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Since we last saw Lia Pavlova<\/a>, she’s quickly elevated her model-status to major \u2013 graduating from novice newcomer to a name everyone knows. This past F\/W season the willowy Russian put on some serious runway miles down every catwalk from Chanel to Saint Laurent to Gucci. You’d think she’d be battle-weary, but turns out she’s just getting started. <\/p>\n You did 71 shows this season, would you want to do 72 ever?<\/strong> How did you get discovered? At the time, did you think you should be a model?<\/strong> Have you grown more comfortable with yourself since you have started? What do you think people find interesting about you?<\/strong> What is a quality that you like your friends to have? <\/strong> Is there a direction that photographers give you that you hate? <\/strong>
\nYeah even more. It was not too hard for me because every day it\u2019s something different and you can meet so many people. This fashion week was so fast. I think I could do like five shows per day and if you can do the math…Sometimes I did 5, sometimes I did 3. I liked Gucci, Alexander Wang\u2013because the show was in a church\u2013and, I don\u2019t know, maybe Givenchy because it was difficult to walk, It was so hot. It was interesting because I was like, “Ah I can\u2019t walk, I can\u2019t walk!” I like a challenge. When I started, if my agency gave me 15 castings for a day, I was like, “Okay I can do it.” I mean if I can, maybe not 15, maybe 10 to 11. It depends on the city. London is difficult. Some models are like, “Oh, I\u2019m so tired.” Okay. I can just go home, that’s okay, but if you want to work you should do it. Otherwise you can sit at home in Russia. <\/p>\n
\nIt was in my town near St. Petersburg. Some agent just scouted me and she said, “I can send some picture of you to different agencies.” For me, I was like, “Are you sure?” I was thinking I\u2019m not so beautiful, I\u2019m not like a model. But she said, “Oh, you\u2019re tall and skinny, you can try!” So she sent them to St. Petersburg in Moscow to some mother agencies and I signed a contract. When I started I had short hair, brown color and fringe bangs…It was kind of Freja Beha style. <\/p>\n
\nYeah, I was so quiet, I was different [laughs]. Now I\u2019m feeling so good. I\u2019m happy that I\u2019m here. For what they find interesting, I hope it’s just not beauty, but rather something from inside. I\u2019m not sure what it is exactly. I know some people can think I\u2019m not a beautiful girl, but all models they’re beautiful, but not like ordinary beautiful, something weird I think. <\/p>\n
\nThey\u2019re weird, mainly. Not all people understand them so it\u2019s something I can\u2019t even explain. But they are kind people, introverted a little bit. Usually it\u2019s people who do creative things, not only models or photographers, but usually they love psychology and things like that. <\/p>\n
\nI don\u2019t like when photographers just tell me, \u201cYou should just stand.\u201d And that\u2019s it. If I try to move, they say, \u201cNo you should only move your face and, for example, one hand.\u201d Sometimes I\u2019m thinking that I\u2019m doing something wrong, because if I\u2019m trying to move and they’re always like, “No!” So sometimes that makes me self-conscious. But it\u2019s okay, I like shows more than shoots. There’s more energy, so many models and other people, plus the music.<\/p>\n
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