Mariya Anokhina

It was by lucky coincidence that I got a job with MTV: I saw an ad, came to the casting, spent hours trying to make it through all the rounds, and then, finally, was chosen to be a part of an interesting project.

Thanks to my job, I get a chance to go round to almost all the interesting events that take place in Moscow, so I’m always on the move and always well-informed.

While taking an interview, I really enjoy initiating out-of-the-blue type of situations. Nobody expects a pretty-looking girl to ask truly though-provoking questions, and it turns out to be quite confounding for a lot of people.

I was thunderstruck when I found out that since yesterday I’ve actually got a fan club.

I don’t believe in evil eyes and curses, so they’ll, probably, only start affecting me when I start believing in them.

During my very first shoots, I used to be terrified of the camera, and wrinkle my forehead because of all those emotions overwhelming me so much. I even used to stick a plaster on it, just to get rid of this pathetic habit.

When I first saw myself on air, I thought I looked like an Irish milkmaid with those sausages. As if I should have been saying something like: ‘Erleeiieeei’. Turns out, camera makes one look seriously fat. So I had to exclude favourite delicacies from my diet for a while. But now, thank god, all of this has been sorted out.

I’ve only got one admirer — my soulmate. I don’t need more.

I don’t get tired of my job, it’s both my entertainment and my means of personal growth.

My boyfriend also has an extremely tight work schedule, so he can understand why I sometimes come crawling through the door at five in the morning with glitter all over my face.

Dating a famous person isn’t that hard morals-wise, one just has to contain the jealousy and learn to take certain elements of his date’s job adequately.

I don’t try to shield my private life from the public eye, but it’s not like I flaunt it either.

Every person has to do what he is good at, so don’t even hope that I’ll turn into singing panties one day.

I’m an experienced driver, but still sometimes get myself into situations that explain my hair colour. I do feel bad about it, but what can I say, happens to everyone!

I now have a tinted car. The first one wasn’t tinted and had a really bright colour, so everyone kept distracting me, asking all sorts of questions, pulling me over with emergencies, some of them doing it to hook up with me, and some of them — just for the hell of it.

Frankly speaking, I hate women drivers, I’ve got a baseball bat in my car, and the time will come when I’ll make use of it.

I was very timid and placid as a kid, but a rebel as a teenager. I had a piercing done even though my parents prohibited me to do so, and then displayed it during the family dinner. I believe I still haven’t quite grown out of it, so on my 21st birthday, I went and got my whole back tattooed.

Boobs on the avatar are not exactly my type of thing.

I have a passion for theatre. And as I attend a drama school, I’m quite familiar with it. After really good performances I stay away from the cinemas for months — watching something from the screen just doesn’t feel right after live performances.

My TV is always tuned to MTV, because I keep hoping to see myself on TV.