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13 girls from the Uralochka volleyball team look almost the same on the pitch: a T-shirt, shorts, hair tied up in a ponytail, a minimum of makeup. But on the eve of March 8, Woman’s Day saw them as real supermodels! Vote for the most spectacular makeover on the last page!
Marina Babeshina, setter, team captain
Age 30 years
Growth: 180 см
– I do not consider myself so tall, and I do not feel problems and complexes about the growth. I love to put on heels – sometimes I feel … small without them!
Marina loves her hair color
My husband is also a volleyball player, he is taller than me, and I consider myself lucky. Of course, happiness is not in height, but it’s nice when a strong and tall man is around. And at home I want to hide behind his strong shoulders and feel like a fragile girl!
Our team has a uniform uniform – tracksuits, but in the dressing rooms no one has canceled the “girls” clothes. Outside of sports, I want to look beautiful, on weekends I made it a rule not to wear a tracksuit. Yes, and my daughter is great – an assistant, she insists on dresses for herself and for me. It is a pity, sometimes the weather fails.
I have not been enough for shopping for a long time: I always dreamed of coming to such a store, where they would immediately give me what suits me. There are sometimes problems with the length of the sleeve, but now this is less common.
As for the appearance, I know for sure that I would not want to change – this is the hair color, I really like it.
Age 30 years
Growth: 190 см
– Of course, everyone in childhood is complex: some because of their tall stature, others because of their short stature. All this passes with age, especially when your self-esteem ceases to depend on the opinion of school bully.
Sometimes I want to change my appearance, but if I want shocking, I will repaint myself in a blonde! I love to take care of myself: I love spa treatments, visits to a beautician, massage. Plus, I eat well and exercise regularly. We are a women’s team, so even on the playground, girls’ manicure is the norm.
Olga likes to buy clothes in Europe
Of course, sportswear is boring. As soon as the opportunity arises, I put on dresses, skirts, blouses. Naturally, our sizes are the rarest guests in shopping malls. And it takes a long time to look for them. But if I find a store with a large selection of shoes or clothes I need, I buy in full. Most often I combine business with pleasure – I combine rest in Europe with shopping. For some reason, it is there that most of the shops with a suitable length and size range.
I have never perceived the tall growth of men as something obligatory to get to know me. Although, it just so happened that my husband is taller than me. And do you know what I did? I put on 10-centimeter heels for the wedding so that we were of the same height! The history of our acquaintance can be described in one word – “fate”. Although our fate has a name: our mutual friend Sveta introduced us, we are both athletes, and that year we signed contracts with teams from the same city. Everything started spinning very quickly …
Valeria Safonova, forward
Age 23 years
Growth: 183 см
– At school I had complexes because of my height, and now I am very proud of him! Guys shorter than me come up to meet me, I’m already used to it. The main thing is that the person is good!
Lera loves to take care of her hair
Like all the girls in the team, I miss dresses and heels, I put them on as soon as possible. I love taking care of my hair, going shopping, and also attending personal growth trainings – they gave me a lot.
I think that dieting is not necessary – it can harm the body. You just need to adhere to a healthy lifestyle!
Irina Zaryazhko, blocking
Age 24 years
Growth: 195 см
– As a teenager, I was ashamed of my height, but now I’m just happy! Men shorter than me often meet me. Growth is, of course, not the most important thing. Although it would be more comfortable for me to see a tall guy next to me.
Irina dreams of a long braid
I really love dresses, I like to take care of myself, monitor my weight, although I really, really love to eat. Thank God I have several magical shops where I can always find what I need.
I only want to change the length of my hair – I like it when a girl has a beautiful braid.
Age 23 years
Growth: 193 см
– While studying at school, I was always taller than my peers. Then it gave me a little inconvenience, but when I started playing volleyball, I stopped paying attention to growth.
In the Urals, Sinead is freezing in dresses
Here in Yekaterinburg it is rather cold for me to wear dresses often. But when I’m at home, in Trinidad, I gladly put on dresses, skirts, do makeup – in general, I love being a girl. And, of course, I love doing my own manicure, I try to choose different colors and constantly change. I also love shopping – I can spend the whole day in the mall, I want to buy everything! And if I am not taken away from there in time, I will most likely do so. My biggest passion is bags, I have a whole collection of them.
In my appearance, I constantly change my hairstyle, I like to be different. To be healthy and to play better, I have to monitor my physical condition and weight. But in Trinidad, girls with curvaceous forms are considered more beautiful.
Age 17 years
Growth: 186 cm
– Because of my height, I never worried. Despite the fact that I do not have a young man now, I am sure that everything is ahead – after all, I am only 17 years old, I am just starting to build a sports career!
From women’s joys, I love shopping. You have to sit on diets to keep yourself in shape and look good. I limit myself to sweet and starchy foods, I do fasting days. I consider it very important to monitor your diet and lead a healthy lifestyle.
As for clothes, I really love dresses and shoes, despite the fact that it can be problematic to find your own shoe size for the model you like.
