in on the joke too, and the model said one of them had sent her a photo showing a Barbie doll taking a mirror selfie, presumably in response to the Twitter confusion.
The model, who was born and raised in Australia, once resided in Melbourne and participated in Australia's Next Top Model's cycle eight.
She came in third and continued building her modelling career. Duckie now lives in New York, where she is represented by the New York Models agency.
The South Sudanese beauty has spoken about her desire to give black women more representation in the modeling industry through her own work.
The model, who was born and raised in Australia, once resided in Melbourne and participated in Australia's Next Top Model's cycle eight when she was just 17.
"It wasn't easy for me growing up and not having any type of role model out in Australia," she told Teen Vogue last year.
"So, I was super persistent until I got my foot in the door and did work. Then, I came straight here because [in Australia], there's a true lack of representation in the industry and I felt that personally as a child. It's not fun to feel that.
"So my driving force is that hopefully-well, they don't necessarily look to me-but that black women in general need to be out there the way that other women are. It needs to happen for 'us' already!"
