Today’s “guy pretends to be a pretty girl when blogging to get more traffic” brought to you by Catallarchy, via Wizbang. Catallarchy had a few initial theories.

• Did one of LG’s enemies set up a fake profile on the Russian mail-order bride website in order to make LG look like a fraud?
• Did LG nab the photo from the Russian website in order to create a fake online identity and attract lots of horny male libertarians?
• Are LG and Viktoriya identical twin sisters, separated at birth, with the same taste in clothes, watches, and hairstyles?
• Are LG and Viktoriya the very same person, but with two different alter egos: D.C. policy wonk by day, desperate Ukrainian bachelorette by night?

Both of the previously mentioned sites have the photos side by side, as found on the Russian mail order bride site, and on Libertarian Girl’s site originally.

Here’s the real person behind the face of libertarian girl:

English: Level 3, Understands basic written text with help of dictionary, needs complex letters translated.

In own words: I’m a sociable, active lady. I’m fond of sports (swimming, volleyball), dancing and travelling.

Seeks Partner: I’m looking for a caring, patient, family-oriented gentleman, serious, non-smoker.

Seeks Partner: 25 - 45 years old

Her location: Kiev, Ukraine

Now, who is the face behind the person of the blog?

Well I may be an unemployed man without a wife or girlfriend still living with my parents despite being over the age of 30, but at least I’m not so stupid as to think that a gorgeous young girl would be the author of a popular libertarian blog. She’d be too busy having fun

This picture, he claims, is “closer to the real me”:

And he says:

I’m going to miss this blog. It was fun having a blog that people actually read, even though it only lasted for less than two months. I should have figured that the type of people who read libertarian blogs are the same type that read Russian brides websites. When I make my next hoax blog, I’ll make sure to use a more obscure photo.

UPDATE: Despite abusing my trackback’s lack of verification of reciprocity, Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey insists she’s really a girl. :-)

UPDATE 2: He’s looking for a real girl to partner with:

All you have to do is supply photos and be available whenever a real person is needed. Otherwise, I’ll run the blog and pretend to be you. But if you have an interesting personal life, a few posts along those lines would certainly increase readership.
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This scheme was very successful for the 80s pop group Milli Vanilli, and I’m sure it will work just as well in the blogosphere.