The real life Ken doll: Brazilian model spends £30,000
The real life Ken doll: Brazilian model spends £30,000
Celso Santebanes, 20, has spent £30,000 on surgery to look like Ken doll
Flying to LA next month to launch 'Celso Doll', said it is a dream come true
Also vows to join forces with Russian real-life Barbie doll in 'plastic heaven'
Admits he is 'addicted' to looking in the mirror, more surgery to come
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Despite spending £30,000 morphing himself into a human version of Barbie's boyfriend Ken, Celso Santebanes is set to rake it all back and more - with his own line of Celso Dolls.
The 20-year-old Brazilian, who 'behaves like a puppet', has had four operations on his nose, chin and jaw - plus silicone implants in his chest - to look like Barbie's boyfriend.
Copy Ken: This is one of many shots Celso has taken of him and a Ken Doll looking almost identical
Dream come true: Celso grew up in Sao Paulo with a shelf-full of dolls and dreamed of being a 'human puppet'
Gone full circle: Celso Santebanes, who has spent £30,000 on surgery to look like a doll, is releasing his own
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Celso, a doll enthusiast, grew up with a shelf-full of dolls and started his transformation after winning a modelling contest at the age of 16.
For years, he claims, his family had been telling him he looked like the doll - which inspired him to become 'a human puppet'.
It's a doll's life: Celso (top) ensures everything he does, says and wears mirrors Ken (bottom):