Nadezhda Krugova

When deciding on which particular things to include in the shoot, I always ask myself: “Would I wear this or not?” Striving to keep up with the latest trends doesn’t have to take some extreme forms, rather be a little less fashionable, but a little more beautiful.

You can always find an excuse to justify the negative effects of money on one’s personality. In our country, for example, people have been left without life’s pleasures for too long. So what we see now is the result of how we adapt to the changes. On the other hand, I still believe that money is only bad for those whose parents didn’t pay enough attention to their upbringing.

There’s no use getting cross with traffic jams, it’s your own choice, you decide to go in the car instead of taking the subway. This applies to everything: once you’ve accepted something, what’s the point of complaining about it? You’ve made this decision anyway. If you’re not happy with the way things are — walk on foot or move to some other city. Take me, I’d be happy to move to, say, Petersburg, for example.

I once went to Paris, and it rained all the four days that I was there, I remember I was running along some boulevard with an umbrella in my hand, thinking to myself: “God, it feels good here, even the rain can’t ruin it!” Paris is my most favorite city.

I’m extremely scared of amusement park rides. I’m even afraid of kiddy rollercoaster. Everybody’s laughing and having fun, while I’m sitting there, face buried in hands, and bursting in tears every five minutes. I know it must look funny, but I still can’t overcome my fear. It doesn’t, however, mean that I don’t enjoy it as much. I’d say my way is far more cool and exciting, because my emotions are so much more vivid!

My mom is my best friend. When I was about 20, I realized that I don’t have a better friend than my mom. I look at my friends and their relationships with their moms, and then look at myself and my mom — and think that, unlike many of them, I can tell my mom absolutely everything about myself. I think it’s because at some stage my parents were putting a lot of effort into preserving this closeness between us.

Sometimes, a movie or a cartoon can make me cry… My man always laughs at me, but when I cry in the cinema, I ask to leave me alone — that’s a part of my perception process!

I don’t try to be the leader in a relationship with a man. He’s the man, after all, he was designed to be the leader when it comes to a relationship with a woman. That’s the only sphere where I don’t want to be the leader. However strong you are, you’ve got to find the strength to be weak.

I love spring. And this feeling of excited anticipation it gives me. When the weather outside is good, it makes you feel a little better too, however bad things were! The moment autumn starts getting closer, you realize how different it is from what you are truly longing for!

I’m convinced that depression does exist. I couldn’t even imagine to what extent our physical condition is determined by our emotional state, till I had to face the situation that helped me realize this. Fortunately, it only happened to me once. I’m a very emotional person, my feelings are always overwhelming me, like I’m living in the midst of some continuous emotional storm. And I believe that the positive effect of having a good cry equals that of having a good laugh.

If a new nose or plump lips is what one needs to be happy, then why not. Wouldn’t it be even cooler if Botox injections made people happier?

The reason people feel miserable is not their business, or lack of free time, or having too much of it, and definitely not the hectic lifestyle, but the fact that once they’ve achieved something, they want more and more. Determination is laudable (I myself am a very determined person), so is persistence, but you’ve got to learn to enjoy small things. Because happiness is not the final point, but the points you pass on your way to it.

I used to believe that a life of leisure is a completely unacceptable way of living. I criticized anyone who chose this type of lifestyle. Now I think that it might not be that bad. I still, however, can’t really imagine myself living like this, not like I even consider it, but I’m prepared to accept another person’s position. After all, you’ve got to live your life the way you want to.

Ugly is everything that can offend, hurt, or embarrass another person, everything that is repulsive in its rudeness and indelicacy. Beautiful is everything that inspires you, makes you smile, fall in love, makes you think about certain things.

I’ve started dancing recently. I used to love doing it before, but would mostly do it somewhere in a club or in front of a mirror. The Media Dance Party contest organized by the gallaDance among media workers, that I, by the way, won, changed my whole view on dancing and opened a new world to me. Jive, cha-cha-cha, and rumba keep both my body and my spirit toned. It gives you a tremendous energy boost, and you just can’t help but being in a good mood the whole day!