Story By: Jonathan Macias, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News

This is the stunning model dubbed the ‘Colombian Barbie’ who has wowed the web with her racy snaps – while also helping animals and the fight against HIV.

Valentina Gallego, who graduated as a social communicator and journalist from EAFIT University in the north-western Colombian city of Medellin, has quickly amassed a following of 612,000 on Instagram.

Alongside modelling, the 24-year-old ‘influencer’, who describes herself as “shy”, helps to run her family’s pharmaceutical company which specialises in oncology and HIV treatments.

Pictures Credit: CEN/@valentinagallegom1

Gallego also runs the ‘Cuatro Patas’ animal foundation for abandoned cats and dogs, and the sexy uni graduate still finds time to paint and learn the violin in spare moments.

The blonde beauty told local media: “We focus on the adoption of cats and dogs in Medellin. We work with foster families as we do not have a fixed place yet and these homes help the animals.

“We have adoption days and a lot of publicity is done through social media.”

Talking about her recent success, Gallego said: “I never thought that I would have so many online followers because honestly, that was never my intention. I do not feel like an influencer.”

However, the curvy model said that she is grabbing the online attention with both hands, commenting: “It is an opportunity that life has given me that allows me to progress and I like it, it is going very well.”

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