DUBBING herself as the real life Barbie, Marcela has splashed the cash on her plastic look over the years. Speaking to Truly, she explained: "I have spent between botox, fillers, injections, surgery, tanning, hair, make-up, around $100,00." Her unique look attracts attention wherever she goes and online, Marcela can be subjected to cruel comments. "In the beginning it kind of bothered me. The things they said, you look awful, you look ugly, you don't look like a Barbie. It took me a while to process the bad comments and that people will be mean no matter what." Not ready to stop with her transformation, Marcela's next plan is butt implants. Today, she'll be heading to the streets of Beverly Hills to ask the public what they think about her bum, before having a consultation with her doctor about the procedure. Reflecting on her journey, Marcela summarised: "Obviously Barbie is the icon of the dolls, but I also wanted to bring my own version to the look."
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Videographer: Joe Roberts
Videographer Assistant: Nate Jones
Series Producer: Yasmin Walker, Ruby Coote
Video Producer: Kathryn Lewsey
Editor: Hailey Wang
Follow Marcela on Instagram @marcelaiglesiashollywood
Videographer: Joe Roberts
Videographer Assistant: Nate Jones
Series Producer: Yasmin Walker, Ruby Coote
Video Producer: Kathryn Lewsey
Editor: Hailey Wang
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00:00I'm on a mission to transform myself into a real-life Barbie doll.
00:03I've spent between Botox, fillers, injections, surgery, tanning, hair, makeup, around $100,000.
00:10I get a lot of judgment.
00:12You look awful, you look ugly, you look old, you look fat.
00:16Is looking like a doll a realistic goal?
00:18I am just having a consultation because...
00:23You don't need anything done.
00:24This is not a need, it's a want.
00:26I'm gonna go to the public and ask them if they think that I should get a bigger butt.
00:29Do you think my butt looks real or fake?
00:31Your what?
00:32Hi guys, how are you?
00:34Welcome to my home.
00:36Hi, my name is Marcela.
00:37All my life, I've been trying to look like a doll.
00:40I want to emulate Barbie.
00:41She's my idol because their motto was, you can be anything you wanted to be.
00:46When I came to America 25 years ago, I had a dream and I made that dream happen
00:51because I believe I can be anything that I want.
00:54This is one of my favorites.
00:55I have not wear them.
00:57They're the Barbie capsule collection.
00:59There's no boots.
01:00I still have not worn them in Los Angeles.
01:03But this is one of my favorites because I think they look so quite like a doll.
01:08Like it's a fantasy.
01:09There's another of my favorite pink high top, like so tall shoes.
01:13I feel like an Amazonic, like very slim Barbie.
01:16This is leather.
01:18Boots are up to here.
01:20Oh my God.
01:20When I use them, people stare.
01:22This is something really, really cute.
01:24And it has a top and it has more for like summer type.
01:27It's really nice.
01:29I obviously have a lot of pink colors, but I also like different styles.
01:33Oh my God.
01:34Who's here?
01:35Hi, Marcela.
01:37I have my friend Luis, which is part of the Plastics of Hollywood.
01:40I created the Plastics of Hollywood, the first human doll house.
01:43Kind of like a big community here in Los Angeles.
01:46So in probably an hour, we're going to head back to Beverly Hills.
01:52What for?
01:53I want you to meet my plastic surgeon.
01:55The one that needs my boob job.
01:57I am just having a consultation because...
02:01You don't need anything done.
02:03This is not a need, it's a want.
02:05And I just want to see if there's a possibility to make my butt a little bit bigger and more round.
02:12I believe my first procedure was in 2012.
02:15I had Botox.
02:17Roughly, I've spent between Botox, fillers, injections, surgery, tanning,
02:21hair, makeup, around $100,000.
02:24My big first cosmetic procedure, plastic surgery, was my breasts, which I've done in 2022.
02:29I want to look the best version of myself, so I decided to go through my breast amputation.
02:33Why do you want to make your butt bigger?
02:35It's not necessarily bigger.
02:37I want to have more projection to the side rather than just a lot of volume on the side.
02:41If you're sure it will make you happy, then let's go for it.
02:44Well, I know the post-surgery is not going to make me happy because I went through this
02:49and it was very painful, but after the post-surgery...
02:52Beauty is fame.
02:52Beauty is fame.
02:54I have a surprise for you.
02:55I want to show you just a little tease and tell me if you recognize.
02:58Close your eyes.
03:01Okay, open.
03:02Do you recognize this pattern?
03:04That's from the movie.
03:05Yes.
03:06Is that a tongue?
03:07No, this is actually a hat, like a sun hat.
03:11Today, we're going to recreate the scene of Barbie and Ken going skating.
03:17I don't know how to skate.
03:19Well, it's a good time to learn, honey.
03:21No pain, no gain.
03:26How do you think you both look in these outfits?
03:29We look awesome.
03:29I kind of like it.
03:30So you like my surprise?
03:32Yeah, I never wore so much color in my life.
