Long Hair Country
There are many countries in the world with beautiful long-haired women. But in some of them it seems that there are more such women than elsewhere. Let’s discover such countries. This time our long hair country is Russia:
краса длинная коса, самые длинные волосы, конкурс на самую длинную косу, девушка с самой длинной косой, Коса - девичья краса
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Valentina Gagarina was the wife of the famous cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in
space. But did you know that she was a Russian beauty with a long dark braid
down to below her knees, too? It seems that there aren’t any photos of her with
her hair down but we found this rare picture from her family photo album (about
1961).
Валентина Ивановна Гагарина
An artist from the town of Novosibirsk, shot by American photographer Nathan Farb
during his travel to the Soviet Union in 1985.
Photo: Nathan Farb
Alexandra Petrova, born 1980, won the title Miss Russia 1996. The young beauty was a also a
contestant for the 48th Annual Miss Universe 1999 Pageant. She stood
5 ft 11 in (180cm) in height and her brown hair reached thigh-length. Her life
ended in tragedy: An unidentified gunman shot and killed the
former Miss Russia in the entrance to her apartment building in the Volga River
city of Cheboksary on late Saturday night on September 17, 2000. She was just
20 years old.
Tatyana Pismennaya is the woman with the longest hair in Russia since the
year 2000. This
stunning photo shows the full length of her 219 cm (87 inches) long mane. She
lives in the town of Elista/ Kalmyk region. Here is
another photo from our contest page, which shows her as a guest of the Pantene
contest in Moscow 2001.
татьяна письменная, самая длинноволосая россиянка
Ekatarina Potrebicz won a competition held by hair care producer Pantene in Moscow 2001 Then
her hair was 140 cm in length (Click here for a
photo from that event!). Now it has grown to her calves as you can see here on her website.
A young contestant of the “Pantene’s Beautiful Braid” contest 2001
Irina Mukoveena, born 1979, is a Muscovite beauty with 126 cm (50 inches) long hair.
Another Irina
from a small town. Although very long hair seems to be more often existing in
Russia than elsewhere, it is a true rarity nowadays.
Anastasia Damberg from Yelabugha/ Tatarstan. She is a young and tall girl whose
blonde hair reaches a length of 150 cm. She is very proud of it and washes her glory
only with pure spring water.
Photo: Valeria Damberg
A “Russian braid” is something like a myth in Russia:
the word means a girl who owns an especially long and thick braid which always
belongs to a true Russian beauty. There are many competitions with names like
“Marya Krasa – Dlinnaya Kosa (Marya Beauty, Long braid)” or “Russkaya Krasa –
Dlinnaya Kosa (Russian Beauty, Long Braid)” across Russia, sponsored by
investors who hope to find models for fashion and haircare advertising
industry. Марья-краса
- длинная
коса
Elena (born 1976) is a modern Russian girl who lives
in Frankfurt/ Germany now. (2004)
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