# Kristina Pimenova (Кристина Руслановна Пименова)
**Kristina Pimenova** (Кристина Руслановна Пименова) is a Russian model and actress who, before reaching the age of ten, had become one of the world's best-known child models[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/). Born in Moscow in 2005, she was signed to a modeling agency before her fourth birthday, fronted campaigns for major names in children's fashion, and was dubbed "the most beautiful girl in the world" by a magazine feature in 2014[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/). As an adult she has turned toward acting and formal drama training[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 2005, Moscow, Russia[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/) |
| Height | 168 cm (5'6")[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/) |
| Agencies | President Kids (childhood, Moscow); LA Models from age ten[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/) |
| Childhood campaigns | Armani, Benetton, Roberto Cavalli, Fendi, Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry; cover of Vogue Bambini[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/) • [2](https://www.vokrug.tv/person/show/15587995931/) |
| Known for | "The most beautiful girl in the world," a label from Women Daily magazine in 2014 when she was eight[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/) |
| Film lead | Dasha in the horror-thriller The Russian Bride (2018), opposite Corbin Bernsen[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/) |
| Social reach | More than two million Instagram followers; bio reads "Remember beauty is inside"[3](https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/most-beautiful-girl-world-now-kristina-pimenova-russia-574946-20260809) |
## Family and start in modeling
Pimenova came from a family already close to fashion and sport. Her mother, Glikeriya Shirokova, was a former model; her father, Ruslan Pimenov, was a professional footballer, a striker for Lokomotiv Moscow who won the [Russian Premier League](https://www.edgepedia.org/russian-premier-league) and earned four caps for the Russian national team, two of them at the 2002 World Cup[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/). Her parents met while Glikeriya worked at the club, and Kristina has an elder sister, Natalia, who has also modeled[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/).
Her mother says that she was the one who sent Kristina's photos to the Moscow agency President Kids, and Kristina had a contract before turning four[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/). Within roughly two years, Kristina had become one of the most in-demand child models in European fashion, working for the kids' ranges of Armani, Benetton, Roberto Cavalli, Fendi, and [Dolce & Gabbana](https://www.edgepedia.org/dolce-and-gabbana), taking to runways from about the age of four, and appearing on the front of Vogue Bambini[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/). An earlier profile also records work with Burberry, Prada and Silvian Heach, more than fifteen advertising clips, and the face of the Kinder brand in Russia[4](https://modelnyeagentstva.com/modelnye-agentstva/o-kristine-pimenovoy-imya-kristina-pimenova). Her mother described the work as play rather than employment for the child, with shoots often shared with other children[5](https://hellomagrussia.ru/deti/7817-o-samoj-krasivoj-devochke-mira-kristine-pimenovoj-intervyyu-hello.html).
## "The most beautiful girl in the world" and the 2014 debate
The label came from the magazine Women Daily, which used the phrase in 2014 when Pimenova was eight; it spread quickly online and stuck, largely because she was already a working child model with a large social-media following[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/). By 2015 she had over two million Facebook followers and around 500,000 on Instagram[5](https://hellomagrussia.ru/deti/7817-o-samoj-krasivoj-devochke-mira-kristine-pimenovoj-intervyyu-hello.html).
With her rising fame, critics and media organizations such as CBC, Cosmopolitan, and Yahoo asked if it was fitting to expose a girl so young to a large online public, and if doing so might sexually objectify a child[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/). Her mother rejected the accusations on the record, maintaining that the photographs were ordinary pictures of an ordinary little girl: "I do not accept those accusations about the sexualization of my child," adding that she was "certain in my mind all her photographs are absolutely innocent"[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/). She said she never directed her daughter's poses and rarely photographed her at all[3](https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/most-beautiful-girl-world-now-kristina-pimenova-russia-574946-20260809). The criticism was aimed at the adults and platforms around the images, not at the child[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/).
## Los Angeles, LA Models and acting
In 2015 Pimenova and her mother moved to California[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/). The following year, aged ten, she signed with the Los Angeles agency LA Models, joining its Youths division, and also worked with New York Models[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/) • [6](https://fashionista.com/2016/02/kristina-pimenova-model-girl). In October 2016 the German broadcaster RTL aired a documentary about her, "Das schoenste Maedchen der Welt" ("The Most Beautiful Girl in the World")[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/).
