Today, there is no established idea of female beauty. On the podium invite those whose appearance does not repeat the usual standard, those whose intellect allows you to organically, easily and naturally create the image the designer needs. This means that there is a constant search for one that will be able to become at least a partial embodiment of Aphrodite, with her stake on sexuality, both external and internal. But beauty is not synonymous with happiness. In ancient times, this is an example of the greatest beauty Helen of Sparta, because of which the Trojan war broke out and who bitterly said that her beauty brings misfortune to herself and to those who are with her. And nowadays Regina Zbarskaya was such a fatal woman.
Appearance
What can you tell by looking at the remaining low-quality photographs from nearly fifty years ago? She looks into the lens uncoquettishly, even smiling.
Strictly and directly with dark eyes looks into the unknown. Does she see the viewerlens? The gaze is focused, and the inner world is closed tightly. But her sex appeal is striking in the eyes, no matter how she closes herself from everyone. It seems that the young woman lives in a world of dreams, fencing herself off from rough reality. It is a survival strategy, an anesthesia of the senses, an attempt not to face a reality that will later come in handy to her to the fullest. This is Regina Zbarskaya, a young woman who even invented a biography for herself.
Childhood and youth
There is no reliable data about her place of birth, childhood and parents. According to some reports, she was the child of exotic aerialists who crashed when they fell from under the dome of the circus. According to others, she is the daughter of an ordinary officer and a simple accountant, who studied and grew up in Vologda. The activist and beauty dreamed of becoming an actress, and after school, Regina Zbarskaya, then still Kolesnikova, went to study at VGIK. I did not dare to go to the acting department, but entered the economic department. And then fate brings her together, but not by chance, but according to the strict calculation of the girl, with fashion designer Vera Aralova. So Regina Zbarskaya abruptly changes her life and becomes the star of the Fashion House on Kuznetsky Most. She is plastic and smart, and can create any look the artist has in mind.
Paris and international travel
In 1961, the USSR pavilion at the trade and industrial exhibition enjoyed great success with inquisitive Parisians. But it is not the combines that attract them, but those who demonstrate clothing models. The center of the article in Paris Match is decorated with a photograph of Regina, who struck down both Federico Fellini and Fidel Castro,and Pierre Cardin and Yves Montana. Fashion model Regina Zbarskaya demonstrated boots with zippers, which are now in constant use in a variety of modifications. But it's not about the boots - so she is a mystery and a mystery herself, when, a little embarrassed, she maintains an intellectual conversation without an interpreter in French.
And Regina Zbarskaya knew, as they say, more than one foreign language. It is she who is taken to all shows abroad. What is it? Luck? Or cooperation with the KGB? There are no answers to these questions, but in the group she behaves extremely naturally. For Regina herself, a trip abroad is a great achievement. After all, the salary is cheap, only cleaners receive less, and here are bonuses and surcharges. The salary became comparable with the salary of a young specialist - 100 rubles. And at the same time, incredible luxury is available if you save money: beautiful linen, perfume, high-quality cosmetics.
The most beautiful couple in Moscow
Once Regina saw a young outrageous artist Lev Zbarsky, he was a descendant of the man who embalmed Lenin. Now he would be called a playboy. He led an easy optional life.
She said she wanted to meet him. And soon they became husband and wife. Her fame and position in society increased. But the bohemian nature of the young painter, who loved to court beautiful women, and rumors about Regina Zbarskaya's romance with Yves Montand began to destroy the marriage. Regina Zbarskaya dreamed of a child.
In her opinion, he should be handsome, like herself, and smart, like her husband. But her husband did not smile at such a prospect. He left her without a twinge of conscience, not wanting to have children. But the most offensive thing for Regina was that in the next marriage Leo had a child, and yet she herself had to have an abortion, saving the marriage, which still broke up. Zbarskaya Regina Nikolaevna at that time "broke". You can understand her and sympathize with her with all your heart. In 1972, Lev Zbarsky planted another "mine" in her life. He emigrated from the country. As a result, "conversations" will be held with her on Lubyanka Square, which will frighten her greatly and will affect her in later life.
Another drama
A young woman has a new friend, which is understandable and understandable. But only the choice is made unsuccessfully. A young journalist from Yugoslavia publishes a scandalous book about her. He achieves his goals: he gains fame and glory, and Regina again has to visit the Lubyanka. After that, the young woman is so intimidated that she tries to commit suicide, but they manage to save her. She develops persecution mania, she often falls into depression, from which it is not at all easy to get out. A psychiatric hospital and doctors - that's who Zbarskaya now has to communicate with. Quiet gloomy wards with bars on the windows, regular medication and a feeling of constant anxiety and unreasonable longing are now her constant companions. The drugs that support her change her psyche, this is no longer the same Regina who came to conquer the capital. But a man full of positivity and fire, Vyacheslav Zaitsev, believes in her.and again invites to the podium. He hopes that creativity will bring her back to a fulfilling life. The work just doesn't last long. Then she works in a fashion house as a cleaner, and now Regina again finds herself in psychiatry, in the best hospital in Moscow, in Kashchenko. She is being treated, but to no avail. In October 1987, she committed suicide. She was 51 years old. Again a mystery. There are suggestions that she died at home. But maybe even in a hospital. According to the conclusion, she died as a result of food poisoning. It was it that stopped the heart of a young woman. In her hands was a diary that Regina kept for almost her entire life. Just as there is no clarity in the conclusions about death, it is also unknown where Regina Zbarskaya is buried. Her biography is full of mysteries and understatements. It tragically intertwined betrayal, politics and fashion.
Bright Russian Models
But not only Regina was a sparkling diamond on the podium. There are many beauties in Russia, as the West found out after the lifting of the Iron Curtain. Mila Romanovskaya was, to a certain extent, Regina's rival and the complete opposite: blonde, always friendly and cheerful, friendly and not capricious.
In 1967 she was entrusted, which hurt Regina's heart, to demonstrate an evening dress made based on ancient Russian icons. She was amazingly good at it. On foreign trips, emigrants cried at shows, and Western newspapers compared her to the Snow Maiden and the birch.
Galya Milovskaya worked in the same years. She was found by fashion designer Krutikova. She was the same "branch" as Twiggy appeared in the West,but she had not a Slavic, but a Western appearance.
After a series of scandals, after photographs for Vogue magazine, Galina emigrated in 1974. At first, she successfully worked as a model, then successfully married a banker. At the insistence of her husband, she graduated from the Sorbonne and even made a documentary.
Leokadiya (abbreviated as Leka) Mironova was the muse of Vyacheslav Zaitsev for many years. She was not allowed to travel abroad, as she had noble roots.
The highest ranks of the state looked at this beauty. And when she had the courage to refuse them, she was left without a job and led a half-starved existence. Personal life did not work out. The man she loved, and who reciprocated her, was a photographer from Lithuania. He and his family were threatened if he did not leave Leka. The girl decided to stay alone. Neither she nor her lover ever started a family.
Russian fashion models, it would seem, as it sounds! But their destinies are tortuous, difficult and, perhaps, unenviable.
