Emily Pellegrini
An AI-generated model branded as a young Italian woman, built to match an idea of the average man's dream girl, who sold subscription content on Fanvue.
- Since
- 2023
- Last updated
- 13 October 2026
- Nature
- AI persona
- Style
- Photorealistic
- Debut
- 2023
- Origin
- Los Angeles, U.S.
Summary
Emily Pellegrini is an AI-generated model and virtual influencer, branded as a young Italian woman but, according to Eyerys, produced in Los Angeles by an unnamed creator. The creator has said they asked ChatGPT what the average man's dream girl looks like and built her to match. She grew to about 80,000 Instagram followers and close to $10,000 in subscription revenue on Fanvue within six weeks, according to Infobae (November 2023), and Fortune reported that she earned $23,000 on Fanvue in January 2024, up from $6,000 in October 2023. Press said footballers, MMA fighters and billionaires messaged her believing she was real. Novinky reported she had 279,000 Instagram followers when her creator deleted every post in February 2024, leaving one reel reading 'soon'; the creator later resurfaced as a judge of the Miss AI pageant. Her creator also made a sister persona, Fiona Pellegrini. Her Instagram profile now shows as unavailable.
Is Emily Pellegrini AI?
Yes. Emily Pellegrini is an AI-generated model and virtual influencer made by an anonymous creator, who said they built her look from ChatGPT's description of the average man's dream girl.
The clearest evidence comes from her creator. Eyerys quotes the creator: "I asked ChatGPT what's the average man's dream girl ... so I made her exactly how it said." Novinky says the creator admitted to Oddity Central that Emily does not exist. Fortune reports that Fanvue, the subscription site where she sold content, counted her among its most popular AI models. Infobae calls her an adult-content model "generada mediante inteligencia artificial". No page names a human model, performer or voice behind her.
At first she did not present herself as AI. Novinky says her Instagram introduced her as a 23-year-old living in Los Angeles and that nobody knew she was virtual until the creator came forward. That is why footballers and other men messaged her thinking she was real. The creator was later named a judge of the Miss AI pageant, which, Novinky says, only accepts entrants generated entirely with AI.
Some things remain unknown. The creator has never been named, and no source says which image tools were used beyond the ChatGPT prompt. No platform AI label was recorded, because her Instagram profile is gone: the creator deleted every post in February 2024. None of this weakens the verdict. The person who made her says she is AI, and nothing points to a human behind the face.
Evidence
Eyerys quotes Emily's creator saying they asked ChatGPT what the average man's dream girl looks like and "made her exactly how it said", and calls her an AI-generated persona produced in Los Angeles.
eyerys.comNovinky reports that her anonymous creator told Oddity Central that Emily does not exist, deleted all her Instagram posts in February 2024, and was later named a judge of the Miss AI pageant.
novinky.czFortune reports that Fanvue named Emily Pellegrini one of the most popular AI models on its site, earning $23,000 in January 2024.
fortune.comInfobae describes her as an adult-content model generated by artificial intelligence, made by an anonymous creator, who gained over 80,000 Instagram followers in six weeks.
infobae.com
Assessed 9 October 2026