About the fate of the first Soviet fashion models little is known - firstly, this profession in the 1960-1970s. was neither prestigious nor highly paid, and secondly, we didn’t say anything about those of them who managed to emigrate and achieve success abroad. The same fate befell Mila Romanovskaya- one of the first fashion models of the USSR who was able to find her place in the profession and abroad.
After graduating from school, Mila entered the Electromechanical School and did not even think about a career as a fashion model. She dreamed of entering the conservatory and studying art history. But one day a friend of hers, who was supposed to participate in a show at the Leningrad Model House, got sick and asked Mila to replace her.
When Mila appeared on the catwalk, everyone was amazed - she walked with such confidence, as if she had always been doing this. She was offered a job as a fashion model, and after 2 months she went to shows in Finland. Her career was fast-paced and very successful. At the same time, Mila married a VGIK student, whom she had been dating since she was 18 years old. Following her husband, she moved to Moscow, but she was not accepted into the Model House right away. In addition, she had to take a break in her modeling career due to the birth of her daughter. When Romanovskaya returned to the profession, resounding success awaited her.
Soon Mila Romanovskaya became the main competitor of the successful fashion model Model houses of Regina Zbarskaya. They were constantly compared, although they were complete opposites: Zbarskaya was capricious, hot-tempered and demanding, and Milovskaya was flexible, patient and compliant. The peak of this competition became a selection for an international fashion show in 1967. Wearing the “Russia” dress by designer Tatyana Osmerkina, created especially for Regina Zbarskaya, as a result Mila appeared on the catwalk in Montreal. The commission decided that the blonde looked more organic in this image.
Incredible success awaited her abroad. In all Western publications she was called the Soviet “Snow Maiden” and “birch tree”. She made the “Russia” dress her own business card. Following her, a foreign photographer came to the USSR and arranged a photo shoot for her in this image for the cover of a glossy magazine. But this one professional success became the cause of discord in the family: due to increased attention to Mila, her husband made scenes of jealousy for her, and she left him.
Soon after these events, the fashion model met actor Andrei Mironov, with whom, according to her, they had a stormy, albeit short-lived, affair. And then she met the artist Yuri Kuperman and married him. Cooperman and Romanovskaya were one of the first married couples who managed to obtain permission to leave the USSR and continue their career in exile. First they went to Austria, from there they moved to Israel. There, the fashion model's career was quite successful - she participated in filming for the Beged-Or company, then worked with the Kotex company. But things weren’t going well for the husband in Israel, and he convinced his wife to try her luck in another country.
But leaving Israel turned out to be not so easy; only after 5 months Mila managed to collect necessary documents and pay off the debt to the state. The model later recalled: “Israel tried to detain the specialists, and documents on the payment of debts, even after returning every penny, were not so easy to obtain. I was advised to butter up officials with foreign gifts. I brought them a couple of souvenirs from Italy, and it worked.” The couple settled in London, where Romanovskaya continued her career as a fashion model. Cooperman also finally managed to achieve recognition: he organized an exhibition in one of the galleries, and it was successful. Soon he had to move to France, and Mila and her daughter remained in London. A few years later, the couple separated - it was not possible to live in two countries, and each had their own personal life.
And one day at the airport, fate gave her a surprise: her ticket was sold, she was given a seat in first class, where British entrepreneur Douglas Edwards became her traveling companion. A chance acquaintance grew into a whirlwind romance, and soon they got married. With her third husband, Romanovskaya finally found true happiness and confidence in the future. Today they have general business, they travel the world on their own plane.
Mila Romanovskaya became one of the few Soviet fashion models who managed to travel abroad and continue their modeling career in exile. Another famous fashion model of the 1960s had to leave the USSR not of her own free will. Galina Milovskaya:
The profession of a model, so popular in modern world, was considered unprestigious. The models were called “clothing demonstrators,” and their salary did not exceed 76 rubles.
And yet there were beauties who managed to build a career - some in their homeland, others abroad. Faktrum publishes a selection of Soviet top models.
