https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/2yashh/zarya_was_modeled_after_a_real_person/

“An actual Blizzard employee, one of the character designers on the Diablo 3 team, who is, in fact, originally from St. Petersburg, Russia.

Tamara Bakhlycheva.”

http://cosplayidol.otakuhouse.com/2012/2012-archived-north-america-finals/tamara-california-cosplay-finalist/

https://myspace.com/firstkeeper/photos