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<h4 class="article__headline"><span style="color:#260404;">Russian Barbell Barbie responds to critics &#8230;&#8217;I don&#8217;t see how fitness is incompatible with femininity and good manners&#8217;</span></h4>
<h4 class="article__headline"><span style="color:#260404;">Julia Vins, 20, ripped Russian weightlifter who looks like a doll left college to focus on her body building career</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#260404;">Now the champion powerlifter, model and fitness star can bench-press 265lbs, while still looking &#8216;cool&#8217;</span><span style="color:#260404;"> </span></h4>
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<h6 class="article__headline"><strong>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t set out to build muscles,&#8217;<br />
‘I didn’t know anything about weights so I just found the biggest guy in the gym and repeated exercises after him’</strong></h6>
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<p>Russian fitness star Julia Vins has 325,000 followers on Instagram thanks to her cute, doll-like face and extraordinary, muscle-popping body. She is also quite self assured.<br />
At the age of 20, Vins has already broken world records, acquired fame and is making a good living, in spite of criticism from detractors, that she&#8217;s not feminine enough. The beautiful self-confessed Muscle Barbie would leave most male body-builders red-faced at the squat rack.</p>
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<h6><strong>The 20-year-old is already a multiple world record holder in powerlifting</strong></h6>
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<p>The stunning 20-year-old already broken records at the World Powerlifting Congress – squatting 474lbs, bench pressing 265lbs, and dead-lifting 419lbs– all with her trademark pink bow in her hair.<br />
Reflecting on her introduction to bodybuilding, Julia from Engels in the Saratov region of Russia, said: “I was going to the gym just to get fit for a year when I turned 15, but I didn’t know anything about weights so I just found the biggest guy in the gym and repeated exercises after him.<br />
“For me it’s very cool to be a role model. Many young girls in Russia make a big mistake and use steroids, which changes their voice and face.</p>
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<h6 class="article__media"><strong>Hot muscles: Her stunning looks and impressive physique have landed Julia modelling contracts </strong></h6>
<p>“I’m proof to everyone that you can be cute and lift big weights at the same time without using steroids.”<br />
She says her boyfriend of four years, who coaches Julia, is very supportive – but not all blokes have been as encouraging about her profession.<br />
She added: “My boyfriend is my coach and it is because of him that I have achieved significant success in powerlifting already.<br />
“We met when I was 16 and I was at the initial stage of my career, and together we have come to what I have now.<br />
“Some men can be intimidated by me and there are many people who wonder around me at the gym when I lift such heavy weights.</p>
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<h6><strong>While some criticise her for not being feminine enough, her response &#8211; &#8220;I know a lot of women with a feminine body, but they behave disgustingly and it doesn&#8217;t attract men at all.”</strong></h6>
<p>Russian Muscle Barbie Julia Vins has wowed Instagram with sexy doll lo<br />
&#8220;I don&#8217;t show my strength on the street though. Many men say to me, &#8216;With your face you could be a model, why have you disfigured your body?&#8217;<br />
&#8220;But often these comments are made by men who are not happy with their lives and own achievements so I don&#8217;t care about their opinion.<br />
&#8220;I guess that society&#8217;s view of women will not change in Russia anytime soon. There are a lot of people who still think that the only function of the woman is cooking and cleaning the house.<br />
&#8220;When I have travelled in Europe and Asia, I have noticed that people are more respectful to me and even if they don&#8217;t like what I do, they still respect my choice.<br />
&#8220;I know a lot of women with a feminine body, but they behave disgustingly and it doesn&#8217;t attract men at all.”</p>
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<h6 class="article__media"><strong>Julia Vins shows off her chiseled guns while walking her dog. She has 325,000 followers thanks to her girly doll-like facial features and an extraordinary, muscle-popping body.</strong></h6>
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<h6 class="article__media"><strong>It&#8217;s all down to hard work as Julia strongly denies claims she uses steroids</strong></h6>
<p>Thanks to Julia’s Barbie doll image, complete with pigtails and buns, she has also landed modelling jobs in the video gaming industry.<br />
The pro-powerlifter said it has been far from easy to reject society’s expectations of her and become fully independent as an athlete so young.<br />
While many Russians live with their parents until they are 30, Julia moved out ‘a long time’ ago.<br />
She said: &#8220;In Russia there are a lot of stereotypes, such as everyone should have a degree, but I left my university for the sake of my career and I&#8217;m very happy that I did.<br />
&#8220;My parents did not support my idea but sometimes, in order to build a happy life, you need to sacrifice all that you have.<br />
&#8220;Besides, I need to keep my daily regimen and diet, it&#8217;s much easier to do it while living apart from my parents.&#8221;<br />
It is hardly surprising Julia boasts the muscular frame she does given her commitment to the weights room and diet.<br />
She added: &#8220;I have training seven times per week and I never take a break. Even when I travel I continue to go to the gym because I feel bad when I&#8217;m not being active, this is my way of life.<br />
&#8220;I live in a small town in Russia, so I don&#8217;t have a vast choice of food, my diet just consists of buckwheat, rice, oatmeal, eggs, chicken, beef and vegetables.<br />
&#8220;In the summer we have a lot of vegetables, but in winter it is often frozen broccoli and green beans, I also take a lot of sport nutrition supplements.”</p>
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<h6 class="article__media"><strong>Setting records on her way to victory in world competitions</strong></h6>
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<h6><strong>hard working Julia has wowed the internet with her Barbie looks. She is also fiercely independent, u<strong>nlike many of her peers in Russia, Julia moved out of the family home and lives on her own.</strong></strong></h6>
<p>She may love protein shakes but Julia blasts claims that she owes her hulking muscles to steroid abuse and is happy for doubters to challenge her claim.<br />
Julia said: &#8220;I know many do not believe it, but I&#8217;m always open to talk about it, and anyone can come to me for training.<br />
&#8220;Also, I always suggest to people who do not believe that they pay me for doping control but for some reason they always refus<br />
&#8220;My family are proud of me for what I&#8217;ve achieved in powerlifting and my mum has helped me throughout my life which I&#8217;m really grateful to her for.<br />
&#8220;I don&#8217;t really talk to many of my old friends because I don&#8217;t like their attitude to life and I do not think that communication with them is meaningful.<br />
&#8220;Now my entourage consists of intelligent and successful people who I&#8217;ve learned a lot from.<br />
&#8220;Building muscle wasn&#8217;t my main goal at all – I even thought that it would be impossible, I just liked to lift heavy weights, which is why I still do it.<br />
&#8220;I get thousands of interesting comments from people from around the world.”</p>
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At 20, stunning Russian weightlifter who looks like Barbie, but can bench-press 265lbs doesn’t believe success at powerlifting has harmed her femininity
