Stanislav Romanovsky biography operator. Model Elena Kuletskaya: biography, personal life

Lena Kuletskaya - famous person, a world-famous model, TV presenter and just beautiful girl. Program " The perfect couple"On the Domashny channel, the Cinderella project, Shopaholics on MTV - Elena was invited to host all these programs. You should not bypass the Trendy program, where the supermodel has become a “fashion agent”.

Biography

Lena Kuletskaya was born on August 7, 1982 in Ukraine in the city of Kharkov. Her father, Alexander Kuletsky, was a military man, so all her childhood Elena and her sister were under strict control, and the family was on the road. Dad tried to raise modest, decent, responsible daughters. However, the methods of influence were quite strict. If the girls did not do their homework well, they could be punished for not being diligent. My father set a strict dress code for hairstyles, wardrobe, appearance. No frivolities!

16 years after the birth of the future model, the whole family, led by the father, moved to Moscow. There, the girl went to study as a lawyer at Moscow State University. In the student environment, Elena flourished, made friends and girlfriends.

Lucky case

After studying for the first year, she began to earn extra money as a fashion model at exhibitions. At one of these events, she was noticed and offered cooperation. The model passed the casting and went to the city of her dreams - Paris. Lena Kuletskaya planned to work in the capital of France 3 summer months while the holidays lasted. However, the incredible world of fashion involved in their glamorous networks, the trip dragged on. Living in France, the model learned French and English language now she knows them perfectly. According to the girl, she even swears in French. However, the student did not quit her studies. Having promised strict father get an education, Elena, despite all the hardships, graduated in absentia from the Moscow State University with honors.

In Paris, the active development of Lena in the modeling business began. But the father intervened again, he was against such a career. After some time, dad let go of his beloved daughter and became a part of this industry himself, helping to the best of his ability in organizational matters. Later Alexander Kuletsky opened modeling agency named "Mademoiselle".

Career

Having become an adult, Lena Kuletskaya began to rapidly climb career ladder. She was offered cooperation by many world-renowned brands and agencies. Among the partners of the model are the following companies:

• IMG Models;
• Fotogen Model Agency;
• Louisa Models;
• Group Model Management.

One of the English jewelry companies made Elena the face of her company. From that moment on, the photo of Lena Kuletskaya becomes a regular in tabloids, glamorous publications, news feeds, and advertising brochures.

Active participation in promotional videos of major brands such as Nina Richi, Mary Kay, Helena Rubinstein, Etam, brought the model even more popularity and fans. The news of the supermodel has also reached Russia. The domestic division of the food giant Orbit invited Kuletskaya to star in a video about chewing gum. After such an experience, her inner circle nicknamed the model with a cute nickname "Nibbler".

TV

Model Lena Kuletskaya is an active participant television projects. The career of a TV presenter brought her no less fame. On MTV, the catwalk star acted as a specially invited fashion expert. The television project "Cinderella" turned out to be interesting for the transformation of girls into real princesses, in which famous model Kuletskaya acted as one of the jury members. In the spring of 2014, the show "The Perfect Pair" was launched, where Lena was the host. The essence of this program was as follows: a team of specialists led by a model helped couples improve their style of dressing.

Later, Lena Kuletskaya decided to try herself in dancing. Together with partner Zhenya Pazenko, she became a participant in Dancing with the Stars. Supermodel decently earns. According to her, she never really needed money. She bought an apartment in Paris and a house in Panama with her own money. Estimated income is 200,000 euros.

Personal life of Lena Kuletskaya

Scandalous and sensational was the news about the relationship of the model with the sought-after Russian singer Dima Bilan. According to them, they met in the French capital when both were at the airport. Then no one realized that an unexpected meeting could become a long relationship. It happened in 2006. The singer promised the model a wedding, which was to take place in 2008 after the end of Eurovision. Bilan won musical competition but he didn't keep his promise. The couple broke up.

