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Olga Kurylenko – Bond Girl

Olga Kurylenko

Olga Kurylenko – Bond Girl


Olga Kurylenko is a French actress and model.
Pretty girl was born on November 14, 1979 in Berdyansk, Soviet Union. Her mother Marina Alyabysheva is from the Irkutsk region, Russia. Parents divorced soon after the birth of their daughter. She was brought up by her mother and grandmother. In her childhood Olga played the piano and attended the ballet studio. Kurylenko lived together with her mother, aunt, uncle, grandmother, grandfather and cousin in a small flat. In 1992, Olga and her mother moved to Moscow.
At the age of 16 Olga moved to work in Paris and later signed a contract with the agency Madison. 18-year-old Olga appeared on the covers of Glamor, ELLE, Madame Figaro, Marie Claire and Vogue. Also she became the face of Lejaby, Bebe clothing, Clarins and Helena Rubinstein.
In 1998, Olga starred in the music video of the French-Algerian songwriter Faudel for the song Tellement Je T’aime.
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Lidia Egorova, model

Lidia Egorova, model

Lidia Egorova, Russian model

Lidia Egorova

was born on November 26, 1973 in Moscow, Russia.
Lidia is a model. She has a twin sister called Alexandra Egorova who is also a model.
Lida worked in such agencies as: Storm Models – London, Marilyn Agency – Paris.

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Maria Nevskaya

Maria Nevskaya

Maria Nevskaya


Maria Nevskaya is a Russian model, editor in chief of the Russian edition of L’Officiel magazine.
Pretty girl was born on December 19, 1983 in Moscow. By the way, she became a semifinalist of the Russian stage of the competition Elite Model Look under the direction of Red Stars modeling agency in 1998. Maria and Xenia Agafonova from Tyumen (the winner of the competition) took part in the international final of the contest, which was held in Nice, France. Then, Nevskaya signed a contract with Armani and joined President Model Agency.
In 2002, she began working abroad – in France and New York.
The girl graduated from the Russian State University for the Humanities. And in 2005 Maria graduated from the school of design Details.
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Elena Soldatova, model and actress

Elena Soldatova, model and actress

Elena Soldatova, model and actress


Elena Soldatova is an actress and a model.
Pretty girl was born on March 3, 1986.
She worked in many agencies including Metropolitan Models – Paris, Colors Model Management – Spain, Modus Vivendis Model Management, Ford Models – New York, New Models – Belgium, Bookings Model Agency – London, Contrebande Model Management, The Pinkerton Model and Talent Company.
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Ekaterina Volkova – actress, singer, model

Ekaterina Volkova - actress, singer, model

Ekaterina Volkova – actress, singer, model


Ekaterina Volkova is a Russian film and theater actress, singer, songwriter, model.
Pretty girl was born on March 16, 1974 in Tomsk, USSR (now Russia). Her mother is a doctor and her father is an engineer. Katya spent her childhood in Togliatti. At the age of five, the girl was fond of legendary singer Alla Pugacheva, who became her standard of artistry and gave a goal in life. She graduated from the School of Music and Fine Art where she mastered the profession of a choral conductor.
In 1995, the girl entered the Theatre Institute in Yaroslavl. Later, in 1997, she came to Moscow and entered the Russian University of Theatre Arts.
You know, she works in the theaters and appears in films and television series.
In 1992 Volkova appeared in the film Eastern Romance. Also she starred in films including The Collector by Yuri Grymov, melodrama About Love based on Anton Chekhov’s stories and directed by Sergei Solovyov, and in the TV series Next. In 2006 Ekaterina got the main role in the film Breath In – Exhale directed by Ivan Dykhovichny.
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Olga Pantyushenkova, Russian top model

Olga Pantyushenkova, Russian top model

Olga Pantyushenkova, Russian top model


Olga Pantyushenkova is the star of the 90s and one of the first Russian top models who has achieved international fame. She worked with the French agency ELITE, advertised Dior, Shiseido, Chanel and Valentino. To tell the truth, she was among the 15 top Supermodels in the world. Pretty girl conquered the magical world of cosmetics and perfumes.
The girl was born in 1975, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Since childhood, she had a dream to become a celebrity: model or actress.
Beauty pageants appeared in the USSR in the late 1980s. Moscow Beauty, held in the capital in 1988, was the very first competition. 15-year-old Masha Kalinina was the winner and she was offered a job for Burda Moden in Germany as a prize. She became one of the few winners of beauty contests, whose career eventually turned out to be connected with fashion and show business.
Cute Olga took part in Miss Baltic Sea and Miss Photo of the USSR. In 1991 she participated in the first contest Supermodel of the USSR and took the third place. By the way, the girl was only 15 years old.
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Anna Beloetsrkovets

Anna Beloetsrkovets

Anna Beloetsrkovets – ex-model and art director


Anna Beloetsrkovets is an ex-model (1995-1999), art director of the restaurant Gymnasium.
Pretty girl was born on June 10, 1975 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).
Anna graduated from the State Marine Technical University. Her modelling career began in 1995 in Modus Vivendi agency, the first at that time agency of St. Petersburg. Cute girl participated in a large number of shows.
She starred in Dima Malikov and Valery Meladze’s music video (she was invited by Oleg Gusev).
When Anna was 22 years old she signed a contract with the Loreal and went to Paris.
She walked for Thierry Mugler, Armani, Nina Ricci and many others.
Recently she received an offer to star in a movie.
By 2000, she had finished the model activities. However, sometimes she appears in lookbooks and all sorts of TV commercials.
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