Regina Zbarskaya
One of the most famous and legendary fashion models of the 60s, Regina Zbarskaya, after stunning success abroad, she returned to the USSR, but never found “her place” here. Frequent nervous breakdowns, depression, antidepressants led to her losing her job. As a result of failures in personal life and professional unfulfillment, the most beautiful woman country committed suicide in 1987.
Galina Milovskaya
Galina Milovskaya was called the Russian “Twiggy” - because of her thinness, which was uncharacteristic for fashion models of that time: with a height of 170 cm, she weighed 42 kg. In the 1970s, Galina conquered not only the Moscow podium, but also foreign ones. She was invited to film in Vogue; in 1974 she emigrated and stayed to live in London. She married a French banker, left her modeling career, graduated from the Faculty of Film Directing at the Sorbonne and became a documentary director.
Tatiana Solovyova
Perhaps one of the most prosperous and successful was the fate of Tatyana Solovyova. She came to the Model House by chance, following an advertisement. Tatiana had higher education, which is why the nickname “institute” stuck to her.
Later Solovyova married Nikita Mikhalkov and still lives with him in happy marriage. Although the profession of a fashion model was so unpopular that Mikhalkov at first introduced his wife to everyone as a translator or teacher.
Elena Metelkina
Probably everyone remembers the woman from the future - Polina - who helped everyone’s favorite Alisa Selezneva in the film “Guest from the Future”. Few people know that this role was brilliantly played by fashion model Elena Metelkina. Her unearthly appearance contributed to the fact that she played more than one role in films - in the film “Through Hardships to the Stars,” for example, it was the alien Niya.
Mila Romanovskaya
Mila Romanovskaya, a constant rival of Regina Zbarskaya, was another star of the Soviet catwalk of the 1960s. Abroad, the blonde was called “the incarnate Slavic beauty.” Despite her success in the USSR, Mila eventually left the country: first to France, then to England, where she remained.
Today, almost every second girl dreams of becoming a model. In Soviet times, the profession of a fashion model was not only not prestigious, but was considered almost indecent and was poorly paid. Clothes demonstrators received a maximum rate of 76 rubles - as fifth-class workers.
At the same time, the most famous Russian beauties were known and appreciated in the West, but in their homeland, work in the “modeling” business (although there was no such thing then) often created problems for them. From this issue you will learn about the fate of the brightest fashion models Soviet Union.
Regina Zbarskaya
Her name has become synonymous with the concept of “Soviet fashion model,” although for a long time O tragic fate Regina was known only to people close to her. A series of publications that appeared in the press after the collapse of the USSR changed everything. They started talking about Zbarskaya, but until now her name is more shrouded in myths than covered in real facts.
The exact place of her birth is unknown - either Leningrad or Vologda; there is no exact information about her parents. It was rumored that Zbarskaya was connected with the KGB; she was credited with affairs with influential men and almost espionage activities. But those who actually knew Regina say unequivocally: none of this is true.
The only husband of the sultry beauty was the artist Lev Zbarsky, but the relationship did not work out: the husband left Regina first for actress Marianna Vertinskaya, then for Lyudmila Maksakova. After his departure, Regina was never able to come to her senses: in 1987, she committed suicide by drinking sleeping pills.
Regina Zbarskaya was called the “Russian Sophia Loren”: the image of a sultry Italian with a luscious pageboy haircut was created for her by Vyacheslav Zaitsev. Regina's southern beauty was popular in the Soviet Union: dark-haired and dark-eyed girls seemed exotic against the background of standard Slavic appearance. But foreigners treated Regina with restraint, preferring to invite blue-eyed blondes for filming - if, of course, they managed to get permission from the authorities.
Mila Romanovskaya
The complete antipode and longtime rival of Zbarskaya is Mila Romanovskaya. A gentle, sophisticated blonde, Mila looked like Twiggy. It was with this famous British woman that she was compared more than once; there was even a photo of Romanovskaya a la Twiggy, with lush false eyelashes, round glasses, and combed-back hair.
