Overview
- Multiple outlets report that 24-year-old model Anastasia Kostromitina has become a social-media sensation for closely resembling Manchester City striker Erling Haaland and for posting videos that mimic his expressions.
- Coverage says a clip reportedly posted by her mother comparing Anastasia and Haaland helped the trend spread on TikTok and Instagram, though that detail and exact view counts are reported by a limited number of sources.
- Her Instagram has climbed into the mid-100,000s of followers as outlets note a sharp recent increase in public attention to her modeling work.
- All publications emphasize there is no family link between Kostromitina and Haaland and describe her reaction as moving from initial annoyance to amusement and engagement with the comparisons.
- Reporters place the surge in the context of World Cup interest and recent viral attention to Haaland’s sister Gabrielle, showing how sporting visibility and short-form clips can create quick, large-scale lookalike stories online.