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The YouTube bombshell and beauty mogul wasn’t just walking the runway… she was serving a spiritual awakening, bare-chested, bold, and dripping in drama. That’s right, the self-proclaimed "Mother of Draguns" ditched the usual glitz for a metallic net barely clinging to her body, all in the name of embodying Mother Earth. And social media? Yeah, it went into full meltdown mode.
Strutting down the catwalk at the Private Policy show on Friday, Sept. 10, Nikita had only one thing on her mind: a message from the gods, or maybe just fashion's upper realm. “My nipz are closing shows at NYFW,” she cheekily wrote on Instagram, alongside a video that could singlehandedly revive Tumblr. And while most influencers are still trying to get noticed in the front row, Nikita’s out here closing shows topless, talk about main character energy.
The show’s theme? Urban greenery. But Nikita wasn’t just giving us plant mom aesthetic, she was the goddess of the entire ecosystem. “They asked me to embody Mother Earth,” she shared. “A goddess sent to warn humanity to change our ways.” Translation: the planet’s dying, but at least we’re going out in high fashion.
And let’s talk about that look. A metallic mesh draped like fairy dust, enough glow to power Times Square, and the kind of confidence that can’t be bottled (but if anyone could, it’d be Nikita Dragun). It wasn’t just a walk, it was a full-on rebirth, and her millions of followers were living for it.
But this wasn’t just a glam stunt. Nikita got real in her posts, admitting she barely slept the night before and felt “scared” to close the show. Yet when the moment came, she delivered a walk so fierce, even seasoned models backstage were gagged. “This was a PERFORMANCE,” she emphasized. “It pushed me out of my comfort zone.”
As for the haters? Nikita had receipts and a message: “Why do influencers think they’re celebrities? Bitch, ‘cause we are,” she fired back in a fiery Instagram Story. “Everyone’s watching.” And with 9 million followers on Instagram and 3.6 million on YouTube, she’s not exactly wrong.
Even Demi Lovato had to chime in, writing, “I’m SO PROUD OF YOU!!!” To which Nikita replied, “I LOVE U SO MUCH.” Cue the waterworks.
Backstage, Nikita was moved to tears seeing so many trans and Asian models taking space at NYFW. “It’s not supposed to happen to a girl like me,” she said, visibly emotional. But guess what? It did. And it was fabulous.
This isn’t Nikita’s first strut, she’s already walked for Christian Cowan and Philipp Plein, but this moment? It hit different. It wasn’t just about fashion. It was about identity, transformation, and shaking the industry to its glitzy, gendered core.
So yes, the girl came, she slayed, and she left us questioning our entire skincare routine. Nikita Dragun didn’t just walk the NYFW runway. She owned it. She was it. And if the fashion world isn’t ready for this kind of energy, well… they better catch up.
Mama Dragun didn’t just make it. She made history.
