Sometimes I just need to switch off.

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.

I love Yves Saint Laurent and Giambattista Valli and Givenchy and I get given quite a lot, but perhaps nothing is as wonderful as the white fake leather trench coat I got when I was 15.

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

I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.

I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.

I don't want to have strong arms, like you get from Pilates or yoga. But dancing arms become your best accessory. And it's great for your core muscles.