New mum and wannabe influencer Mariana Barutkina, 32, had to go back to hospital just weeks after she gave birth when an online trend gone wrong left her with a fractured spine
A wannabe influencer broke her spine just weeks after giving birth while attempting a viral internet trend for a video.
Mariana Barutkina, 32, had been trying to launch her content creator career by filming her first ever video in the hopes it would go viral. The new mum attempted the Nicki Minaj stiletto challenge, which is currently taking social media by storm, where people rest one leg on top of the other while carefully balancing in high heels.
Mariana tried this by perching on top of a tub of baby formula on her kitchen island but her first video went viral for the wrong reason. It comes after a man, 30, puts shoulder pain down to gym aches, then doctors ask where he’d like to die.
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This new online trend is based on the Trinidadian rapper’s music video for her 2013 hit High School. In one scene, Minaj poses next to a swimming pool with one leg resting on top of the other while carefully balancing in high heels.
Online users have been recreating the pose in a number of creative ways, usually involving balancing on top of an object at the same time. Mariana’s clip showed how this trend could go wrong after she toppled over while trying to balance in heels on top of the container, as she held a friend’s hand.
The wannabe internet star, from Russia, had positioned the tub on top of a saucepan on the surface of a kitchen island. Mariana fell backwards after she let go of her friends hand, for the video.
The new mum, with just over 1,300 followers on social media, ended up back in the hospital just weeks after she gave birth to her second child but this time for fracturing her spine after the fall. She said: “I decided to start a blog.
“The first content shoot and here I am leaving the doctor’s with a diagnosis of a compression bending uncomplicated fracture. Irony? Karma? Or just life, which always tests our strength at the most unexpected moment?”
Her video of this trend gone wrong went viral across the globe and racked up over 525,000 views online. In an update, the new mum added: “I’m doing great, following the recommendations, and now living in the status of a ‘star’.”
The shock video also garnered hundreds of comments from surprised viewers. One local said: “How do you say imbecile in Russian? I’m always amazed at what people will do for the sake of trends.” Another person added: “This is the dumbest ‘challenge’.”