Later it turned out that the relationship between Dima and Elena was fictitious. 3 years after the breakup, he himself told everyone that they “met” only for the sake of PR. In the release of the program "Let them talk" ex-husband Rudkovskoy said that he paid 30,000 euros in order for Kuletskaya to become the second half of Bilan.

But the model and TV presenter claims quite differently. According to her, their relationship was filled with love, romance and tenderness. But since the feelings were very bright, at some point they burned out.

After Lena had a French lover, but she hid his identity from the annoying press. Kuletskaya was also seen with actor Mickey Rourke. It turned out it was just a regular shoot for a magazine.

A family

In 2013, cameraman Stanislav Romanovsky made an offer to Lena Kuletskaya. The wedding took place in the beloved and most romantic city of Paris a year after the proposal. Three more years passed and happy couple a child appeared. On May 15, a girl Nika was born, weighing 3.8 kg. She gave birth to a supermodel in the Lapino hospital. On Instagram, she shared her impressions of the clinic and the doctor. Elena said that the birth began during Eurovision and lasted 12 hours, everything went without a caesarean section, she praised the doctor for a good job.

Now a famous model, TV presenter and happy mom leads the page in "Instagram". Her account has 176 thousand subscribers. There she shares photos from her life, videos with her daughter, events from the fashion world.

Supermodel Elena Kuletskaya was born on August 7, 1982 in Kharkov. Her father Alexander was a military man, so the Kuletsky family often had to change their place of residence. In 1998, the family of the future model moved to Moscow. But Kuletskaya herself early childhood dreamed of visiting Paris, to which she would later move in 2001.

early years

Considering that Kuletskaya's childhood passed in constant traveling, she very often had to change her place of study. Only after moving to Moscow did the girl finally manage to somehow stabilize her life. In 1999, she entered the law faculty of the Moscow Institute of Economics and Law. After entering the university, Elena Kuletskaya very often had to combine her studies with a part-time job. In the late 90s, she worked as a fashion model at promotional exhibitions, at one of which she was noticed by a scout from a foreign modeling agency. He invited the girl to a casting in Paris. As a result, in 2001, the future supermodel went to the capital of France. At the same time, the girl graduated from the Moscow Institute in absentia.

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Model business

Having moved to the capital of France, Elena Alexandrovna begins the active development of her modeling career. However, her father categorically opposed this. He was skeptical about the fashion industry and his daughter's prospects in this direction. But Kuletskaya managed to convince her father. Moreover, soon Alexander Kuletsky himself became part of the modeling business, opening the Mademoiselle agency.

Initially, the girl was going to spend only three months in Paris. summer holidays. But the circumstances were such that Russian model settled for a long time in France. Over the next few years, Elena collaborated with IMG Models, Louisa Models and other major modeling agencies. In addition, the model willingly starred in commercials for such popular global brands as Rolex, RAFF, Mary Kay and Etam. The popularity of the model also reached Russia, where she participated in the filming of an Orbit commercial.

Television career

Elena Kuletskaya became even more popular thanks to filming in television show"Cinderella 2.0". In this show, the model helped the participants make significant changes in their lives. Thanks to the efforts of the leader ordinary girls turned from Cinderellas into princesses, whose appearance will allow them to conquer the stage and podium.

The following year, the model became a member of the popular show Dancing with the Stars. Elena's partner in the project was the actor Yevgeny Pazenko. And the girl participating in this show managed to increase the already large army of her fans.

In 2014, Elena got a job on the Domashny channel. She became the host of the "Perfect Couple" project. This show was attended by couples who could not boast of a stylish wardrobe. As in Cinderella 2.0, this problem had to be solved by the famous supermodel and her team.

Personal life of Elena Kuletskaya

The girl's popularity in Russia is primarily due to her relationship with the Russian pop star Dima Bilan. The couple met in 2006. Their first meeting took place at the Paris airport. Then no one could have imagined that their meeting would be the beginning of a serious relationship that would last about five years. Moreover, in 2008, Dima promised to marry Elena Kuletskaya if he won the Eurovision Song Contest. As a result, it was Dima who won, but their relationship was never legalized.

