Andrea Ivanova claims to have the ‘biggest lips in the world’.
Since beginning her transformation journey in January 2018, she’s had 32 injections of hyaluronic acid in her lips, leaving people wondering how she manages to eat.
When 28-year-old Andrea recently posted a picture on Instagram of her at a Greek restaurant, she received countless judgemental comments.
‘Can you even eat like this?’ wrote on Instagram user. ‘Is she eating out of a straw?’ questioned another.
Others wondered if she’d had an allergic reaction to the food.
‘Were you allergic to the food?’ user Wendy commented. ‘Try an antihistamine, they help to reduce the swelling,’ suggested another fan.
But Andrea, a former psychology student from Bulgaria, doesn’t have any issues when eating, and isn’t phased by what strangers have to say.
‘I’m told it’s “too much” or that I have a very vulgar, scandalous appearance,’ Andrea says. ‘And that I’m ugly. But I don’t pay attention to their words.
‘I want to be different from everyone else.’
She began making changes to her appearance seven years ago out of a desire to have a unique look.
‘My motive to change externally is because since I was little I always liked eccentric and interesting and different appearences,’ she said on TikTok.
‘I like this artificial beauty and exaggerated things. I don’t like boring, ordinary appearances.’
Andrea has also had 12 injections in her chin, jawline, and cheeks, as well as a breast augmentation. She looks very different from the before pictures she’s shared of herself, back when she hadn’t had any work done.
Her loved ones have struggled with her transformation, though.
‘My friends have no qualms about going out with me, despite my huge lips, and they accept me for who I am,’ she says. ‘They are used to looking at me now with big lips, so are no longer impressed by it all.
‘But my parents and grandparents constantly tell me my lips are huge and that I look scary to them.’
Still, Andrea remains unphased and, in the face of criticism, is still enjoying having the largest lips in the world.
‘When I walk down the street and I’m in public places, everyone always stares at me in amazement,’ she said on TikTok. ‘[They make] comments about me, whisper, and discuss me among themselves.
‘Sometimes they comment at me loudly – there have been cases where they insult me directly to my face and call me names.
‘Of course there are fans who want to take photos with me and tell me how much they like me.’
Ultimately, Andrea has this to say to anyone who takes issue with her appearence.
‘I’m an adult, I decide what to do with my body.’
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