09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
The Women Selling Their Followers on the ‘Skinny' Life
Last year, Marina Zalyashko was a stay-at-home mom raising three boys in Washington state. Now she's an influencer with 1.4 million TikTok followers, thanks to her unapologetic posts about being skinny.
Zalyashko, 31, has spoken openly on her account @minazalie about losing 30 pounds after her last pregnancy and how she's never been happier in her body. 'I was getting some hate at first,' she said, 'but I was also resonating with a lot of women.'