The relationship of this couple has always been accompanied by various rumors and speculation. Once the yellow press hastened to accuse Kuletskaya of treason with the famous Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke. appeared in the media joint photos models and Hollywood stars. But in fact, these pictures were taken for one of the foreign glossy publications.

The five-year romance between Bilan and Kuletskaya ended in the summer of 2011. The couple unanimously stated that the relationship was too stormy and they simply "burned out". But the press believes that their romance was just a PR stunt. Subsequently, Bilan himself confirmed this version. And the Russian producer and businessman Viktor Baturin even stated that he personally paid the escort agency 30 thousand euros for the candidacy of this supermodel as Dima Bilan's girlfriend.

After breaking off relations with the star, Elena met with an unknown Frenchman, whose identity remained a mystery. Finally, in 2014, on her Internet page, she announced her marriage to video project operator Stanislav Romanovsky. The recording of the model was accompanied by a photograph of the happy couple in a romantic setting. The wedding of Kuletskaya and Romanovsky took place in the girl's favorite city - Paris. And already in 2016, information appeared in the press that the model carefully hides a rounded tummy. The timing of the birth of the first child is unknown, but presumably this event should occur in the spring of 2016.

The Kinotavr festival that took place in Sochi was remembered by us not only for the scale of the event and the spectacular outfits of the stars. So, top model Elena Kuletskaya and her husband, director of photography Stanislav Romanovsky, first brought out their one-year-old daughter Nika. the site not only held an exclusive photo shoot with a friendly family in the Rosa Chalet premium complex, located at an altitude of 1170 meters above sea level in the Rosa Khutor mountain resort, but also talked with young parents about the best age to have a baby and how to keep passion in a relationship after having a baby.

website: Lena, how has life changed with the birth of a daughter?

Elena Kuletskaya: A lot has changed, but I can’t say that life has become radically different. I'm not one of those girls who think that with the birth of a child, their only role is to be a mother. Naturally, children are wonderful, they fill the life of the family with meaning, but on motherhood alone, the light did not converge like a wedge. Having given birth, you still continue to be a woman, a wife, a person. It is not at all necessary to put an end to "normal life", give up everything that made you happy in the past and radically change your habits. Moreover, you should not walk around the child on tiptoe, otherwise you can raise him capricious, demanding, which is why you yourself will freak out. As they say, the best is for children. BUT best mom- this is a happy mother, and everyone is happy in their own way. For joy, someone needs to immerse themselves in caring for a child, and someone needs to immediately return to work or run to the gym to get back in shape. There is no single formula here, which is correct. The most important thing is your personal harmony and balance.

E.K.: I don’t know what I will become - strict or, conversely, soft. So far, my daughter is only a year old, and the time has not yet come to thoroughly choose a method of education. Now, if a child cries, then this is only an expression of his inner discomfort, and not some whims. Nika hasn't learned how to manipulate yet. And while she is at that age, it is better to rely not on certain principles of upbringing, but on care, care and love. Well, obviously not to provoke tantrums. For example, if a child saw how his mother eats a cookie, then, of course, he will also want to try it, because children completely mirror us. Of course, you can forbid and listen to offended cries, or you can eat sweets discreetly and not make the baby nervous because he did not get what he wanted.

Stanislav Romanovsky: Good. I like! (Laughs.) But seriously, no interviews can convey what it means to be a parent. And that feeling still comes. With a small child, new emotions appear every day: how she had breakfast, how she woke up, how she smiled. Watching Nika's small accomplishments is a separate pleasure.

E.K.: As in many young families, our mother is on maternity leave, and our father works.

S.R.: Yes, with the birth of Nika, my work has not decreased, so I combine business and family. I can’t say that I see my daughter often - rather, rarely. But I know how hard it can be for my mother, she also needs to be absent from her work, so I try to help as much as possible. Lena once left for two days, and then I was almost alone with my daughter all the time.

