Influencers have staged birth simulations and strolls in shopping malls with the hand-crafted baby figures, known as “reborn” dolls, creating videos that have gone viral.

After the craze over labubu dolls, reborn dolls, or hyper-realistic baby dolls, have taken Brazil by storm. Videos of people ...

A mom of two, who has built an online following showcasing her lifelike reborn dolls, is sharing her heartbreak after ...

A hyper-realistic reborn baby doll lies in an incubator for sale at a store in Campinas, Brazil Saturday, May 24, 2025. Credit: AP/Andre Penner. By The Associated PressUpdated May 29, 2025 11:47 pm.

Reborn' dolls divide Brazil. Collectors defend trend, push back at critics amid backlash . ... Alana Generoso, a longtime reborn baby collector, who now owns her own doll store, ...

Amidst political turmoil, Brazilians are engrossed in a moral panic over hyper-realistic baby dolls, prompting legislative ...

A hyper-realistic reborn baby doll lies in an incubator for sale at a store in Campinas, Brazil Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) AP Strange News.

Nice Maria Santos holds her doll during a group gathering to bond and show off their hyper-realistic reborn baby dolls, in a park in Sao Paulo, Saturday, May 24, 2025. Andre Penner/AP.