Beautiful Russian volleyball player Lesya Makhno

Russian volleyball player Lesya Makhno
Born 4 September 1981, in Poltava region, USSR, Lesya Anatolievna Yevdokimova is a Russian volleyball player. As a child, she moved with her family to the city of Surgut of the Tyumen region. There, in 1990, she began practicing volleyball in the sports school “Geologist”. Her first coach was I.A. Ivlev. Since 2006, Lesya Makhno entered the national team of Russia to participate in various international friendly tournaments. In particular, Montreux Volley Masters 2006 and 2007, and others. Lesya Makhno is Russian national team player, Honored Master of Sports of Russia, and World champion in 2010. In August 2012 Volleyball star Lesya Makhno married Russian handball star Egor Evdokimov.
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Beautiful Russian actress Irina Alferova

Beautiful Russian actress Irina Alferova
born on 13 March, 1951, in Novosibirsk, Irina Alferova is one of the most beautiful Russian actresses ever.
During her fourth year studying at theatrical institute she got the role of Dasha in TV series “The Road to Calvary.” In 1976, Alferova became working in the Moscow Theater – Lenkom. Noteworthy, here she met her future husband – actor Aleksandr Abdulov, with whom she lived for fifteen years. According to most viewers, their couple was the most beautiful in the USSR.

Besides, in many films Irina played together with her husband, and later she starred together with her daughter actress Ksenia Alferova. The next big movie role – Constantia in the adventure film “The Three Musketeers”. And now Irina – one of the leading actresses of the theater “School of Modern Play”.
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Divinely beautiful Nicole Kidman, Australian born actress

Beautiful Nicole Kidman, Australian born actress
Born on 20 June 1967, Nicole Kidman is a singer, film producer, spokesmodel, and humanitarian. She is a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) (since 2006). In this capacity, Kidman has addressed international audiences at UN events. In particular, raised awareness through the media and testified before the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs to support the International Violence against Women Act. Kidman visited Kosovo in 2006 to learn about women’s experiences of conflict and UNIFEM’s support efforts. Also, she is the international spokesperson for UNIFEM’s Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women initiative. Noteworthy, Kidman and the UNIFEM executive director presented over five million signatures collected during the first phase of this to the UN Secretary-General on 25 November 2008.
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Beautiful couple Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci

Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci
According to Monica Bellucci, beauty has to come from inside. ‘And if you don’t feel good, it’s impossible to look good’.
Cesar Award-winning French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel, a husband to Italian actress and one of the most beautiful women in the world Monica Bellucci. And the couple has two daughters, Deva (born September 12, 2004) and Leonie (born 21 May 2010). Noteworthy, in 2012 Monica Bellucci became the Dolce & Gabbana face. ‘Instead of going to the gym, I dress in black – a lot more practical and much more fun’, says Monica.
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Beautiful photo of Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton

Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
Noteworthy, the wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton took place on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London. Prince William, the eldest son of Charles, Prince of Wales, first met Catherine Middleton in 2001, when both were studying at the University of St Andrews. Their engagement on 20 October 2010 was announced on 16 November 2010.

The build-up to the wedding and the occasion itself attracted much media attention, with the service being broadcast live around the world, and being compared and contrasted in many ways with the 1981 marriage of William’s parents, Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. Much of the attention focused on Kate Middleton’s status as a commoner (i.e. not a part of the aristocracy) marrying into royalty.
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Stunningly Beautiful Italian actress Claudia Cardinale

Beautiful Italian actress Claudia Cardinale
Born Claude Josephine Rose Cardinale on 15 April 1938 in Tunisia, her mother, Yolanda Greco was Sicilian born in Trapani, and her father – an Italian. Her native language was French, so even during the filming of “The Leopard” by Luchino Visconti, Claudia Cardinale had to learn her lines by ear.

Meanwhile, she appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. And the majority of Cardinale’s films were either Italian or French. Noteworthy, Claudia Cardinale was also an iconic sex symbol of the 1960s. In particular, voted the most beautiful Italian Tunisia in 1957, she got invitation to the Venice Film Festival. Starred in the films by famous Italian director Luchino Visconti and Federico Fellini.
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Stunningly beautiful Russian model Lada Kravchenko

Russian model Lada Kravchenko

Born on June 29, 1990 in Moscow, the green-eyed model Lada Kravchenko is living in New York right now. However, 21-year-old Lada entered the fashion business rather late, if to talk about high fashion. For example, Victoria’s Secret, where models usually begin activity at ages thirteen – eighteen. In fact, Lada started her model career in Moscow, participating in local fashion week shows. Meanwhile, in 2010 she signed a contract with the agency Eskimo Model Management, and went abroad.

She worked a few months in Hong Kong, where the young model got useful experience. Her life in the East was restless – show and and photography, again shows and photography. The gorgeous model then spent a few months in Milan, Italy, and now Lada is going to leave the U.S.A., where she has got lots of impressions. Next destination is only the road to the top, and that is Paris. (update August 13, 2013)
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Paris. Harper’s Bazaar, 1949. Christian Dior Dress. Barbara Mullen Fantasy on the Dance Floor

Barbara Mullen Fantasy on the Dance Floor
The author of the above photo – Lillian Bassman. In fact, Bassman became famous in the world of fashion photography for her psychological portraits. In particular, for the special aura in them, where her models women – unearthly creatures. According to her biography, Lillian’s parents emigrated to the United States from Russia in 1905 and settled in Brooklyn, New York. Bassman studied at the Textile High School in Manhattan, when her teacher, among others, was Russian-born photographer and designer Alexey Brodovitch.

Lillian met her future husband, the photographer Paul Himmel, and they got married in 1935. Noteworthy, the couple lived happily for 73 years (!) till his death in 2009. Three years later, Lillian Bassman died (February 13, 2012), at the age of 94.
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Irina Alferova. Most beautiful Soviet actresses of 60s

Most beautiful Soviet actresses of 60s
This post features the most beautiful actresses of Soviet cinema. In fact, the list is very long. Among them – Irina Alferova, Natalya Kustinskaya, Zhanna Bolotova, Lyudmila Chursina, Svetlana Svetlichnaya, Elena Proklova, Ninel Myshkova, and Ariadna Shengelaya. Besides, Tatiana Samoilova, Galina Polskikh, Natalia Fateeva, Nonna Terentieva, Valentina Titova, Marianna and Anastasia Vertinskaya, Lyubov Polishchuk, and Margarita Terekhova. Any one of these women could compete with Hollywood divas.

However, born in the USSR their fate was determined by their place of birth. Meanwhile, for some of them fate was kind and they were able to maintain the glory and beauty at an old age. Unfortunately, some of them left this world young, and others, forgotten by viewers lived simple life. … In fact, this is my personal rank, according to my preferences, and therefore not objective. Noteworthy, Irina Alferova is the first in my post, I consider her beauty absolute, just a natural perfection.
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