S.R.: It happens, yes (both laugh). In which case, we always have grandmothers on hand. We do not use the services of nannies yet, because we want to give our child our love in the first years.

E.K.: Filming and traveling in my life remained, they just lined up in a slightly different rhythm. When Nika's daily routine more or less returned to normal, it became easier to combine work and motherhood. If you understand what time the child sleeps and when he needs to be fed, you can quickly run about your business. So already a month after the birth, I sent my daughter for a walk with her grandmother, ran out of the house for three hours and managed to solve work issues.

website: Who should spend more time with a newborn - mother or father?

S.R.: I think that if a baby can cope without a dad, then without a mom - nothing. Her feeding and love are indispensable. Dad, rather, is needed by a child at an older age.

website: Can the birth of a child affect a woman's career?

E.K.: Someone returns to work almost immediately after being discharged from the hospital, and someone has been on maternity leave for three years. Both options are normal. If you are happy to work and be a mother, then why not. In our age, when you have a bunch of helpers and things that make baby care easier, including diapers and baby monitors, it’s a sin to complain. Naturally, it gets more difficult. Part of the time is spent on the baby, part - on work, and zero remains for yourself. Something has to be sacrificed. It is impossible to give such advice, following which you will become an ideal mother, and perfect wife, and an ideal employee, but also a written beauty. Each woman determines for herself what is more important to her in this moment and what she is ready to temporarily give up. The main thing is to live without fanaticism and realize that everything has its time.

I personally understand that without Nicky I'm nowhere. And the career for which I plowed 24 hours a day is in the past. But there are no regrets. I have learned to prioritize.

E.K.: I never made it to the gym and beauty salons. Only once I managed to get out for a facial treatment here, in Sochi, at Rosa Khutor. Of course, I want to see my friends more often, and go on dates with my husband ... But I began to appreciate those moments more when Stas and I still manage to go somewhere together, for example, to the theater.

E.K.: As you can see, we went to Kinotavr with the whole family (smiles). She took her daughter and mother with her to the shooting of the TV project, which went on for three weeks in Georgia. I cancel all short trips. Only once, which Stas mentioned, left Nick alone, she was then seven months old. I was supposed to host an award in Vladivostok, and there was no point in taking a child so far away for one day. But I did everything to make her comfortable: I reduced my absence to a minimum, filled the entire freezer with milk supplies ... We still continue breastfeeding, although now these feedings have come down only to the night. But before it was very convenient: you can feed your baby anywhere without any problems.

E.K.: No. I am against radical restrictions. If you want to go somewhere and need to feed the child, then, of course, you need to do this. For example, in such cases I looked for a secluded corner, covered myself with a wide shawl, so as not to shock others.

website: Until what age do you plan to feed Nika with your milk?

E.K.: At first I thought that it would last until the eighth month, but the feeding continued somehow smoothly and favorably, so I decided: not bad even up to a year. Now Nika is a year and two months old, during the day she eats quite adult food, she can safely eat my bowl of soup and leave me without dinner ... But she still clings to me at night. I may be breastfeeding for a few more months. The main thing is that the child is calm, and this is not a burden to me.

website: Some women resort to plastic surgery after breastfeeding to return to the previous forms. What do you think of such a correction?

E.K.: Let's see what will happen (laughs). Today, in terms of sizes, I see only pluses: in dresses I have just a great neckline! But of course I think about possible problems and try to prevent them. During pregnancy, I used all kinds of creams, oils for stretch marks. Whether it is genes, or the action of special means, but I did not have stretch marks. When the feeding period began, I resorted to firming gels. I read on the forums that if you smoothly wean the baby from breast milk, then the breast will not lose shape. If everything turns out differently for me, then I will think about how to correct the situation. In general, I have no categorical judgments about plastic surgery if she goes for the benefit of beauty and family happiness, why not (laughs).

website: Stas, how did you feel about the changes in the appearance of your spouse during her pregnancy?