Romanovskaya's career began in Leningrad, then she transferred to the Moscow Fashion House. This is where the dispute arose about who is the first beauty big country- she or Regina. Mila won: she was entrusted with demonstrating the “Russia” dress by fashion designer Tatyana Osmerkina at an international exhibition light industry in Montreal. The scarlet outfit, embroidered with gold sequins along the neckline, was remembered for a long time and was even included in fashion history textbooks.
Her photos were readily published in the West, for example in Life magazine, calling Romanovskaya Snegurochka. Mila's fate was generally happy. She managed to give birth to a daughter, Nastya, from her first husband, whom she met while studying at VGIK. Then she got divorced, started a bright affair with Andrei Mironov, and remarried the artist Yuri Cooper. With him she emigrated first to Israel, then to Europe. Romanovskaya's third husband was British businessman Douglas Edwards.
Galina Milovskaya
She was also called the “Russian Twiggy” - the type of thin tomboy girl was extremely popular. Milovskaya became the first model in the history of the USSR who was allowed to pose for foreign photographers. The shoot for Vogue magazine was organized by Frenchman Arnaud de Ronet. The documents were signed personally by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers Kosygin, and the list of locations and the level of organization of this photo shoot could even now be the envy of any gloss producer: Galina Milovskaya demonstrated clothes not only on Red Square, but also in the Armory Chamber and the Diamond Fund. The accessories for that shoot were the scepter of Catherine II and the legendary Shah diamond.
However, a scandal soon broke out: one of the photographs in which Milovskaya sits on the paving stones main square countries with their backs to the Mausoleum, was recognized as immoral in the USSR, and the girl began to be hinted at leaving the country. At first, emigration seemed like a tragedy to Gala, but in reality it turned out great success: in the West, Milovskaya collaborated with the Ford agency, attended shows and acted for glossy magazines, and then completely changed her profession, becoming a documentary director. Galina Milovskaya’s personal life was successful: she lived in marriage with French banker Jean-Paul Dessertino for 30 years.
Leka Mironova
Leka (short for Leocadia) Mironova is a model for Vyacheslav Zaitsev, who still appears in various photo shoots and takes part in television programs. Leka has something to tell and show: she looks great at her age, and the memories associated with her work are enough to fill a thick book of memoirs. Mironova shares unpleasant details: she admits that her friends and colleagues were often forced to give in to harassment powerful of the world this, while she found the courage to refuse a high-ranking suitor and paid dearly for it.
In her youth, Leka was compared to Audrey Hepburn for her slimness, chiseled profile and impeccable style. She kept it until old age and now willingly shares her beauty secrets: this is a regular baby cream for moisturizing the skin, red wine instead of tonic, and a hair mask with egg yolk. And of course, always keep your back straight and don’t slouch!
Tatiana Mikhalkova (Solovieva)
People are used to seeing the wife of the famous director Nikita Mikhalkov worthy mother large family, and few people remember her as a slender young girl. Meanwhile, in her youth, Tatyana appeared on the catwalk and posed for Soviet fashion magazines for more than five years. She was also compared to the fragile Twiggy, and Slava Zaitsev dubbed Tatyana a Botticelli girl.
They whispered that it was her bold mini that helped her get the job as a fashion model - the artistic council unanimously admired the beauty of the applicant’s legs. Friends jokingly called Tatyana “Institute” - unlike other fashion models, she had a prestigious higher education, received at the Institute. Maurice Thorez.
True, having changed her surname from her maiden name Solovyova to Mikhalkova, Tatyana was forced to part with her profession: Nikita Sergeevich rather sharply told her that the mother should raise the children and he would not tolerate any nannies. IN last time Tatiana appeared on the podium in the seventh month of pregnancy, wearing her eldest daughter Anna, and then completely plunged into the life and upbringing of the heirs. When the children grew up a little, Tatyana Mikhalkova created and headed the Russian Silhouette charity foundation, which helps aspiring fashion designers.
