“It’s really not easy to be different during your childhood and teenage years for anyone, and it definitely wasn’t easy for me growing up as a little person in Russia, where standards of beauty are very limiting in my opinion. So when I finally figured out that I’ll probably have to deal with that fact of standing out my whole entire life, I decided to learnt how to make the best of it! So I bleached my hair platinum blond and started to experiment with makeup. This way I felt like people staring at me not only because my short stature but also because I looked and felt beautiful. So makeup quickly became my outlet for creativity and source of my confidence! It became my happy place where DIFFERENT means GOOD! Thank you for your support!"