S.R.: If you love, then you don't notice any changes. Especially when you understand what it's all about. Yes, I heard about such cases when children are already five years old, and their mothers still have not returned the form after childbirth. I partly understand their husbands: they have suffered for some time and are already starting to hint that it is time to change something. But, of course, we don't. Lena quickly returned to form, and wishing for something more on my part would be madness.

E.K.: Yes, I must give Stas his due, because during pregnancy I gained more than the average norm - 16 kilograms! Now when I look at the photos taken on recent months I realize I looked like a puffy donut (laughs). Even my husband looks and wonders! Now the difference is visible, but then all these changes were not particularly noticeable, weight was gained smoothly. Most of all increased in the waist, of course. I remember joking with model friends that I now have a meter in my waist!

. How did you manage to return to pre-pregnancy forms?

E.K.: First, genes. Secondly, if you were initially in a good physical form, then after childbirth the body itself will quickly return to normal. This happened to me a month after I left the hospital. Honestly, I didn’t go to the gym, because they are not recommended for breastfeeding. physical exercise. But the child is the best dumbbell. My diet was completely normal, for the first two months I was on the notorious nursing diet - when it is allowed to eat only steamed, stewed and boiled. But the body came off on buns and marmalade, and I missed fresh salads and seafood, and at the age of three months, the baby, I decided to return to normal food, without any diets. Nevertheless, I never dismissed myself, although I can eat after nine in the evening, I can periodically afford both a cake and a burger. But all of these are rather exceptions. I mostly prefer salads. fresh vegetables, meat and fish on the grill. So I eat what I like, so I don't have to limit myself.

website: Have you encountered such a phenomenon as postpartum depression?

E.K.: Naturally, after childbirth and after constant lack of sleep, emotions jump. Either you rejoice, then you cry with your child. You really don't understand what's going on with you. But I still avoided such a state as depression. I approached both conception and gestation with understanding. Throughout my pregnancy, I consulted with my gynecologist, who advised me to drink vitamins, omega-3 and fatty acids. All this combined helped me avoid postpartum depression.

E.K.: Do not go headlong into motherhood, remember about your soulmate. If a wife is busy with a child 24 hours a day, and even forgets to hug her husband, it is no wonder that the husband risks looking around. He also needs attention. Moving a husband to a sofa or to another room means taking the first step towards making a man begin to realize himself not as a member of the family, but as an unnecessary appendage.

Sleepless nights, of course, are very exhausting, and it’s hard to get used to them, but you don’t need to emphasize this with shaggy hair and bruises under your eyes. It is quite possible to give only five minutes of your appearance in the morning. For example, after washing, I always apply concealer on the area under the eyes, highlighter for more radiance, eyebrow gel. I lightly go over my lashes with mascara, comb my hair and, voila, I already have a more or less decent look. Realistically, five minutes - and you look like a man.

website: Are there life hacks for girls who are going to have a baby for the first time?

E.K.: All of us, girls, are very carefully preparing for childbirth: we read forums, consult with specialists. We all know about the benefits of breastfeeding, but only a few know how to prepare your body for it. Indeed, this is a very complex process. We will give birth anyway. What courses you don’t go to, what specialists you don’t visit - at the most crucial moment, all the information will be forgotten anyway, and you will do what the midwife says. But to read how to establish breastfeeding, how to apply a baby, how to prevent stagnation is very important. And it is also important to know exactly how to care for a child in the first days of his life. I remember my panic after being discharged… In the maternity hospital, all the procedures were performed by nurses, I just watched and remembered, they seemed so simple! But in the very first hours at home, when you find yourself face to face with a crying baby, you don’t know what to grab onto - you are afraid to drop or break it.

Another important topic - shops! It seems to any young mother that you just need to buy everything! As a result, even what is not needed at all is bought. And I had it. Therefore, I can name my top 5 most necessary things for a baby: diapers, diaper cream, cotton pads, scissors for baby nails and breast milk! (Laughs.) Everything else is unnecessary bells and whistles.