Margarita Kurilo, forward
Age 22 years
Growth: 185 см
– As for my height, I have never been complex, because I studied in a sports class and was not the tallest.
Margarita sews clothes to order
Before marriage, young people shorter than me got acquainted with me, but it so happened that I was just friends with them. When I turned 18, I met my future husband Vlad (we have been married for 3 years). He’s shorter than me, but not much. We met in Chelyabinsk, where I come from. He came to our team as a physical fitness coach. At first, I did not pay attention to him, then communication began by itself. I started to linger after training, and my dad began to worry: where did I disappear for so long! I had to tell my father everything. At first he was unhappy, since I was only 18 years old, and Vlad was 27. But when they met, he calmed down. After a while, we decided to get married.
Due to constant training, there is almost no time left for dresses and heels, but I don’t worry! Sneakers are the most comfortable shoes for me.
I always try to be well-groomed, take care of my hands and a beautiful manicure. Previously, I constantly experimented with hair color, I wanted to try everything, but now I dream of growing my own color. I do not like shopping, recently I began to sew clothes for myself.
On the eve of summer, I really want to lose weight – it’s never superfluous!
Age 24 years
Growth: 192 см
– At school, I studied in a specialized sports class, and there were the same tall girls in my environment.
For Daria, the best vacation “is time with her family
I have never seen the problem that young people can be lower than their girls. But I always wanted my chosen one to be as tall as me or a little taller – you feel more feminine. And so it happened with my husband.
For me, one of the female joys is the opportunity to spend my free time on myself, my family and relatives. I also love to go shopping, but only with a company. When it comes to clothes, I miss dresses more than heels. On weekends, you always want to get out of your tracksuit and indulge yourself in more attractive outfits.
Age 28 years
Growth: 187 см
– My boyfriend is the same height as me. We have been together for the third year now, which I am very happy about. Our story of acquaintance is banal – we met eyes of mutual friends, and everything started spinning …
Problems with the selection of clothes and shoes were, of course, especially at school age. And now there are so many different stores and such a large assortment! As a last resort, you can always sew something for yourself to order.
On weekends I always try to be in heels, but I can do without a manicure!
Women’s happiness for me is to be close to family and friends.
Age 21 year
Growth: 184 см
– I was complex because of my height when I was in school – I was taller than everyone in the class. And I dreamed of a young man who would be taller than me. My dream has come true – now I have a fiancé, we met in a karaoke bar, as it turned out, we both love to sing.
Ksenia will not go out without a manicure
There are a lot of dresses in my wardrobe, but I only wear them for the holidays, the same story with heels. This does not mean that I go in a sports uniform, I just prefer jeans with a beautiful jacket.
I also love to do manicure, I update it every month. I can’t even go outside without a manicure. I also love shopping: my longest shopping trip lasted 6 hours!
Age 22 years
Growth: 175 см
– In the team I am a libero (a player in a team performing only defensive functions – approx. WD), so I am not very tall. Sometimes I purposely put on heels when I go somewhere with the girls in order to be with them of the same height. But I really love heels: we, girls-athletes, all have a desire to look very feminine in everyday life.
Ekaterina is very feminine
I always try to keep an eye on my appearance – I used to go straight from the plane to get a manicure! Fortunately, I have no problems with choosing clothes, but finding shoes for myself is a real problem – my foot size is large. I do not really like shopping, because shopping for a long time is a torment for me.
I always follow my weight, but without diets, I just adjust the diet if necessary.
Ekaterina Romanova, libero defender
Age 30 years
Growth: 175 см
– At school, I was complex because of growth: a standard story, when you are always taller than everyone else and you feel a little different. But over time, everything passed, the main thing is not to get hung up on this. Short young people often came up to meet me. But next to me I never imagined a guy below me. With my husband, such questions do not arise – we have been together for 8,5 years.
Joy – to wake up in the arms of your husband
My great female joy is to wake up in the arms of my beloved husband and be with my family all day long! But due to constant training and competition, such days are rare for me.
I love shopping. Despite my height and rather big foot size, I can always choose beautiful and modern things for myself. Outside the team, I wear dresses and shoes with heels.
Ekaterina Rusakova, binder
Age 25 years
Growth: 182 см
– I do not belong to people who tend to look for flaws in themselves. I am happy with myself, I just would like to lose a few kilograms. True, I think diets are ineffective for this.
Katya never got used to heels
Shopping is torture for me! I get tired of going shopping because I can’t choose the right clothes for a long time. I don’t wear dresses in everyday life, although I like them, but I’m not so used to heels!
Choose the most spectacular volleyball player!
Marina Babeshina
Olga Nosenko
Valeria Safonova
Irina Zaryazhko
Shined Jack
Anna Klimets
Margarita Kurilo
Daria Evtukhova
Elena Irisova
Ksenia Ilchenko
Ekaterina Karpol
Ekaterina Romanova
Ekaterina Rusakova
Marina Babeshina became the winner of the vote! A gift for her – a certificate to the beauty salon “Motchany” for 2000 rubles! Congratulations!