Elena Metelkina
She is known for her roles in the films “Guest from the Future” and “Through Thorns to the Stars.” Metelkina's role is a woman of the future, an alien. Huge unearthly eyes, a fragile figure and an appearance completely atypical for that time attracted attention to Elena. Her filmography includes six film works, the last one dating back to 2011, although Elena has no acting education; her first profession is a librarian.
Metelkina's rise dates back to an era when the popularity of the fashion model profession had already begun to decline and a new generation was about to appear - already professional models, tailored according to Western models. Elena worked mainly in the GUM showroom and posed for Soviet fashion magazines with patterns and knitting tips. After the collapse of the Union, she left the profession and, like many, was forced to adapt to the new reality.
Her biography has many sharp turns, including a criminal story with the murder of businessman Ivan Kivelidi, whose secretary she was. Metelkina was not injured by accident; her replacement secretary died along with her boss. Now Elena appears on television from time to time and gives interviews, but most He devotes his time to singing in a church choir in one of the churches in Moscow.
Tatiana Chapygina
Probably every housewife in the USSR knew this girl of ideal classical appearance by sight. Chapygina was a very popular model and, in addition to participating in fashion shows, she starred a lot for magazines, demonstrating the trends of the next season in publications that offered Soviet women sew or knit yourself fashionable clothes. Then the names of the models were not mentioned in the press: only the author of the next dress and the photographer who captured it were signed, and information about the girls representing stylish images, remained closed. Nevertheless, Tatyana Chapygina’s career was going well: she managed to avoid scandals, rivalry with colleagues and other negativity. She left the profession at a high point, having gotten married.
Rumia Rumi Rei
She was called only by her first name or by the nickname once given by her friends - Shahinya. Rumia's appearance was very bright and immediately attracted the eye. Vyacheslav Zaitsev offered to hire her - at one of the screenings he fell for bright beauty Rumia and soon made her his favorite model.
Her type was called “the woman of the future,” and Rumia herself became famous thanks to not only her beauty, but also her character. He, by her own admission, was not sugar, the girl often argued with colleagues, violated accepted rules, but there was something attractive in her rebellion. In her mature years, Rumia retained slim figure and bright appearance. She still maintains friendly relations with Vyacheslav Zaitsev and looks, as they say, her best.
Evgenia Kurakina
Evgenia Kurakina, an employee of the Leningrad Fashion House, a girl with an aristocratic surname, performed in the role of a “sad teenager.” Evgenia was photographed a lot by foreign photographers, and to work with the girl they specially came to the Northern capital to capture Zhenya’s beauty against the backdrop of local attractions. The model later complained that she never saw most of these pictures, because they were intended for publication abroad. True, in the archives of Evgenia herself there are many of the most different photos, filmed in the 60s and 70s of the last century, which she sometimes makes available for thematic exhibitions. Evgenia's fate was happy - she got married and went to live in Germany.
The sixties were a time of revolution in fashion, in music, the very consciousness of man was turned upside down. The conservative post-war 50s gave way to the Beatles era. Daring people took to the streets amid loud music attractive girls in miniskirts with bright makeup and incredible hairstyles on her head. Like every time, the 60s had their heroines and style icons, women who were imitated in their style of dressing, hairstyle and makeup. In this article we will talk about models from the 60s.
Her real name is Leslie Hornby. World-famous model, actress and singer from Great Britain. She received her pseudonym “Twiggy” for her incredible thinness (translated from English as twig - reed, twiggy - thin). The future model was born in a London suburb in 1949.
At the age of 16 she became the face of a beauty salon. At 17, the Daily Express recognized her as the person of the year. She worked with iconic photographers of the 60s: Helmut Newton and Cecil Beaton. She is called the first supermodel in the history of the fashion business. In 67-68, Mattel even released Twiggy Barbie. She started the fashion for a very thin, childish body, which caused a wave of anorexia, girls wanted to be like her.