And the older the child gets, the more you begin to wonder if all these flashing and singing plastic toys are necessary. For example, you bring home this toy in a bag happy, and the baby is interested in ... the bag, and not what's inside! (Laughs.) It is rightly said that with the second child you already reduce the amount of costs by 50 percent.

S.R.: And it seems to me that not by 50, but by all 80 percent!

website: V psychological aspect What can a young mother not do without?

E.K.: Without communication. Alone, you seem to find yourself in some kind of your own vacuum. In the media world, everyone talks about their “ideal” motherhood. In life, everything is different, and it seems that something is wrong with you. But if someone talks about real problems, then people breathe a sigh of relief: “We are not alone, so we are also normal.” I have exactly the same. I get a lot of information from my subscribers. We have a very warm circle gathered there, mainly to laugh at the next everyday situation. A question arises - for example, I caught a cold - I talk about it on my Instagram page, and subscribers immediately send a billion solutions to the problem. I, in turn, share some finds and life hacks that make life easier for a young mother, or simply talk with irony about my life with my daughter. Told with humor, the situation ceases to be a problem. Smiled, exhaled, and life goes on.

E.K.: We do not yet show Nick cartoons on tablets and phones. Naturally, she sees that we are using these devices and asks to give them to her. But the maximum that she does is take, twirl and return back. For children at this age, some household items are more interesting: a remote control, keys, a socket. All this attracts her attention in the first place.

website: What age do you think is the best to have children?

S.R.: This is the age when you feel like having kids (laughs).

S.R.: There is such a joke: “I didn’t give birth at the age of 18, then it’s too early.” In fact, when this recklessness passes and a person grows up, he is clearly aware of his capabilities. I think it’s too early for a man to become a father if you don’t know what awaits you next when you have neither a home nor a livelihood. You have to be mindful of everything. 25-35 years old is the optimal age for becoming a parent.

website: American scientists recently deduced the optimal age for becoming a mother - 35 years. What advantages do you see in mature motherhood?

E.K.: You do not perceive the newborn child as a burden. When you are young, you need to constantly run somewhere: to friends, to study, to work, to travel. And here it is conscious parenthood, you devote all your time, energy and love to the baby. There is no anger towards him in the sense that he ruins all plans and it would be better to shove him, for example, to his grandmother.

S.R.: Lena and I were just talking about this recently. Everything in life is cyclical. In childhood, we play simple toys, in our youth we are already looking for something else, and when we have completely played enough, we are looking for “toys” that are much more exotic. But the time comes to become a parent, and you relive childhood with your child. You are able to enjoy the simple things again. In life, new ones appear bright colors and you, as a parent, are never bored. For example, we went to Sochi, and one of the main entertainments there is bungee jumping. With a baby, you can not rush to such extremes and just walk in the park and enjoy it. You give your child what you yourself experienced.

E.K.: In general, now I understand mothers who have five children! Babies are wonderful. True, I suspect that I will moderate my ardor as soon as Nika begins to show character.

S.R.: We, of course, do not have a super-task - to have as many children as possible. As God wills, so be it. We must first deal with this miracle. As soon as we understand that we are quite comfortable, we are coping and ready for the second child, then we will move on to the next stage.

According to Elena, she is not one of those girls who meet with men much older than themselves. “And even if we really had a relationship, most likely, I would try to hide it,” Kuletskaya added.

Many are interested in Elena's relationship with Dima Bilan. In 2008, the singer promised to marry a model if he won the Eurovision Song Contest. Then the artist managed to take first place, but Kuletskaya did not wait for the coveted ringlet. Soon the couple completely broke up.

“We have remained as friends as possible. In general, neither I nor my husband have the habit of maintaining any friendly relations with the former and continuing to communicate. Dispersed means dispersed. We can send SMS to each other once or twice a year. I must say right away that there was no contract. Was this story part of PR - yes, because any publication and drawing attention to your person is PR - public relations, public relations. It’s just that our relationship organically faded away, there wasn’t even a specific point, ”said the TV presenter.

Elena met her husband Stas Romanovsky on the set of the Shopaholics program on MTV, where she was the host, and he was the director of photography.

