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Yes, this is definitely more like her!wow - now I do see Natalia in this snake!
Thank you for the links and picture, ariti!
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Thank you for the links and picture, ariti!
Yes, this is definitely more like her!
Thank you for the links and picture, ariti!
Welcome! Let me tell you the myth of Medusa, i am Greek and i know...
In Greek mythology, a gorgon is a female monster (also known as a Gorgo.) Medusa was the most famous gorgon. She was a beautiful, young women with magnificent long, silky hair. Guys even lined up to date her. One day, while she was in Godess Athena's temple, ang God of seas Poseidon raped her, that of course angered Athena. Athena was so mad she changed Medusa's beautiful hair into hissing serpents and made her into a horrible looking gorgon. She was so horrible that any living thing that looked upon her would turn to stone.
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Part 6 of the interview (the last one)
That girl
Tomorrow I will go to the best Starbucks in London at Regents St. I'll meet Amy Bromlay there, the director of London office of Natalia's foundation. Amy will show me a long list of people, who Natalia has to call, and will tell me that she wasn't actually looking for this job. She wasn't looking for any job at all, she was 8 months pregnant, but her friend asked her to meet Natalia - just to talk to her, maybe give her some advice.
Amy will tell me how she went to Natalia's millhouse. It was a warm day. Ladies were walking in the garden. And Amy was astonished how Natalia Vodianova - celebrity and Natalia Vodianova - human meet and cooperate together. Amy couldn't express this feeling more accurate. I will ask her a couple dozens of questions, but I won't get any specific answer. "That is amazing!" "That is striking!" "That inspires!" I guess Amy had quite happy childhood herself and her grown-up life is far from the Cinderella fairytale. Amy doesn't need to maintain a balance between herself-little girl and herself-director of a charity foundation. But she is charmed by Natalia maintaining that balance in herself. She is so charmed by that, she wants to be a part of it.
However, when you are director of a charity foundation you can't say something like: "People, let's help rich and famous Natalia Vodianova get rid of her childish strategy for surviving based on non-stop helping someone unhappy. Tell her she's not in hell!" You can't say something like that. That is why you have to think up that Natalia's going to run a marathon and ask people to sponsor it on a website. That is why you have to explain people that there is need of colorful playgrounds in province Russian towns - because there really is a need in them.
Amy takes her work in the foundation as a educational program. British people don’t have problems with giving money to some poor kids - in Rwanda, in Nepal… That is understandable. But not to kids in Russia.
"Russia," - says Amy - "is rich. We see what cars Russian drive around London. It is the hardest thing to explain here, in Britain, that children in Russian province can be hopelessly poor while Russian rich men buy new cars every year, each of which costs like a play park."
That is why Amy thinks of her mission as of an educating one - she has to explain to British people that yes, that is true: Russia is fabulously rich, but many Russian kids are unhappy and poor.
Next day I'll meet Natalia and Amy and a dozen of Natalia's foundation trustees in the basement of Bob Bob Ricard restaurant. We will plan and think over the march Love Ball, where Natalia hopes to arrange an auction and raise money for more playgrounds in Russia.
It'll be a noisy crowd at our table. Natalia'll be wearing jeans and a suede jacket. At least two women at our table will be more beautiful for me than Natalia. And we will clamor. And suggest various ideas, but not about how to explain to British why children in rich Russia can be unhappy. On the contrary, we will discuss the amusements, like how great it would be to invite the orchestra of maroccan drummers or how cool it would be to serve ice-cream of black caviar...
I don't think that Natalia Vodianova formulates this as I will do it now, but I think she feels that people don't care about poor Russian children who have never seen a good playground. And they don't care about a little girl from Nizhnii Novgorod who used to bring up her younger sister and didn't go to school since she was 6. People don't care about anyone's tragedies at all. They are unhappy themselves - in England, in Russia - anywhere. Everyone has his own hell, everyone needs his oasis, even if he's rich and famous. That means that rich British people need charity Ball as well as children from Beslan need playground - to distract, to forget about their pain for a couple hours.
And if someone calls you to tell you about Russian children and playgrounds, you'll always find a good reason not to think about that. But if supermodel Natalia Vodianova and chief editor of Harper's Bazaar Lucy Yeomans call you with a question "Will you come to the Ball?" - that is a guarantee that the event is going to be successful, because each of these women symbolizes a happy, sparkling and ultimately happy surreal world. And if they tell you that the Ball is for charity - then you can party without any pricks of conscience, knowing that you are not just partying, but doing something good. That is why Amy prepared a long list of people who Natalia should call and a smaller one - for Lucy.
When the Ball is over, when the money is raised, when a new building contract is signed in another Russian town, Natalia will come there with the playground - like a turtle or a snail that always takes its house with it - she'll go to the epicenter, but with a good protection. Of course there will be flags of the "United Russia"... Of course the local television will give all attention to the mayor... Of course the land surveyor will trick something with the quality of the sand...
But anyways, the playground will be opened. Natalia will fell herself alive, meaning she physically takes care about someone really unhappy, like she used to take care of her sister in the past. Children will come, and they will climb the bright ship and laugh carefree...
And that girl will come. The one that took care of her ill sister and used to dream about going somewhere safe and fun...
"Listen, listen, come with me..."
"Yeeeaaaaayyy, a slide!"
"Listen, come live with me to the millhouse, it's a wonderful place, there's a river there, you can ride a bike..."
"Slide! Hahahahaha! Look, what a slide!"
Translanted by me
Sorry it took so long, hope that's fine!