Her style is a cocktail of rock and roll, hippie culture, and punk attributes. She's like a child big doll. Short skirts on her did not look provocative, but very cute, like on a schoolgirl. Twiggy made the boyish haircut incredibly popular; against the backdrop of the complex “Babylon” and “Babbett” it looked more than original. In her makeup, she placed the main emphasis on her huge eyes, trying to visually enlarge them even more. Twiggy painted her eyelashes very thickly with mascara, painting even the lower eyelashes, so that they practically stuck together, creating an absolutely doll-like impression. She emphasized the moving fold of the eyelid with a dark tone, which made her eyes simply huge. At the same time, eyebrows and lips were as natural as possible, and gentle porcelain skin acted as a background for bright eye makeup.
German model Veruschka - for real blue bloods, she was born Countess Vera Gottlieb Anne von Lehndorff. In their possessions during the Second World War, Nazi meetings were held, but subsequently, her father was tried by a military court and was executed, and little Vera with her mother and sisters and brothers ended up in a concentration camp, where the family’s surname was changed.
Vershuka's first serious contract as a model was with the American agency Ford Models, to which she was invited when she moved to Paris to work. After which she leaves to work in America, but soon returns from there with nothing. Returning to her homeland, she became famous in Munich, starring in a small episode of Antonioni’s legendary film “Blow-Up.” She was discovered as a great model by photographer Franco Rubartelli, who made a series of avant-garde photographs. After which she worked with the great provocateur Salvador Dali. During her career, she has appeared on more than 800 magazine covers!
The experience of working with Dali did not pass without leaving a mark on the formation of her style. It was very unexpected and avant-garde even for the revolutionary fashion of the 60s. Having met the artist Holger Trutsch, Veruschka found not only a husband in him, but also a colleague in creativity, together with whom they created body art masterpieces. We can admire brilliant photographs where Veruschka becomes part of nature or architecture, merging with the landscape around her. It is interesting that in life she preferred the color black in clothes, which acted as a frame for her body, which became a real canvas for her husband’s paintings.
Gene Shrimpton
British model Jean Shrimpton was born at the height of the war in 1942, in Buckinghamshire. At the age of 17, she met director Cy Endfield, who opened the way for her to the big model business. She entered modeling school and very soon looked from the covers of such glossy monsters as Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. As in the fate of many models, a very important and fateful meeting in her life turned out to be a meeting with photographer David Bailey, who made her incredibly popular.
She was called the most beautiful model throughout history. She was really good, all her parameters were perfect, big eyes, thick hair, easy gait. She also had the title of “highest paid model.” Jean loved miniskirts and made them incredibly fashionable.
Her face was recognized as the standard of beauty. She practically all of her modeling career exploited the image of the “scared doe,” as many called it. Her charming bangs and high bouffant made her facial features even more pretty. The eyebrows raised in eternal surprise made the face even younger, the result was a slightly capricious, but very beautiful Jean doll.
Marisa Berenson
The daughter of an American diplomat, Marisa Berenson, has been accustomed to living beautifully since childhood. She was born into a wealthy and famous family. Her love for fashion was passed on to her by her grandmother Elsa Schiaparelli, an artist and fashion designer who chose surrealism as a means of expressing her thoughts.
The beginning of her career was very loud; she almost immediately appeared on the covers of Vogue and Time magazines. But to be just a model for her, born in such a famous family, was not enough, and she began to realize herself as an actress. Marisa spent her career starring in large quantities films. Marrisa's life ended tragically - she was a passenger on one of the planes hijacked on September 11, 2001.
Her image that emerges in memory is, first of all, a mane of hair framing Beautiful face. Her bottomless eyes, always with “a little too” painted eyelashes, were her calling card. She knew how to very skillfully present classic things and at the same time look in absolutely avant-garde outfits as if she was born in them - this is a real gift for a model. Her makeup must-haves are colored ones - eye shadow, eyeliner, mascara and false eyelashes.
The unusual appearance of the model is remembered at first sight. Thick straight bangs like little ponies, huge eyes, porcelain skin with a scattering of freckles and plump lips, which she loved to emphasize with the shine of delicate shades. Just think, she was the girl the Beatles and Eric Clapton sang about. Of course, everyone wanted to be like her. She borrowed a lot from the hippies, in the style of clothing, hairstyle, makeup, wore floral prints, flowing dresses, braided her golden hair in pigtails, and wore funny round glasses.
