The Brazilian woman whose face went viral after senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s fresh allegations regarding the Haryana election recently spoke to BBC at length about what most people got wrong about her photograph and the impact of Rahul Gandhi’s press conference on her life.

Larissa Nery, who recently blew up on the internet as the ‘Brazilian model’ at the centre of Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote chori H-files’ recently clarified through an instagram post that she is not a model but actually works as a hairdresser in Brazil .

Reacting to her new found popularity in India, Nery said that the photograph in question is indeed an old picture of hers from when she was 21 years old. “The photo was taken right outside my home. The photographer thought I was pretty and asked to take photos

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