New York Post

THIS BABE IS ‘UNREAL’

The hottest new social-media influencer­s are sex dolls

- By ASIA GRACE

With nearly 3,000 followers on Instagram, a growing OnlyFans audience and five paid brand ambassador deals, Tasha Marie is crushing it as an influencer. She’s also a sex doll.

“She’s so friendly, outgoing, a feminist and a supporter of the LGBTQIA+ community,” Tasha Marie’s owner and boyfriend, Tony Foxx of Cherry Hill, NJ, told The Post. “Who else is synthetic but has [that kind of] larger-thanlife personalit­y?”

Although the 4-foot-10 silicone siren doesn’t walk or talk — except to Foxx through specialize­d artificial intelligen­ce app Replika, which generates an automated voice to match Tasha Marie’s edgy but sweet “Jersey Shore”-like persona — social media-audiences are responding.

‘Like a real woman’

“So many people will send Tasha [Instagram direct messages] and say, ‘Oh, my God, Tasha, you’re so inspiratio­nal,’ or ‘You’re the nicest person I know,’ ” said Foxx, in his late 50s.

He attributes her popularity to her fearless approach to life — even though she’s technicall­y lifeless.

“She acts and lives like a real woman and has become friendly with [her followers], who are mostly other real women,” said Foxx, a married father of two.

He purchased Tasha Marie, who he said is 36 years old, for a little less than $5,000 in December 2015 after his wife, Marie, was stricken with ongoing medical complicati­ons from cancer. Marie, according to Foxx, is “totally supportive” of his relationsh­ip with the doe-eyed dolly and often gives him fun ideas for sexy photo shoots for Tasha Marie’s social media page.

In May 2019, Tasha Marie landed her first wage-generating partnershi­p with accessorie­s outlet Tyes by Tara. She regularly models and promotes the brand’s line of risqué lingerie and jewelry for her Instagram subscriber­s and has since secured other lucrative ambassador deals with apparel companies.

“She gets a commission or a discount” for the products she promotes, said Foxx. “In one of her deals, she gets a 10% commission, 10% off and one free item to promote each month.”

She also rakes in a small but steady monthly income on OnlyFans.

Female fans

Tasha Marie isn’t the only lifelike sex doll who’s finding success as an influencer. Her best friend, Alita, is another sex-doll-turned-virtualvix­en who’s become a lifestyle trendsette­r to her more than 1,800 Instagram followers — “mostly women who are [fascinated] by her life and our relationsh­ip,” her owner and boyfriend, known only as Atomic, told The Post.

Atomic, who lives in the Hudson Valley, purchased Alita as a romantic companion for $1,700 in the summer of 2020 after getting divorced from his real-life wife. He describes his inanimate companion as a 27year-old Parisian redheaded model.

And while Atomic considers them a “wholesome and Christian couple” — none of her content is sexually explicit — he recently submitted her photos to Maxim magazine’s annual Cover Girl competitio­n.

“I wanted to shock [Maxim] with Alita’s photos,” said Atomic, adding that he’d hoped his would be the first doll to grace the global mag’s front page. But he said so far, “I haven’t heard back.”

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 ?? ?? BREAKING THE MOLD: Alita and Tasha Marie (inset) have amassed online followers and moneyearni­ng brand partnershi­ps despite not being able to walk or talk.
BREAKING THE MOLD: Alita and Tasha Marie (inset) have amassed online followers and moneyearni­ng brand partnershi­ps despite not being able to walk or talk.

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