The people that live in my hometown do not walk along the street with smiles on their faces. It is a desperate place, but I got out.
I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.
Finding out I was pretty was a very nice realisation.
When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.
Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.
When I'm down on energy, I have these superfoods powders with supergreens, algae, spirulina, and wheat germ extract. Sometimes I have a course of vitamins. For example, in autumn I'm going to start shots of B12 and biotin. For me this is really important because I travel so much. My lifestyle is quite challenging and this is something that supplements me before winter starts, which is a difficult time for your body.
But when my grandmother saw me plucking [my eyebrows] she said: 'Don't. You will regret it. One day you will wake up with no eyebrows and think how stupid you were. Your eyebrows are the most beautiful thing about you.'
If we're talking about being skinny or losing weight, I don't have that problem; it's genetics.
I do modern jazz and contemporary combined. I like to feel strong, flexible, and so there is stretching involved.
When I work as a model, it feels like holiday. Doing a shoot is so light in a way that it's really a good break from being a mother or running a charitable organization and other philanthropic projects that I'm really passionate about.
The secret to applying my makeup is that I just put it where it's needed.
Russian women are very friendly with makeup, almost too friendly sometimes.
After pregnancy, the important thing is rebuilding your back muscles.
I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.
I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.
I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
As a child I really didn't like men at all, in fact.
When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
When you become a mother, you think less about yourself and care more about the world.
