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 become a mother, you think less about yourself and care more about the world.

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

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

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.

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

I missed quite a lot of school because I was working from the age of 11.