That girl
Tomorrow I will go to the best Starbucks in London at Regents St. I'll meet Amy Bromlay there, the director of London office of Natalia's foundation. Amy will show me a long list of people, who Natalia has to call, and will tell me that she wasn't actually looking for this job. She wasn't looking for any job at all, she was 8 months pregnant, but her friend asked her to meet Natalia - just to talk to her, maybe give her some advice.
Amy will tell me how she went to Natalia's millhouse. It was a warm day. Ladies were walking in the garden. And Amy was astonished how Natalia Vodianova - celebrity and Natalia Vodianova - human meet and cooperate together. Amy couldn't express this feeling more accurate. I will ask her a couple dozens of questions, but I won't get any specific answer. "That is amazing!" "That is striking!" "That inspires!" I guess Amy had quite happy childhood herself and her grown-up life is far from the Cinderella fairytale. Amy doesn't need to maintain a balance between herself-little girl and herself-director of a charity foundation. But she is charmed by Natalia maintaining that balance in herself. She is so charmed by that, she wants to be a part of it.
However, when you are director of a charity foundation you can't say something like: "People, let's help rich and famous Natalia Vodianova get rid of her childish strategy for surviving based on non-stop helping someone unhappy. Tell her she's not in hell!" You can't say something like that. That is why you have to think up that Natalia's going to run a marathon and ask people to sponsor it on a website. That is why you have to explain people that there is need of colorful playgrounds in province Russian towns - because there really is a need in them.
Amy takes her work in the foundation as a educational program. British people don’t have problems with giving money to some poor kids - in Rwanda, in Nepal… That is understandable. But not to kids in Russia.
"Russia," - says Amy - "is rich. We see what cars Russian drive around London. It is the hardest thing to explain here, in Britain, that children in Russian province can be hopelessly poor while Russian rich men buy new cars every year, each of which costs like a play park."
That is why Amy thinks of her mission as of an educating one - she has to explain to British people that yes, that is true: Russia is fabulously rich, but many Russian kids are unhappy and poor.
Next day I'll meet Natalia and Amy and a dozen of Natalia's foundation trustees in the basement of Bob Bob Ricard restaurant. We will plan and think over the march Love Ball, where Natalia hopes to arrange an auction and raise money for more playgrounds in Russia.
It'll be a noisy crowd at our table. Natalia'll be wearing jeans and a suede jacket. At least two women at our table will be more beautiful for me than Natalia. And we will clamor. And suggest various ideas, but not about how to explain to British why children in rich Russia can be unhappy. On the contrary, we will discuss the amusements, like how great it would be to invite the orchestra of maroccan drummers or how cool it would be to serve ice-cream of black caviar...
I don't think that Natalia Vodianova formulates this as I will do it now, but I think she feels that people don't care about poor Russian children who have never seen a good playground. And they don't care about a little girl from Nizhnii Novgorod who used to bring up her younger sister and didn't go to school since she was 6. People don't care about anyone's tragedies at all. They are unhappy themselves - in England, in Russia - anywhere. Everyone has his own hell, everyone needs his oasis, even if he's rich and famous. That means that rich British people need charity Ball as well as children from Beslan need playground - to distract, to forget about their pain for a couple hours.
And if someone calls you to tell you about Russian children and playgrounds, you'll always find a good reason not to think about that. But if supermodel Natalia Vodianova and chief editor of Harper's Bazaar Lucy Yeomans call you with a question "Will you come to the Ball?" - that is a guarantee that the event is going to be successful, because each of these women symbolizes a happy, sparkling and ultimately happy surreal world. And if they tell you that the Ball is for charity - then you can party without any pricks of conscience, knowing that you are not just partying, but doing something good. That is why Amy prepared a long list of people who Natalia should call and a smaller one - for Lucy.
When the Ball is over, when the money is raised, when a new building contract is signed in another Russian town, Natalia will come there with the playground - like a turtle or a snail that always takes its house with it - she'll go to the epicenter, but with a good protection. Of course there will be flags of the "United Russia"... Of course the local television will give all attention to the mayor... Of course the land surveyor will trick something with the quality of the sand...
But anyways, the playground will be opened. Natalia will fell herself alive, meaning she physically takes care about someone really unhappy, like she used to take care of her sister in the past. Children will come, and they will climb the bright ship and laugh carefree...
And that girl will come. The one that took care of her ill sister and used to dream about going somewhere safe and fun...
"Listen, listen, come with me..."
"Yeeeaaaaayyy, a slide!"
"Listen, come live with me to the millhouse, it's a wonderful place, there's a river there, you can ride a bike..."
"Slide! Hahahahaha! Look, what a slide!"
Translanted by me
Sorry it took so long, hope that's fine!
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Thanks for the myth, ariti! I didn't know (or maybe I forgot) she used to be a human, I thought she was always this horrifying creature! 
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Thanks for the myth, ariti! I didn't know (or maybe I forgot) she used to be a human, I thought she was always this horrifying creature!
welcome!! i love Medusas myth!
and i am glad that Natalia took the role...
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If Medusa was raped by Poseidon, why did Athena punish Medusa though? not fair
Because Athena couldn t fight Poseidon...
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The legend, as I learned it, was that Athena found Medusa and Poseidon making love in her temple. I don't recall learning that Poseidon raped her. Athena was a virgin goddess and found the act repulsive, so she punished the beautiful Medusa by turning her into a monster.
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Vogue Russia April 2010
Article about Giorgio Armani
Vogue Promotion
scanned by me
Article about Giorgio Armani
Vogue Promotion
scanned by me
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it is bizarre but the cover of Vogue Russia has been photoshopped! why did they have to change Natalia's nose? you can click twice on the posted image and it will become zoomed in but it is clear they altered the chape of Natalia's nose. strange, especially given that these photos are by M.Testino and his property, I guess.
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