Staring doe-eyed at the camera, with cupids bow lips and a porcelain complexion Dakota Rose has been hailed a real-life Barbie.
Known to her fans as Kota Koti, she has amassed a global audience with her YouTube fashion and beauty tutorials.
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Dakota Rose is being hailed as the real-life Barbie for her doll-like features
In most of the videos she remains silent while subtitles provide the viewer with a step-by-step guide on how to apply cosmetics, style hair or dress.
'I usually prefer something lighter. I would only wear this to a club, night time event,' she writes below a 6 minute video demonstrating how to apply 'nighttime eye make up'.
Dakota is especially popular across Asia as her sense of style appears to be inspired by the Japanese anime culture, in which big eyes and long straight hair are key features.
Little is known about the teenager but some websites have suggested she is aged between 16 and 18 and from the west coast of America.
Despite her growing success, some commentators have suggested that she could encourage the sexualisation of children.
Venus Palermo, known online as Venus Angelic, has also gained popularity for resembling a living doll
A Bolivian newspaper, Opinion.com.bo reported: 'Thousands of girls around the world have shown interest in this girl, wanting to look like her.
'It is a great risk that girls are being influenced in this way.'
But Dakota is not the only one to have fashioned herself as a living Barbie.
Venus Palermo, known online as Venus Angelic, is a 15-year-old girl who has also taken to the internet detailing how to look like a living doll.
After spending time in Japan and inspired by the craze for Japanese anime she decided to give her image an overhaul on her return to London two years ago.
She now has 78 videos on her official YouTube page - ranging from makeup tutorials and nail art to dancing and her Facebook page boasts over 13,000 fans.
Little is known about Dakota Rose but some websites have suggested she is aged between 16 and 18
Known to her fans as Kota Koti, Dakota has amassed an ever-growing global fan base
In most of the videos she remains silent while subtitles provide the viewer with a step-by-step guide
A real-life Barbie? Teenager Dakota Rose, who styles herself as a living doll, has become an internet hit for her online demonstrations on how to recreate her look
Despite critics her mother approves: 'She actually thinks it's cute to wear cute and frilly clothes.'
While Venus said. 'I don't think that I will ever stop. I think I will grow in my style and just keep doing what I love.'
A recent poll in Taiwan of 13,000 students revealed nearly half started surfing the internet before the age of seven, and some start as young as three.
It found a correlation between the frequency of online social networking and the level of concern with appearance and self-image.
Dakota is especially popular across Asia as her sense of style appears to be inspired by the Japanese anime culture, in which big eyes are a key feature
'I don't think that I will ever stop. I think I will grow in my style and just keep doing what I love,' says Venus
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