Model’s stunning admission after being slammed for sexy Chernobyl pics
She was panned online for her “sexy” photos at the Chernobyl death site. Now this model has come clean about the controversial pics.
A shamed Instagram model has apologised for posting half-naked pictures tagged from the death zone of the Chernobyl nuclear wasteland.
But Veronika Rocheva, 23, has also revealed that she lied in implying her racy pictures were shot at Pripyat in Ukraine, within the atomic power station’s 30km exclusion area.
In fact, her lingerie and topless poses were taken 3500km away at a disused canteen in Siberia, she said.
“This was not in fact even Pripyat, we did the shoot in a deserted location in Novosibirsk,” Rocheva said.
The model — unnamed until now — was hit by worldwide criticism and anger over the shoot which she geotagged as being from Pripyat, the decimated and abandoned town close to the Chernobyl explosion in 1986.
Video has now appeared showing her in a lesbian kiss scene supposedly at Chernobyl and wearing a gas mask.
“I don’t know why we decided to put this geotag,” Rocheva told Russian life.ru publication.
“It was all filmed at a deserted location in Novosibirsk.
“It looked in a way similar to Pripyat and we just tagged the location as ‘Pripyat’.
“We simply didn’t expect to get such outburst of negative reaction.
“We didn’t think about the consequences.”
The Instagram model said she was inspired by the HBO series Chernobyl.
“This is what made us link the location we used for filming to Pripyat, they just looked so equally abandoned,” she said.
“We thought it would be just our friends watching it, that was it.
“We didn’t want in any way to hurt or insult people that went through such a horrendous tragedy.
“We pay deepest respect to the story of Chernobyl.”
Rocheva is from Novosibirsk, the largest city in Russia’s vast Siberia region. Other Instagram photos show her posing in Akademgorodok, a scientific and university satellite town, and the city’s five star Marriott Hotel.
The model was hit by an outpouring of angry comments following her controversial “Chernobyl” photos.
“Really sorry but you don’t look like a model at all, more like a heartless b**ch,” one person wrote.
Another person said she was “another brain dead ‘influencer’ living dangerously all for a photo.”
Emirates’ huge $160m Aussie move
A popular international airline has resumed direct flights to this Aussie city for the first time in four and a half years.
Chinese cops declare war on Halloween
Chinese police are cracking down on Halloween in Shanghai, dispersing costumed crowds and hauling people away.
One thing Aussies going into debt for
Aussies are prioritising one thing at the expense of a long-term financial future, and there could be serious consequences in the long run.