“Stas re-educated me. I have always looked for a man stronger than myself. And found. He is calm, delicate, and with his masculine literate behavior, he reassured me. I am often asked if a couple's life changes after marriage. In fact, no, but stability and confidence makes everything much more important than when you just meet. And it makes no sense to wind each other's nerves because of the little things, if you know that in the end you will still stay together, ”Kuletskaya shared.

My childhood was endless travel. Many people think that my father is an oligarch and it was he who promoted me in my career. But I have an ordinary soviet family: dad is a military man, lieutenant colonel, employee of a research institute, and mom is a nurse. And we were happy! It seems to me that modern children are not so carefree, even though they have more possibilities than we had. In general, it is difficult to say where all this talk about the oligarch comes from. Probably, in our country they simply do not like the so-called self-made people, especially women. If a person appears in the gossip column, travels, achieves success, criticism and negativity immediately fly into his address. In fact, this is how they justify the laziness of others. Dad was transferred to Moscow when I was six. Here I went to school. We had a dorm room in Moscow region but we lived in Moscow rented an apartment. They used to move every six months, so I changed seven schools. Friends also changed accordingly, and I did not become attached to the place and people. It helped me a lot in the modeling business, I easily adapt to new conditions. My behavior was not always exemplary; as a rule, I joined the company as a ringleader. But everything was in order with my studies, I graduated from school with one four. Everything related to exact sciences, happened by itself.

And when I first went abroad alone, I really remembered my dad and mentally said thank you. If I had more trusting relationship with my parents, perhaps I could have avoided some mistakes. I remember when I got my belly button pierced when I was 14. Everything became inflamed, and only then I went to my parents. Dad set the framework: at 11, the daughter should be at home. And my mother sometimes covered. One day I came home like a huge snowball - my friends and I went downhill. I was wearing a faux fur coat and a huge combed forelock. It was considered wildly fashionable at the time. As a result, dad took me for this very forelock and - straight to the bathroom! I have always been like a kid, femininity, tenderness and sophistication were not enough. Of course, I never dreamed of becoming a model. When the first glossy magazines appeared, my favorite was Cosmopolitan, I bought it every month and put it in a pile near the bed. I was interested in the topics of relationships and sex, not clothes and cosmetics. We never discussed these issues with our parents. In general, the boys at school did not particularly look after me, I was not the queen of the class. I had short hair, and when it grew, I braided it - not very romantic. She wore hooded clothes and was not a “girl” at all. Boyfriends appeared in high school, but there were no queues. I did not make up until I was 15 and did not lose weight, like all girls. After high school, my dad and I decided that I needed to become a lawyer. By the way, dad studied all the "promising" professions. I didn't resist. Closer to the age of 16, in the first year of the institute, I spent a lot of time with classmates who actively used cosmetics, were beauties. I learned a lot from looking at them, I even started wearing skirts.

