WITH her impossibly tiny waist, inflated cleavage and doll-like face, she looks as if she’s just stepped out of a cartoon.

    But Pixee Fox, 25, is very much a living, breathing woman and she’s spent more than US$119,200 on surgical procedures to achieve her look.

    Most shockingly, the former electrician from Sweden has had six of her lower ribs removed in a bid to shrink her waist to a record-breaking 14 inches (35.56 centimeters).

    “People often come up to me and say, ‘Don’t take this the wrong way, but you look like a cartoon,’” she said. “But for me that’s a compliment, that’s what I want to achieve.”

    Pixee cites her inspirations as Jessica Rabbit, Aurora from “Sleeping Beauty” and Holli Would from “Cool World.”

    She has 70,000 followers on Instagram and insists she is a good role model for them.

    “Those cartoon characters represent the idealization of the female body,” she explains.

    “I want to have the tiny waist, the butt, big boobs, big eyes and a really pretty face. Having my ribs removed was just another step in achieving that ideal.”

    Pixee, who now lives in North Carolina, underwent the extreme five-hour keyhole surgery to have her ribs removed in Indianapolis last month after Dr. Barry Eppley agreed to perform the procedure.

    The operation, which is irreversible, is usually performed for medical reasons, but it can be done for cosmetic purposes after extensive consultation.

    “Getting my ribs removed has always been a dream of mine,” Pixee said. “But it was really hard, almost impossible, to find a surgeon to do it.

    “The only reason I have been able to do it now is that doctors finally started taking me seriously. They can see I’m not a crazy person and that I know what I’m doing.”

    Pixee’s recovery from the US$9,000 operation was supposed to take six weeks.

    (SD-Agencies)