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This is the stunning secret past of the self-described 'Muslim soldier' who soared to Instagram fame after posting nude photos with his privates covered by pizza emojis.  The heavily tattooed gym junkie known as 'Yakiboy' has revealed his unlikely life story as an Iranian refugee who fled to Australia by boat five years ago. Hossein Balapour, 28, now struts about Sydney in Versace clothes, bares a gold and diamond-toothed smile and makes a living from his ballooning Instagram fanbase.   'I'm six foot five, why shouldn't I make money from my body?' said Mr Balapour, who makes up to $1500 per photoshoot.  'Why shouldn't I make a living from my body?' 'Yakiboy' - known to his family as Hossein Balapour - is a self-described Iranian refugee who left the Middle Eastern country for a better (and buffer) life in Australia Before and after: The 28-year-old migrated from Iran about five years ago. His Instagram following has ballooned this year thanks to a series of … [Read more...] about From Iranian refugee to gold-toothed Instagram star: The REAL story behind heavily-tattooed ‘Muslim soldier’s’ rise from ‘nothing’ to earning a fortune for photo shoots of his ‘Lamborghini’ body

Transgender activist Jessica Yaniv responded to allegations of having inappropriate online contact with minors during an interview with YouTuber Blaire White posted on Monday. As one might imagine, the interview was anything but ordinary; at about an hour into questioning from White, Yaniv brandished a taser, bragging that such a weapon is illegal in Canada, where the activist is located. Yaniv’s home was reportedly raided the following day due to the weapon brandishing, reported The Post Millennial on Tuesday. Yaniv, who has made headlines over the past year for targeting female estheticians for refusing to wax Yaniv’s male genitalia, denied sending the predatory messages (some of which were confirmed to have come from the activist’s “trustednerd” verified Facebook account by The Post Millennial) while simultaneously admitting that Yaniv sought out underage girls for another job. Yaniv also admitted to sending voice messages in so-called “baby … [Read more...] about WATCH: Trans Activist Responds To Allegations Of Inappropriate Contact With Minors, Brandishes Illegal Weapon

Minneapolis: When Liu Jingyao introduced herself, in the lobby of her apartment building, I didn’t recognize her. It was a puzzling feeling. For an entire year, photos of her had blanketed the Chinese internet. Like tens of millions of other Chinese, I had watched and rewatched surveillance video of her in this very building. She was one of the most talked about and mysterious women in China, and I thought I knew what she looked like. In the video, she wanders the halls of a mazelike building, with a man trailing along. They get in and out of several elevators. She seems unsure about how to get to her apartment. She wears striking waist-length hair and a long, dark knit dress. She doesn’t look glamorous, exactly, but for a 21-year-old college junior, she is dressed smartly. But on a morning in early August, she greeted me in a loosefitting checkered dress. Now 22, she looked pale and nervous. Her lips were chapped. She invited me upstairs and began an intense conversation … [Read more...] about She Accused a Tech Billionaire of Rape. The Chinese Internet Turned Against Her

close Video Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for Dec. 13 Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines for Dec. 13 are here. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. Gracie Fields wasn’t prepared for the drastic makeover she would have to endure when she arrived in New York City aboard the Queen Mary in 1937. Sebastian Lassandro, who wrote her biography, said the actress was immediately turned into a platinum blonde as soon as she got off the boat. But the transformation didn’t stop there. “She was sent on a photo shoot,” the author told Fox News. “And the photographer wasn’t happy with her teeth. So they had all her teeth pulled out. She said, ‘The dentist was quite brutal. He just shoved the new teeth into my mouth. “‘I went to Charlie Chaplin’s house that night to have dinner. His chef cooked a traditional English roast dinner. I tried to chew the roast beef and the Yorkshire … [Read more...] about ‘30s star Gracie Fields endured pressure to look glamorous, ‘had all her teeth pulled out,’ book claims

The life of a liberal journalist in Pakistan is not an easy one. Write about someone fighting a blasphemy case, or someone whose faith is considered heresy, and you may very soon find yourself in deep trouble.Shoaib Adil, a 49-year-old magazine editor and publisher in Lahore, has many well-wishers and they all want him to disappear from public life or, even better, leave the country. Since blasphemy charges were filed against him last month, the police have told him that he can't return home, he can't even be seen in the city where he grew up and worked all his life. It wouldn't be safe.As a journalist, Adil has been a vocal critic of religious militarism. But the threat to his life doesn't come from the Taliban.He is the victim of an everyday witch hunt by Pakistan's powerful religious groups - the kind of witch hunt that's so common and yet so scary that it never makes headlines. For the past 14 years, Adil has been editing and publishing a monthly current affairs magazine, a rare … [Read more...] about A country where liberal journalists risk death