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“In the USSR, every work is honorable!” - this one, familiar to everyone to the Soviet man, the slogan was purely declarative, because in the country of victorious socialism, as in any society, there was a hierarchy of professions. Diplomats were “situated” at the top, research fellows, military, and, of course, party and Komsomol bosses.
The working class, declared the “hegemon” of all past and future revolutions, alas, was not such - in the USSR there was even a cynical decoding of the abbreviation “PTU” - help a stupid guy get a job. The most common way of professional self-realization was considered to be studying in technical university with subsequent distribution to a specialized enterprise. At the end of the 1970s. They joked: “Throw a stone and you’ll hit an engineer.” Professions were secretly divided into important and secondary, prestigious and non-prestigious.
Against this background, the profession of a fashion model looked like something completely alien and (as many believed!) even a little decent. The girl from the cover of a fashion magazine belongs to the world of fashion, to the so-called “ beautiful life“, did not fit into the image of the ideal Soviet girl.
Fashion models were considered the same as general workers of the very last category and received one of the lowest salaries in the country.
Moreover, this profession served as a constant target for satire. Do you remember the episode from “The Diamond Arm”, where Andrei Mironov’s hero walks down the catwalk with beautiful girls? It was believed that it was fashion models with their “reduced sense of social responsibility” who could be faithful girlfriends of thieves and embezzlers.
But the most unfair thing was, perhaps, that almost no one knew the names of the girls who walked the catwalk and were photographed for fashion magazines - they were even deprived of the right to fame.
Soviet fashion models were suddenly remembered at the height of Perestroika, and in the 1990s. They began to make films about them, write articles, and fashion historian A. Vasiliev in his book “Russian Fashion” scrupulously indicated all the names of the boys and girls who demonstrated clothes in the 1940s - 1980s.
The fates of Soviet fashion models developed differently - some of them became the wives of recognized masters, others eke out a miserable existence as typical pensioners, others...
Regina Zbarskaya
...In November 1987, the legendary fashion model of the 1960s - Regina Zbarskaya committed suicide. She was only 51 years old. And it all started like in the fairy tale about Cinderella.
As a seventeen-year-old girl, after graduating from school, Regina Kolesnikova came from Vologda to conquer Moscow. The beautiful girl’s goal was (of course!) VGIK, however, her acquaintance with fashion designer Vera Aralova brought Regina to the podium.
Regina, a statuesque brunette who looked like an Italian movie diva, quickly fell ill. star fever“- she became arrogant and constantly expressed barely concealed contempt for her female colleagues.
She considered herself a queen, and, in general, with good reason. Regina, like no one else, knew how to present the dress on display, and positioned her crooked legs in such a way that it was not at all noticeable. The Western press enthusiastically called her “the Soviet Sophia Loren.” In addition, Regina was known as a smart girl and constantly moved in the circle of the capital's bohemia.
In the end, the queen of the catwalk found her king. He turned out to be the dissident artist Lev Zbarsky, whose father - the famous scientist Boris Zbarsky - at one time embalmed Lenin's corpse.
Regina, like all women, dreamed of motherhood, however, Zbarsky was categorically against having offspring - the queen of the podium was also his Muse, but can muses be pregnant?!
After the abortion, Regina tried antidepressants for the first time, however, the pain she experienced, oddly enough, only contributed to her career. It was in those years that Zbarskaya began working with the young couturier Vyacheslav Zaitsev.
Be that as it may, Lev Zbarsky still abandoned Regina - artists are so fickle! However, prodigal son the Soviet scientist, in the end, cheated not only on his wife, but also on his homeland - in the mid-1970s, Zbarsky went abroad, which in those days was considered almost a crime.
