The Brazilian “model”, who went viral this week due to Rahul Gandhi’s “vote chori” (vote theft) claim, has since been identified as Larissa Nery. Although actually a hairdresser, who owns a salon in Brazil’s Belo Horizonte, she became the centre of infamous headlines after the Congress leader flashed the burning question “Yeh kaun hai (who is she?)” during a YouTube broadcast on Wednesday.
Despite having no ties to India, the so-called model’s reportedly years-old photograph was red-flagged during Gandhi’s press conference, while he raised bombshell voter ID scam allegations. Larissa has since issued a response to what she viewed as a hilarious development in a country where she never even set her foot.
[img=1px,1px]https://data.indianexpress.com/election2019/track_1x1.jpg[/img]Brazilian ‘model’ Larissa reacts to Rahul Gandhi
Larissa released a video message via social media, claiming that a photo of of her from the time she was possibly a teen was being used to generate gossip-worthy buzz in India. “Guys, I can’t believe these people are gossiping. They’re using an old photo of mine; I was 18 or 20 in that photo. They’re portraying me as Indian to scam people. What madness! What craziness is this, what world do we live in?” she exclaimed, as per the English translation found online.
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The name of the Brazilian Model seen in @RahulGandhi's press conference is Larissa. Here's her reaction after her old photograph went viral. pic.twitter.com/K4xSibA2OP
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) November 5, 2025 She even went on to brand it all as “comedy” in her response to Luiz Fernando Menezes, a senior reporter at the Brazilian news agency Aos Fatos (in collaboration with India’s ThePrint).
Her video reaction now going viralon social media caught her joking about how she has suddenly become famous in India as the “mysterious Brazilian model.” Her Instagram (larinerym) account has since gone private.
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