


In 2001, aged 17, Krystina opened her own hairdressing salon. "I also worked harder so I could earn enough money to afford a breast augmentation," says Krystina. When Krystina came home from her holiday, she started wearing more make-up, and she used sunbeds regularly to keep up her tanned appearance. "I wanted to look like her immediately, but I knew my transformation wasn’t going to be an overnight thing. I was only 15 and I didn’t have the knowledge or funds to become her," she explains. At the time, it seemed so unachievable and I didn’t know how to go about it. "From that moment onwards, I knew that caricature was my goal. When she got back to her hotel that night, Krystina couldn’t stop thinking about the drawing.