When I came to the agency, I was offered training. There was no money to pay for the modeling school, but I did not ask my parents for help. And my mother noticed how upset I was, and gave me funds for this school. I began to study, use cosmetics, walk in heels correctly. In principle, this knowledge was not useful to me, since such staged moments have little in common with the realities of the modeling business. I worked as a hostess at exhibitions and presentations. In general, I earned my first money at the age of 12 and gave it to my mother. In the studio, it was necessary to collect as many lightning bolts as possible from huge amount unnecessary things. And child labour they were not forbidden. Mom, of course, returned this money to me, then I spent it on "Snickers" and " Kinder Surprises». Later, while working as a hostess, I started getting offers to "go out to dinner." Of course, I did not understand what kind of dinner it was. My parents won't let me go! And what kind of work is this - to come to eat, why are they not paid for it? In general, these "dinners" were held in some very shady places and at a very late time, I did not get to any of them. From time to time scouts from other countries came to the agency. So, one day I was cast in a French modeling agency. As I remember now, I was wearing a short tight-fitting blue dress, in which I later arrived in Paris. After the casting I was asked to sign a clean White list, but as a lawyer, I refused. However, everything turned out well: the agency agreed to first draw up the documents, and only then get my signature. Then an actress came to the casting with me Anna Gorshkova(32), she was still a minor and could fly into France only with parental permission. Her mother agreed, but only on the condition that she would personally accompany her daughter, so it was calmer for my parents. The agency invited us for three months, initially paying all our expenses. For me, it was something simply incredible - for the first time a vacation abroad and immediately Paris! In addition, dad was pleased: it was not in vain that we moved to Moscow. At night I dreamed that green men were walking around Paris, and upside down, too - my brain was so excited. The first thing we saw when we arrived at the Champs Elysees were people dressed, as it seemed to us, completely tasteless! Wrinkled linen pants, no heels... And here we are - girls in short dresses with heels! It took me a while to get rid of Soviet stereotypes and understand that naturalness, loose hair, lack of makeup is beautiful. At first, when I started going to auditions, the reviews of photographers were not the best. Yes, they said that the girl is beautiful, but cold as The Snow Queen We are simply afraid of her. And at the casting you need to relax, be sociable, and not pinched.

From models now I communicate closely with Zhenya Volodina(31). She is a world friend, always helped and even provided me with her apartment in New York when I went there to work. Of course, the near-bohemian party is more in full swing in New York, than in paris but I hardly knew anyone there. However, after posting on Facebook that I was in New York, literally three hours later I found all the models I knew. We went to clubs where Leonardo DiCaprio (41), Gerard Butler (46) and Mickey Rourke (63) often appeared. By that time, I was already without much subservience to the stars of this level. My first party was Elton John's annual charity ball (69), to which he invited 220 people. I was invited by Mr. Graff, we were just doing a week-long shoot for Graff in London. And I felt that this is no longer just shooting. I represent the brand: I am wearing a necklace, rings, earrings. It was my first outing, everything was great! Stars that I only saw on TV asked how I was doing! Mickey Rourke and I lived next door in New York and hung out together. He started courting my girlfriend. She didn't reciprocate, but she didn't reject him either. In short, I turned out to be a “vest”, I had to listen to his reasoning about why she was so cold, he asked me to write to her and immediately asked what she answered. One day we both ended up in London and went out together GQ. Before that, Mickey was already seen with a Russian model Nastya Makarenko. And so, we were photographed together - of course, the press declared me his girlfriend. But we did not meet, there was no relationship. Of course, many believe that an affair with a Hollywood actor is an indisputable plus in a career. But I'm not, not when he's three times your age. And even if we really had a relationship, most likely, I would try to hide it.

In general, neither I nor my husband have the habit of maintaining any friendly relations with the former and continuing to communicate. Dispersed means dispersed. We can send SMS to each other once or twice a year. I must say right away that there was no contract. Was this story part of PR - yes, because any publication and drawing attention to your person is PR-public relations, public relations. It's just that our relationship organically faded away, there was not even a specific point. When I started dating my future husband, Dima and I were no longer interested in each other's personal lives, although due to my work on TV, I had already spent a lot of time in Moscow. We met Stas during the filming of the Shopaholics program on the MTV channel, where I was the host, and he was the director of photography. He very competently began to show signs of attention, and I was not very spoiled by them, since European men are rather reserved in courtship. Stas, with his attention, warm sweet messages and daily wishes of good morning and have a good day very accommodating. I used to be independent, and it was difficult for me to adjust to a serious relationship, with an eye on my partner. Nowadays, each person is so independent and independent that we all lack a healthy share of dependency and need. I did not immediately understand that I love Stas, that I want to marry him. As a rule, people build their behavior in relationships based on previous experience. And my previous relationship (with an American) was pretty vague. Yes, we lived together, but each was on his own.

Photo: Anton Zemlyanoy. Style: Lusine Avetisyan. Makeup and hair: Prive7. Producer: Oksana Shabanova We thank Lotte Hotel Moscow for help in organizing the shooting