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Anna Vladimirovna Litvinova (Russian: Анна Владимировна Литвинова; 1 May 1983 – 22 January 2013) was a Russian fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Miss Universe - Russia 2006 beauty contest and represented Russia at Miss Universe 2006 contest, where she finished in the top 20.
In 2014, Women Daily magazine called her "the most beautiful girl in the world". [8] In Moscow, Pimenova practiced rhythmic gymnastics, under Olga Kapranova. [1] In 2013, she competed in a gymnastics tournament in Tatarstan organized by Alina Kabaeva, winning a gold medal in her age group. [4] In April 2015, she appeared on the cover of Vogue ...
Women in Russia are not a monolithic group, because the country itself is very diverse: there are almost 200 national/ethnic groups in Russia (77.7% being Russians - as of 2010 [6]), and although most of the population is (at least nominally) Christian Orthodox, other religions are present too, such as Islam (approximately 6% - see Islam in ...
[11] In 1900, the British magazine, Woman at Home, wrote that "the flower of the flock, as far as looks are concerned ... is Grand Duchess Tatiana." [12] Nicholas wrote that Tatiana was "a very beautiful child" [13] and he often remarked that she reminded him of Alexandra. [14]
Xochiquetzal (Aztecs) - the goddess of prostitutes, pregnant women, and dancing; Alexandra Dé Broussehan (Irish Celts) - a woman turned spirit of prostitution, caused a war between the Callahan and Lawlor clans, and often associated with Korrigan whose worship involved sacred prostitution [7]
The "golden age" of Circassian beauty may be considered to be between the 1770s, when the Russian Empire seized the Crimean Khanate and cut off the Black Sea slave trade, which increased the demand for Circassian women in Muslim harems; and the 1860s, when the Russian Empire perpetrated the Circassian genocide and destroyed the Circassians ...
When the Empress Anna asked the Chinese minister in Saint Petersburg to identify the most beautiful woman at her court, he pointed to Elizabeth, much to Anna's displeasure. [ 11 ] Elizabeth's response to the lack of marriage prospects was to take Alexander Shubin, a sergeant in the Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment , as her lover.
Lisina held two world records: the record for the woman with the longest legs, with her left leg at 132.8 cm (52.28 in/4 ft 4.28 in) and her right leg at 132.2 cm (52.04 in/4 ft 4.04 in), and for the tallest professional model at 205.16 cm (80.77 in/6 ft 8.77 in), and has also been officially recognized as having the largest feet for a woman in Russia (EU 47/US 16), all of which was awarded by ...