Yana Dobrovolskaya ate carrots and cottage cheese, then stretched herself on horizontal bars, to gain the height needed to enter pageant.
New face of Siberia as 14 year old Anna Pirog wins contract with top London modelling agency
Siberian beauty Elmira Abdrazakova, 18, is crowned Miss Russia
Britain's Charlie Simpson in the freezer as he seeks world record by singing at the Pole of Cold
'Oldushka' was born out of Siberian creator Igor Gavar striking pictures of 'babushkas' in home city of Omsk.
Rising numbers of catwalk models and cover stars come from ‘world’s emerging beauty capital’.
Yana on her dream to create a magazine matching Vogue, and Taya on photographing Siberian women to rival the world's top models.
Trendy Muscovites stay cool in fashionable ice terrace at the Reka restaurant with views of the Moscow River.