Model With ‘World’s Biggest Cheeks’ Shares Photograph Showing Fans How Radically Her Face Has Changed Over 3 Years

Jan 04, 2022 by apost team

There is a constant debate in the world of fashion and beauty regarding the ethics of plastic surgery. Do cosmetic procedures promote unrealistic beauty standards? What if they make you feel better about yourself, bringing about inner confidence? Or what if you simply enjoy modifying your appearance? It's been a hot topic in the last few years and there are people who are just as opinionated on both sides of the discussion.

One Instagram model who loves plastic surgery so much that she took her cosmetic procedures to the extreme, spending over $2,000 on cheek fillers over a period of a few years, is model Anastasia Pokreshchuk. The 33-year-old from Kyiv, Ukraine says she fell in love with her massive cheeks after modifying their appearance with large amounts of filler. Pokreshchuk has also undergone other plastic surgery procedures including lip fillers, mouth fillers, botox for her forehead and jaw and chin reshaping.

Because of her striking appearance — some outlets have claimed she has the "world's biggest cheeks" — the Ukrainian model has amassed more than 273,000 followers on Instagram. She’s also made appearances on television, speaking to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on “This Morning.”

Given that Pokreshchuk’s claim to fame is her modified appearance, it’s no surprise that many of her followers likely have not seen many photos of her before she began her cosmetic procedure journey. But in December 2021, she posted a photo of herself at 30 and compared it to a more current photo at 33 and it is shocking how much her appearance changed in only a few years. In the older photo of Pokreshchuk before she went under the needle and knife, the model’s appearance is subdued when compared to her current self. Let's take a look at her story.

Pokreshchuk's journey with plastic surgery began six years ago when the model — who had a fresh-faced look at the time — decided to enlarge her lips with filler. While she was already gorgeous back then, Pokreshchuk didn't think so. During an appearance on Truly's "Hooked on the Look" video segment from Oct. 2020, she said:

"When I was 26 years old I underst(oo)d that ... I'm not very pretty." She continued, "So I decided to make my lips (with filler) because I haven't (got) lips at all," before calling her old lips "ugly.

Photos shown on the program reveal both Pokreshchuk's natural face and lips before she had any work done as well as how she looked after putting a large amount of filler in her lips but before she'd touched her cheeks. She still looked gorgeous at that point but the size of her lips was in stark contrast to the rest of her face.

Then in 2019 around the age of 30, Pokreshchuk decided to get her cheeks filled to exaggerate their shape as well. Although in the interview her cheeks are already extremely defined and much larger than the average person's, she said with a chuckle:

"Now I think I have to refresh already. I think that they're a little bit small. You think that it's too big but for me, it's a little bit small now."

Clearly aware of the impact her exaggerated features are making on the public, the model does not seem bothered by what others think and is only concerned with how she feels about herself. She added that her aim is that when she wakes up she wants to be able to look in the mirror and see "the picture I like."

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In December 2021, Pokreshchuk posted two photos side-by-side that compared how she looked at age 30 and 33. Because she started getting cosmetic procedures at 26, in the 30-year-old picture you can see that her lips are already filled. But other than that her look is more subdued and natural-looking. 

Pokreshchuk’s makeup and hairstyle were more neutral, whereas in the 33-year-old photo she has on heavy makeup with dark lipstick and her hair is a bright shade of pink instead of blonde. The changes are dramatic, and the Instagram model wondered which photo her fans preferred. The comments are split on whether she looks better now or before. 

In an interview with Ladbible, she explained that prior to getting work done she was too shy to post pictures of herself online and that she didn't like aspects of herself. She said: "I was ashamed of everything; my voice, my appearance. It was really hard work. I think I was ugly before."

She added: "My mom thinks that I was naturally beautiful before, but now thinks I look more exotic and my friends say my new appearance is better because before I looked like a grey mouse."

The model also told Ladbible: "After I had the injections and saw the changes in my cheeks, I fell in love with them. I understand that they look weird for other people but I don't mind."

One thing is clear, Pokreshchuk is certainly happy with her looks ever since beginning to have procedures done, which is in stark contrast to how she saw herself before. She has said that what she does isn't all about altering her appearance, that the enhancements also make her feel more self-confident around others — a positive byproduct of what some would consider radical changes to her face.

What do you think of Pokreshchuk’s appearance? Do you have an opinion on cosmetic procedures? Let us know and be sure to send this along to your friends and loved ones.