If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.

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

If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.

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.

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

Finding out I was pretty was a very nice realisation.

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