Still reading through the 2nd thread but jumping in here...
I've met Anna Bey about 3-4 years ago while she was living in London. That's before her courses and the internet blow up.
I have also met a couple of other girls in an exhibition opening that knew her (though I don't know what the connection was since all the ladies had established careers in the (mainly) culture industry). Can't claim for sure of course but I'd really doubt they were escorts (family/sensitive career factors).
I agree with the previous posters that there's a noticeable change in her character or the way she presents herself, but hey, times bring change... Back then, I actually found her to be very sweet and attentive: during the conversation, she was establishing connection by asking questions, building rapport by sharing her stories relating to the topics I chatted about, etc., she also paid for my tab which happens when two ladies connect and want to grow the friendship. I find this common in London.
We did not become friends. I followed her on social media since the jetsetbabe blog days eyeing outfits (she had quite a library of Instagram photos of other girls) but there was something off during our chat - a subtle, calculating vibe, as if ticking off the check list of potential connections. Today, compared to back then, there's a visible change in the way she handles herself. It's more constructed, cautious, which can come across as artificial. She used to be more natural, more vulnerable even, more sharing.
She would do many Instagram lives and answer all the time the Qs about the languages she speaks, her roots, etc., but those questions kept coming up and my guess is that she started getting fed up with them. So she wasn't hiding it per say as it was mentioned during multiple lives. She's born in Estonia during Soviet Union, her mother is Russian who grew up in Estonia (quite common in post Soviet countries; and for a well-traveled European person, people from there or Nordic citizens look very different from Ukrainian and other Eastern Europeans; I have friends from all of the mentioned sub-regions and I personally think she has strong Finnish features - big lips etc). So her mom had her with a Finnish dad, then moved to Sweden and married a Swedish man. Anna is fluent in three languages: 1) Russian and this is the language she speaks with her mom, 2) English 3) Swedish. She also studied Italian after school when she first moved abroad, and there was a fifth language she mentioned in a live but I forgot which one. Maybe Spanish? She spent a year travelling in Asia/Latin America before moving to London, that's when she picked up dancing Salsa.
She probably thinks it's dangerous to overshare now, especially when the business grows, but truthfully, her messaging was never 100% consistent.
One time I remember her posting on Instagram (around 2016-2017) - there was a guy friend visiting her (I think a childhood friend from Sweden, not sure). They were partying all night, went back to her apartment in Knightsbridge, both drunk, and she was posting videos of both of them lying on her bed, singing, she was smoking in the videos, too, repeating many times that this is one of her best friends. I thought that was contradicting her then path to elegance.
Back then, she was very open about elevating one's style on a budget and those were actually reasonable, really practical basic tips for middle class audience that women certainly could relate to (clothing staples etc).
There was also another tipsy live from Portugal with a glass of wine... in a hotel room... and her partner was answering questions in the background.
She used to go by the name Anna Beyer circa 2016... I assumed this was her Swedish name before her real name surfaced. Later she shortenned it to Bey.
. It makes her APPEAR less desperate if she’s found through a fan page versus her personal IG page. She can also praise herself by leaving fake comments, which we’ve already proven is happening on her personal/SOA page.
.. while trying to manipulate what we see when we search for her).
with this Anna Bey Scam of Affluence topic!! Keep it up ladies! The truth must never be hidden!
Anna’s trying to sound seductive. My ears are scarred
cringe at her trying to be sexy. She has the sex appeal of a LEGO