Svetlana Alekseeva (born , professional name Sveta Ugolyok) is a
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
model.
When she was four years old she suffered
burn
A burn is an injury to skin, or other tissues, caused by heat, cold, electricity, chemicals, friction, or ultraviolet radiation (like sunburn). Most burns are due to heat from hot liquids (called scalding), solids, or fire. Burns occur mainl ...
s over 50% of her body. Her mother had left her alone in the house, and the child tried to burn off loose threads from her nightdress with a candle in the way she had seen her mother doing. The nightdress was of
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and caught fire, fusing to her skin. She was in a
coma
A coma is a deep state of prolonged unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound, lacks a normal wake-sleep cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. Coma patients exhi ...
for two months, and remained scarred from the burns. Her mother, an alcoholic, did not visit her in hospital, and subsequently neglected her. Alekseeva spent part of her childhood in an orphanage, and suffered bullying because of her appearance. At the age of 18 she said "If society puts pressure on you and is bullying you just because you have some individuality, this doesn't mean they're right".
She is developing a career as a
photographic model
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despite her scars.
In 2018 she was one of the
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's ''
100 Women'', a list of "inspiring and influential" women. The listing said "Svetlana survived a fire that burned almost half her body and now works to help people with scars feel positive about their bodies."
In January 2022, an article in the online magazine revealed Alekseeva's history as a survivor of a
child prostitution
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In most jurisdictions, child ...
ring in
Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐɐˈmurʲə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur Rive ...
, as well as her ongoing attempts to bring the perpetrators to justice.
References
External links
Instagram account
Year of birth uncertain
20th-century births
Living people
Burn survivors
Russian female models
Russian models
People from Komsomolsk-on-Amur
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