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

If you are ambitious you can have a moment of glory but it will most likely be temporary. But talent always finds its way out.

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.

Sometimes I just need to switch off.

The big contracts go to the girls who are healthy - they need to have a sparkle in their eyes and you can't fake that if you're unhealthy.

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

Finding out I was pretty was a very nice realisation.