SEE: Human Barbie spends R1,2million on plastic surgery and creating clone army
This LA mom's plan sounds like the plot of a dystopian horror movie.
Meet Marcela Iglesias
She's a 43-year-old yummy mummy, reality TV star and self-proclaimed 'Queen of Hollywood' is also the queen of plastic surgery.
We are not here to judge and you are more than welcome to nip and tuck your body as you please, it just so happens that Marcela has spent over R1,2million on various cosmetic procedures although she denies ever having undergone any plastic surgery.
She does admit that she instead opts for many 'cutting-edge treatments' such as a spider web bum lift which involves injecting 100 collagen threads into her bottom. Seems like a lot of fun.
Marcela maintains her Barbie-doll-esque look with Botox, filler in her lips and cheeks, and even stem cell therapy.Â
But she wants to do more. She wants to preserve her look forever and the next part of her plan sounds just crazy enough to work.
Human cloning.
Iglesias says she was inspired by the work of the University of Tokyo's Professor Nakauchi.
Professor Nakauchi has been conducting research into using a patient's stem cells to grow organs and Marcela wants to use this research to develop methods in which an 'army of clones' can be created which could help save lives.
Her father had passed away and he had been in need of a kidney transplant. Since then she's had 30 million stem cells transplanted into her bloodstream through an umbilical cord and she is hoping to contribute to the research needed to get cloning on the go.
I want to be cloned and then see if we can use those organs for donation or for myself in the future. An army of clones to use for a good cause would be great. There are far more patients requiring organ transplants than organ donations. By donating my stem cells and some of my eggs, they can be used to create human organs in order to help people that need the transplant.
Professor Nakauchi explains that the stem cells are injected into an animal's embryo and this embryo is then implanted into a host animal. When the organs have grown to their full size they will be transplanted into the patient's body.
What a plot twist!
Here we thought there the streets of the future would be filled with Barbie clones.
Main image courtesy of @marcelaiglesiashollywood/Instagram