Acting, which she had long said was her real ambition, began in childhood. After a brief singing part in the Italian fantasy film Creators: The Past, she landed her first starring role as Dasha in the 2018 horror-thriller The Russian Bride, portraying a Russian girl who moves with her mother to the United States to live with an eccentric recluse; the American actor [Corbin Bernsen](https://www.edgepedia.org/corbin-bernsen) headed the cast[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/). Reviewers who had little good to say about the film itself singled out the young lead's performance[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/). One Russian film reference dates the debut to 2019[2](https://www.vokrug.tv/person/show/15587995931/), while casting and model-profile records give 2018[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/) • [7](https://casting.filmtoolz.ru/3624190/?site_preference=normal). Her later screen credits include Secret Neighbor[3](https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/most-beautiful-girl-world-now-kristina-pimenova-russia-574946-20260809).
## Gymnastics
Away from modeling she trained in rhythmic gymnastics under coach Olga Kapranova[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/). She took first place in her age division at a 2013 [Tatarstan](https://www.edgepedia.org/tatarstan) competition that [Alina Kabaeva](https://www.edgepedia.org/alina-kabaeva), herself an Olympic gymnastics champion, had organized.[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/) She gave up the sport in 2015 because of a crowded schedule[2](https://www.vokrug.tv/person/show/15587995931/).
## As an adult
Pimenova has continued to model with LA Models and New York Model Management, but selectively, and has centered her adult career on acting[1](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/) • [8](https://www.woman.ru/real-life/pereekhala-v-ameriku-i-ne-sumela-popast-v-sumerki-kak-segodnya-zhivet-samaya-krasivaya-devochka-v-mire-kristina-pimenova-id857997/). She has pursued formal drama training, including study at the Boris Shchukin Theatre School in Moscow, and her credits now include stage work such as a production of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment[3](https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/most-beautiful-girl-world-now-kristina-pimenova-russia-574946-20260809) • [8](https://www.woman.ru/real-life/pereekhala-v-ameriku-i-ne-sumela-popast-v-sumerki-kak-segodnya-zhivet-samaya-krasivaya-devochka-v-mire-kristina-pimenova-id857997/). She has described her early fame as something that "happened naturally," recalling "I was just playing around, it was like a game," and has said the backlash over her childhood photos "gave me the determination to be anything I want"[3](https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/most-beautiful-girl-world-now-kristina-pimenova-russia-574946-20260809).
Her Instagram, followed by more than two million people, keeps a short line in the bio: "Remember beauty is inside"[3](https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/most-beautiful-girl-world-now-kristina-pimenova-russia-574946-20260809). In August 2026 a false report of her death spread through a hoax Facebook page that attracted nearly a million likes before being debunked[9](https://en.mediamass.net/people/kristina-pimenova/deathhoax.html).
## References
1. [Kristina Pimenova — Age, Height & Career, GetModel](https://getmodel.com/models/kristina-pimenova/)
2. [Кристина Пименова: биография и фильмография, Вокруг ТВ](https://www.vokrug.tv/person/show/15587995931/)
3. [What happened to model dubbed 'world's most beautiful girl' after mother faced huge backlash, LADbible (UNILAD)](https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/most-beautiful-girl-world-now-kristina-pimenova-russia-574946-20260809)
4. [О Кристине Пименовой, Модельные агентства](https://modelnyeagentstva.com/modelnye-agentstva/o-kristine-pimenovoy-imya-kristina-pimenova)
5. [О самой красивой девочке мира Кристине Пименовой: интервью HELLO!](https://hellomagrussia.ru/deti/7817-o-samoj-krasivoj-devochke-mira-kristine-pimenovoj-intervyyu-hello.html)
6. [10-Year-Old Kristina Pimenova, "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," Lands a Modeling Contract, Fashionista](https://fashionista.com/2016/02/kristina-pimenova-model-girl)
7. [Пименова Кристина Руслановна, Filmtoolz](https://casting.filmtoolz.ru/3624190/?site_preference=normal)
8. [Переехала в Америку и не сумела попасть в «Сумерки», Woman.ru](https://www.woman.ru/real-life/pereekhala-v-ameriku-i-ne-sumela-popast-v-sumerki-kak-segodnya-zhivet-samaya-krasivaya-devochka-v-mire-kristina-pimenova-id857997/)
9. ["Kristina Pimenova dead 2026": Model killed by internet death hoax, Mediamass](https://en.mediamass.net/people/kristina-pimenova/deathhoax.html)
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