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.

My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.

Writing down goals makes you think of what is achievable. It really makes you reflect on what you are today.

I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.

When I really treat myself, I go to incredible Leonor Greyl in Paris for a head massage.

You cannot leave the house to take the garbage out without full-on makeup and your hair done. You have to fight for your man out there.

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.