Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.

I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.

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.

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.

When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.

If we're talking about being skinny or losing weight, I don't have that problem; it's genetics.

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.