The Spanish teen who caught Justin Bieber's eye on Instagram says she's, "living a fairytale," after going from being a $4-an-hour babysitter to becoming a catwalk model.

The "Sorry" singer catapulted the 17-year-old beauty into the limelight when he posted a pic of the Irina Shayk lookalike and asked fans, "OMG who is this!"

Just a few hours later, fans identified the beauty as Cindy Kimberly, a 17-year-old shy student from Denia, near Benidorm, Spain. Cindy is now saying that the attention has totally changed her life -- and will be making her debut as a catwalk model at Madrid Fashion Week next month.

Cindy said: "When I saw Justin was asking about me I got very emotional because I've been a fan of his for more than six years."

We gotta say -- Cindy is lucky AND beautiful!

Practically overnight, Cindy has gone from virtually unknown to have more than 668,000 Instagram followers. The brunette said, "'My life's changed positively since Justin appeared in my life. At the beginning I felt completely overwhelmed and didn't know how to deal with it but now I'm getting used to it."

We can't wait to see what else is in store for the gorgeous teen!