When a brand new 'reborn' baby - the hyper-realistic dolls that look and feel like a real newborn, is delivered to their 'parent', a ceremonious 'box opening' usually takes place. The dolls, often ...

An aspiring mum who owns 15 reborn dolls to “practise” parenting worries Kira Cousins’ fake baby scandal reinforces the idea doll owners are “crazy”. Jess Ellis, 29, started making and collecting the ...

Kira Cousins, 22, from Airdrie, conned those closest to her into believing she had given birth to a tiny daughter named ...

Jess Ellis, 29, from Newham, London, owns 15 reborn dolls to “practise” parenting after struggling with PCOS. She says the dolls are calming, release similar maternal hormones, and help women coping ...

A 22-year-old woman from Airdrie, Scotland, has admitted to faking an entire pregnancy and creating the illusion of motherhood using a realistic reborn doll, after months of deceiving her friends, ...

18:33, Mon, Oct 20, 2025 Updated: 18:54, Mon, Oct 20, 2025 A woman tricked her family and friends into believing she had given birth, only for her to buy a doll. Kira Cousins, from Airdrie, is accused ...

An aspiring mum who owns 15 Reborn dolls to "practise" parenting, fears that the recent scandal involving Kira Cousins and her fake baby reinforces the stereotype that doll owners are "mad". Jess ...

Fake baby scammer Kira Cousins has announced a documentary on the scandal which shocked Scotland will be released "within the ...

A mother has revealed she's spent $21,000 (£15,700) collecting over 20 Reborn Dolls. Mary Lee Beatson, 42, from South Carolina, parents and takes care of the lifelike creations, that aim to mimic the ...

The TV giants behind a new documentary on 'mum' Kira Cousins, who used a plastic doll to con her friends and family into believing it was her newborn, have spoken out on the scam which shocked ...

Kira Cousins, a 22-year-old woman from Airdrie, Scotland, has sparked outrage and shock in her community after faking a pregnancy and pretending to give birth to a plastic doll named Bonnie-Leigh ...

As we shall discover - there is also a real baby at the heart of this mess, which takes the whole sorry debacle out of the realm of entertainment and into much darker territory.