What about Regina? She could no longer work on shows because the antidepressants, the dose of which was increasing, affected the firmness of her gait. Her old friend, Zaitsev, hired Regina as a cleaner in his Fashion House, although he understood that this would not save the woman. Be a cleaner former queen I couldn’t make it to the podium.
Life itself stylish woman Moscow, divas, muses tragically ended cold autumn 1987.
Tatiana Solovyova
...Tatyana Solovyova came to apply for a job with one mitten in her hand. A blond, thin girl just saw a notice on the door: “Mannequins wanted,” so she decided to give it a try. Solovyova, unlike many of her colleagues, had a higher education, for which she received a funny nickname "Institute". But Vyacheslav Zaitsev called her Botticelli's girl.
Her life will be quite successful - marriage with Nikita Mikhalkov, the birth of children, social life... In 1997, Tatyana created and headed the Charitable Foundation"Russian Silhouette", established to support Russian designers and domestic fashion clothing manufacturers.
Tatiana Chapygina.
Tatyana Chapygina, one of the most beautiful fashion models of the 1970s, according to her, never dreamed of a career as a “clothing demonstrator.” After school, she received the profession of a health worker and modestly worked in the sanitary and epidemiological station. Chapygina entered the All-Union House of Models on Kuznetsky Most only at the age of 23.
Vyacheslav Zaitsev himself hired her, and two years later the girl found herself abroad for the first time, in the GDR. Then there were America, Mexico, Japan.
If you open any Soviet fashion magazine of the 1970s, you will certainly see the stern and, at the same time, incredibly kind, calm face of Tatyana Chapygina.
When Tatyana turned 35, she met a man who became dearer to her than any career...
Elena Metelkina
Many of those “over 30” remember the fantastic movie hit of the 80s - “Through Hardships to the Stars”, but few people know that the role of the alien Niya was played by fashion model Elena Metelkina.
Having no film experience, the girl coped with the role perfectly. In order to turn into Niya, the girl had to part with... her hair - Niya wore a strange wig on her shaved head.
Metelkina’s work was highly praised by professionals - in 1982, at the international film festival of science fiction films in Trieste, the model was awarded a special jury prize “Silver Asteroid” for best actress.
Four years later, Elena starred in the children's fantasy film "Guest from the Future", where she played an episodic but memorable role as a woman from the future - Polina.
Currently, Metelkina works as a consultant in a salon-shop.
Rumia
They say that when Zaitsev saw Rumiya, he exclaimed: “Goddess! Take it immediately!” Rumia represented a very relevant image in the 1970s - the “woman of the Future”, such a cold, mysteriously mystical beauty from the fantasies of Ivan Efremov.
Rumiya's photographs constantly appeared on the covers of Fashion Magazine. She showed mainly evening and festive dresses, since everyday suits did not suit her at all.
In the early 1990s, Rumiya organized her own modeling agency, at one time she was even a candidate for deputy of the Moscow Duma. Currently, Rumiya is organizing concerts, presentations, and exhibitions.
Mila Romanovskaya
Mila Romanovskaya is increasingly remembered thanks to two facts from her biography - her unspoken rivalry with Regina Zbarskaya and her “escape” to England.
Romanovskaya, a high-cheeked blonde, was considered abroad as the “embodied Slavic beauty”, a kind of birch tree. She received applause when she walked onto the podium in the “Russia” dress.
The “Russia” dress was originally made for Zbarskaya - in it Regina looked like a Byzantine princess, luxurious and arrogant. But when “Russia” was tried on by Romanovskaya, the artists decided that this was a more accurate fit into the image of Russia. In addition, unlike the capricious Regina, Mila was accommodating and calm - she endured many hours of fittings.
However, in the end, it was the “quiet” Romanovskaya who realized that there was simply nothing to do in the USSR with her unique beauty and hurried to emigrate to a “civilized” capitalist country.
Now, when the profession of a fashion model has become very relevant, extremely fashionable and desirable, it is strange for young girls that in those distant years it was considered almost a shame to marry fashion models. They say that even Nikita Mikhalkov himself publicly admitted only in the early 1990s that his Tanya was not a translator at all...
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