The latest TikTok challenge has seemingly resulted in a fractured spine for a 32-year-old woman .

The so-called “ Nicki Minaj High School Challenge ” is prompting people to balance on things while wearing stiletto high heels.

In one of the most talked-about instances, Mariana Vasiuc , who’s trying to build her career as an influencer, attempted the challenge, but fell, saying she fractured her spine.

  • A 32-year-old woman has gone viral for attempting, and failing, the current social media “high heel” challenge.
  • People have been performing the challenge, based on a Nicki Minaj video from 2013 in which she squats, with her legs crossed, wearing extremely high heels.
  • Netizens call foul on the woman, saying she likely made up the story just to build up her budding influencer career.

Some people are calling foul, saying she made up parts of the story just for attention.

The latest social media challenge involves balancing while wearing stilettos

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It might be the TikTok challenge of the summer, but for 32-year-old Mariana Vasiuc, it’s been a dangerous one too.

In her 2013 video for her song High School , Minaj poses in high heels, by the side of a pool.

Influencer wearing stilettos by the poolside attempting a high heel challenge with a focus on spine safety precautions.

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She’s wearing stiletto high heels and has squatted down, legs crossed, balancing precariously, on both feet.

This is the “challenge” that people are trying to recreate, many times, perched atop something else, even though Minaj’s original pose was on the ground.

For Vasiuc, the challenge reportedly landed her in the hospital.

Mariana Vasiuc attempts the challenge with terrible results

Influencer attempting Nicki Minaj stiletto challenge balancing on cans while wearing heels in a modern kitchen setting

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The video starts with Vasiuc in a kitchen.

She’s in black heels and is trying to do the pose on top of a container of baby formula, which is on top of a saucepan, which is on top of the kitchen counter.

She’s steadying herself while holding someone’s hand.

Steady… steady… then she releases the hand, and falls backward. The video ends with Vasiuc in mid-air.

“Irony? Karma? Or just life”: Maria Vasiuc says she injured herself while attempting the challenge

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Comment by Kimberley Sorochan expressing sympathy about influencer’s injury after stiletto challenge fall.

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The 32-year-old posted the clip to her Instagram account with the caption:

“I decided to start blogging, the first content shooting – and here I am leaving the doctor diagnosed with ‘Th9 compression bending uncomplicated fracture of the body.’”

Her post went on to ask: “Irony? Karma ? Or just life, which always tests our strength at the most unexpected moment. 🤣”

Woman in stilettos balancing on a kitchen counter while attempting a risky challenge, highlighting influencer spine injury risk.

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Comment by Christy Clark questioning parenting choices over doing stunts, related to influencer fractures spine SEO topic.

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“If interested, I will tell you in detail in stories, how the shooting went and what happened next,” she said, although those details do not appear anywhere else on her IG page, or in any other news stories.

The video went viral, with several publications picking up the story.

A few days later, she once again posted the clip of her fall, but this time with screenshots of all the headlines of publications that had covered the story.

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