Kristina Meseguer appalled by man's message: 'I am ashamed in front of my boyfriend'

Kristina Meseguer has voiced her distress over online content in Lithuania that she feels unfairly misrepresents her and others, particularly the use of the term "influencer." Meseguer, who no longer resides in Lithuania, was taken aback when she encountered posts on social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook that used her photographs without consent and applied derogatory labels.

"It's sad when you open Instagram, Facebook, and see posts like these, where they take your photos without any consent and call you all sorts of names, without even knowing the person," Meseguer stated. She expressed sadness over the perceived negativity and infighting within Lithuania, suggesting envy as the primary motivation. "It's really ugly when both men and women slander each other, writing comments, posts, under my various entries. I feel really uncomfortable telling my English boyfriend about this, because when I translate some of it for him, he is truly horrified. You people won't get far," she added.

The controversy stems from a post by P. Skomantas, who criticized the Lithuanian media for labeling individuals such as V. Siegel, O. Pikul, and K. Meseguer as "known influencers." Skomantas argued that the term "influence" implies having an impact, questioning what influence these individuals, whom he described as "uneducated" and unable to form coherent sentences, could possibly have, except perhaps regarding botox injections and plastic surgery.

Skomantas proposed a distinction, suggesting that those focused on cosmetic procedures should be labeled as "botox influencers." He contrasted them with figures like journalist and writer Laima Lavaste, whom he considers a true influencer due to her ability to shape public opinion and political choices through her writings. "It's complete nonsense to categorize someone like Kristina Meseguer, who has fooled a millionaire and finished makeup artistry school, in the same category as Laima Lavaste and call them both influencers," Skomantas wrote. He believes it is time to differentiate between genuine influencers and those he dismisses as "one-day stars with puffed-up lips and ambitions."