Siberian Snow White becomes an Instagram star

Nariyana is an albino girl. She has snow-white hair, porcelain skin and blue-violet chameleon eyes. Her appearance is not typical at all for inhabitants of her native Yakutia, where most women are brown-eyed brunettes.

Nariyana's popularity took off after local photographer Vadim Rufov shot a photo session with her and published the pictures on social media.

Vadim found Nariyana by chance on Instagram, where her parents had only recently allowed her to sign up.

Nariyana jumped at the opportunity. She is a very active child, and likes to be photographed and be in the spotlight.

“She is the most unusual person I ever laid eyes on,” says the photographer. “It was very easy to work with Nariyana. I didn’t even have to tell her how to stand or where to look. She poses very naturally.”

Neither her parents, nor Vadim could have imagined that Nariyana would be such a sensation. She has since been inundated with offers from modeling agencies and other photographers.

However, her parents have decided that it is too early for Nariyana to enter the business. “We don’t want to be overloaded. Let her have a proper childhood. If she starts working now, she’ll grow up prematurely,” says the girl’s mother.