But when my grandmother saw me plucking [my eyebrows] she said: 'Don't. You will regret it. One day you will wake up with no eyebrows and think how stupid you were. Your eyebrows are the most beautiful thing about you.'

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

Keeping up with everything I do requires some sacrifices, but once and a while I need to take some time to myself.

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.

I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It’s the most important achievement.

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.