The 17-year-old winner signed a contract with the Beatrice International Models Agency, based in Milan.
© RIA NovostiRussian Yulia Karetnikova, winner of the Look of the Year 2009 international model search in Sicily last week, has returned to her home city of Kaliningrad.
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Russian Yulia Karetnikova, winner of the Look of the Year 2009 international model search in Sicily last week, has returned to her home city of Kaliningrad.
© RIA NovostiThe 17-year-old winner signed a contract with the Beatrice International Models Agency, based in Milan. "They are waiting for me, there is a lot of work," the Kaliningradka website quoted Yulia as saying. "As soon as I get my school diploma, I will go to Italy."
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The 17-year-old winner signed a contract with the Beatrice International Models Agency, based in Milan. "They are waiting for me, there is a lot of work," the Kaliningradka website quoted Yulia as saying. "As soon as I get my school diploma, I will go to Italy."
© RIA NovostiThe Kaliningrad schoolgirl is expected to receive her diploma in a year. She is studying at the 11th form.
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The Kaliningrad schoolgirl is expected to receive her diploma in a year. She is studying at the 11th form.
© RIA NovostiYulia Karetnikova's parents do not mind if their daughter becomes a model.
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Yulia Karetnikova's parents do not mind if their daughter becomes a model.
© RIA NovostiYulia is into athletics, photography and studying English
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Yulia is into athletics, photography and studying English
© RIA NovostiShe dreams of setting up her own photo studio after she finishes working as a model.
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She dreams of setting up her own photo studio after she finishes working as a model.
© RIA NovostiModels from 50 countries usually take part in the international model search Look of the Year.
The competition has discovered superstars like Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista and Kate Moss. In the picture: Yulia Karetnikova, the winner of the Look of the Year 2009.
The competition has discovered superstars like Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista and Kate Moss. In the picture: Yulia Karetnikova, the winner of the Look of the Year 2009.
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Models from 50 countries usually take part in the international model search Look of the Year.
The competition has discovered superstars like Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista and Kate Moss. In the picture: Yulia Karetnikova, the winner of the Look of the Year 2009.
The competition has discovered superstars like Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Linda Evangelista and Kate Moss. In the picture: Yulia Karetnikova, the winner of the Look of the Year 2009.