03:42The reason that I wanted to emulate the Barbie doll is because my mother never bought me a Barbie doll.
03:47She disliked the doll.
03:48I love the aesthetics of the doll.
03:51So I wanted to look like her, not because I was insecure.
03:54It's just because about how I perceived the doll aesthetically.
03:57In the beginning, of course, I get a lot of judgment and it kind of bothers me.
04:02Things they said, you look awful, you look ugly, you don't look like a Barbie,
04:06you look like a plastic doll, which is, I was like, oh, that's great.
04:10I look like a plastic doll.
04:11Yeah, that's not an insult.
04:12You look old, you look fat, or you look this.
04:16It took me like a while to process the bad comments,
04:19to process that people are going to be mean no matter what.
04:23So after I understood that, it's like, who cares?
04:28I mean, I'm not going to pay attention anymore.
04:30I just want to be happy and I don't care what other people have to think.
04:34I bought a lot of different kinds of shorts with padded things to make my butt bigger,
04:39but I found this leggings that actually already come pre-padded.
04:43This is basically my life savior.
04:46So I'm going to wear this today and I want to show Dr. Orian
04:49because this is exactly the size that I would love to have.
04:52Luis, I have my butt leggings on.
04:56Let me know what you think.
04:57It looks real.
04:58It looks proportional, right?
04:59Natural, yeah.
05:01I want to wear my butt leggings today and I'm going to go to the public and ask them
05:04if they think that I should get a bigger butt or not.
05:06Answer one question for me.
05:08What do you think about my butt?
05:09Is it real?
05:11Good question.
05:12So I'm wearing this padded leggings because I want to get a bigger bum,
05:16but I wanted to see if the size is okay.
05:18I think it's fine.
05:19I think it's not too much.
05:20I think it's fine.
05:21Yay!
05:22How do you think my butt size is?
05:24It's perfect.
05:25Think it's perfect?
05:26It's perfect.
05:27Do you think I look like Barbie?
05:28Yeah.
05:29Do you guys think my butt looks real or fake?
05:31Your what?
05:32My butt.
05:32I don't know.
05:33It wasn't even really looking like that, to be honest.
05:35So if you don't know, that's good because it keeps you guessing, right?
05:38What do you think about my front bum?
05:40So it's very nice.
05:41It does look fake, but that doesn't mean I don't like it.
05:44No, no, absolutely.
05:45It actually is fake because I'm wearing these leggings that have this special padding.
05:48But it looks great.
05:49Right.
05:50I think it makes you look very sexy.
05:51Great.
05:52So in order to look like this, I have to get body insulin.
05:54Absolutely not.
05:55That's the kind of butt you want to be able to like take on and off.
05:58Okay, like what I have right now.
06:00Yeah, but then you can change when like fashion changes.
06:04Absolutely.
06:05It was going like 100% positive yes.
06:07The last one is like, oh my gosh, she's right.
06:10I know that there's certain fashion that I cannot wear with bigger butts.
06:13Let's just go to the doctor and see what he says.
06:15Now you tell me.
06:16I'm debating about getting my butt a little bit bigger.
06:20This is pants that I'm wearing that have a special padding.
06:23I was wondering maybe there's some kind of procedure to kind of give me this size.
06:28There are three ways to enhance the butt in order.
06:30Number one is to do a BBL.
06:32Number two is to do a butt implant.
06:34So this is obviously different from the silicone implant that I have on my breasts.
06:39This is cohesive silicone.
06:41It's almost cushioned.
06:42This is like this.
06:43Look, it feels like the same.
06:45Yeah, it's great.
06:46It's a cushion on your tushy.
06:48So do you think this would be enough for me?
06:50Like let's say I opted for the 300.
06:52Yeah, we would take measurements, make sure that fits.
06:54That's a very reasonable size.
06:56And the third way for buttock enhancement is to do Sculptra.
07:00Sculptra encourages yourselves to build collagen.
07:04Right.
07:05That has limitations.
07:06You can only go so big and you may require multiple rounds of Sculptra.
07:10That's why I usually stick to the first two, BBL or butt implant.
07:13Any risk involved in this procedure?
07:15Every surgery has risks.
07:16That's why I'm here to talk to you about the risks, benefits, and alternatives.
07:20I want to talk to my husband and then we can move on.
07:22Have you made your decision?
07:24I don't know quite yet.
07:25I have to go and talk to the family.
07:27But yeah, I think it's maybe a big possibility that I do it.
07:30It's a very personal opinion.
07:32But if you think it's going to make you happy, go for it.
07:35Is looking like a doll a realistic goal?
07:37Well, depends.
07:38Depends how you look.
07:40I don't know if I look like a doll to anybody else.
07:42But I think I look like a doll for myself.
07:44So whatever is for you is what has the meaning, right?
07:50Obviously Barbie is the icon of the dolls.
07:53But I also wanted to bring my own kind of version to the look.
07:57What I would say to people that judge my look is that they should not be judging
08:01because they should look at the mirror themselves and judge themselves first
08:04rather than judge somebody else.