Mannequin Ivana Knoll is bidding farewell to the World Cup and celebrating her new-found fame which has put it on an analogous scale as the celebrities of the Croatian crew.
The Instagram star now has 3.1 million followers and at one time throughout her keep in Qatar she was garnering 200,000 followers a day.
As she made her approach to the Croatia and Morocco sport in the present day, she advised Mailonline: ‘The quantity of people that like me all over the world is nearly the identical because the inhabitants of my nation.
‘The World Cup was superb and I’m unhappy it’s virtually over.
Mannequin Ivana Knoll has been mobbed by followers in Doha after gaining fame together with her eye-catching match day outfits
The mannequin’s following on-line has grown quickly all through the event. She now has 3.2million Instagram followers
The patriotic mannequin was pictured all through the World Cup in outfits in Croatia’s colors, purple and white
‘Almost about my Instagram account, I may by no means have dreamt this might occur to me.
‘I got here right here with 570,000 followers, now I’ve 3.2million and that does make me smile.
‘It’s virtually the identical quantity because the inhabitants of my nation.’
She has been mobbed wherever she ventured to soccer stadiums for the World Cup as followers request selfies and hug her.
Ivana has had marriage proposals from keen followers and is recurrently requested for selfies when out and about
The Croatia fan mentioned she may be very happy with the soccer crew. ‘On the final World Cup we had been finalists and 2nd and now we’re in prime 4 groups on the earth and taking part in in the present day for the bronze’
Ivana has additionally acquired marriage proposals from supporters and messages from among the soccer stars themselves.
Ivana, 26, wearing a blue Croatian soccer shirt, shorts and blue thigh-high maintain ups, added: ‘I’m very happy with my crew.
‘We’re such a small nation however with big successes.
‘On the final World Cup we had been finalists and 2nd and now we’re in prime 4 groups on the earth and taking part in in the present day for the bronze.’
Wearing a blue Croatian soccer shirt, the mannequin cheered on the crew within the third place playoff towards Morocco on Saturday afternoon
The outfits worn by the mannequin in the course of the video games have brought on some controversy in conservative Qatar
On Friday Qatar invited her to a dinner however she needed to solid apart her skimpy outfits and seem in a purple over the knee night costume
Laughing, she added: ‘They usually have probably the most well-known fan. I’m enthusiastic about my future and pleased that I even have followers all all over the world in addition to in Croatia.’
Ivana, who spends her time between Zagreb and Miami, has been entrance web page information in her residence nation and was welcomed to occasions by FIFA after she featured on stadium screens throughout matches.
On Friday, Qatar invited her to a dinner however she needed to solid apart her skimpy outfits and seem in a purple over the knee night costume.
She admitted that she had been anxious about not conforming to Qatar’s strict clothes necessities and has inevitably suffered web trolling and abuse.
However she added: ‘I’m solely having enjoyable. Individuals discover me enticing and I don’t see something mistaken with that!’
