From babes to babushkas

The World

Russia is known for its beautiful women. A number of them have been plucked from obscurity in recent years and reached supermodel status. But there's another phenomenom in Russia: slim elegant beauties aging fairly quickly into plump babushkas. How does it happen? Reporter Jessica Golloher decided to find out.

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