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Stacey Gurnevich

Anastasia Gurnevich (born 31 May, 1991) is an American female that is of Ukrainian descent. Anastasia Gurnevich is better known for her abbreviated name "Stacey Gurnevich", she has become one of the most searched for girls on the internet with over 90,000 views on her personal YouTube account

Personal Life
Anastasia Gurnevich was born and raised in Kyiv, Ukraine where she lived for a year before moving to the United States of America. Stacey is the youngest in her family, she has one older sister whom she is very close with. Stacey and her family later moved to Staten Island, New York where she attended Tottenville High School. Stacey is now a full time student at the College of Staten Island. She enjoys doing the occasional model shoot and has aspirations of becoming an actress in the future.

Since 2008 there has been lots of controversy and speculation regarding who is the real Stacey Gurnevich. She has since become one of the most searched for people on Google Search with over 6000 searches per week, which later resulted in becoming an automatic search on Google.

Internet Controversy
Stacey signed up to a social networking site in early 2008 (Myspace), this is when the internet controversy surrounding Stacey Gurnevich first began. Stacey decided to upload pictures of herself on her personal account, a while later Stacey started getting many add requests which at the time she accepted and didn't think anything of. Within a couple of weeks a girl decided she would steal Gurnevich's pictures and pose as her by using her name and pictures. Stacey was shocked, angered and upset to find someone had stolen her pictures and identity. This was only the beginning, as the weeks went on Stacey had more and more people stealing her pictures. In late 2008 Stacey finally decided she had enough with people pretending to be her so she left her personal account for a brief period of time.

Impact Stacey has
A recent survey was conducted over a 60 day period about Stacey Gurnevich and the results found that she was most popular with the female gender. Stacey was found to be popular with all age ranges, particularly the 13-17 age range with 46% of people from that age range interested in her life. Another survey was conducted to find out which country Stacey was viewed in the most. The results found that Stacey generated the most interest among the Serbian population. See table below for results.

The fakes
Gurnevich is most recognisable for her beauty, her engaging smile and her Hello Kitty necklace. Since she first appeared on the internet many fake people have stolen her pictures, videos and her identity. Since 2008 it is estimated that over 8000 different people have used Stacey Gurnevich's photos and laid claim to the picture belonging to them. In 2010 a Stop faking Stacey Gurnevich page was launched where people can report fake people/profiles. This page has been a big success with Stacey fans. People can report fake profiles and interact with each other on this page.