Mirror.co.uk: "Crimean phwoar: Meet the busty Russian model at the centre of Ukraine propaganda claims"
Ukrainian authorities have accused Russia of picking Crimean-born Maria Zarring as the country's top 'natural' beauty for political reasonsThis busty model has sparked a propaganda clash between Moscow and Ukraine after being named Russia's top 'natural' beauty.
Ukrainian authorities have accused Russia of picking Crimean-born
Maria Zarring as the country's top beauty for political reasons.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine last year, causing an international outcry, and is accused of backing ethnic Russian separatists fighting the Kiev government.
The situation has led to rising international tensions after the West imposed economic sanctions on Russia.
Some government's have called for a military intervention to halt alleged Russian aggression in the region.
And now
Maria, 28, who has a
34K bust, has found herself at the centre of a propaganda battle between Moscow and Kiev, after Ukrainian commentators said she was awarded the title of Russia's top natural beauty in order to humiliate them.
Kiev-based beauty expert
Oksana Melnyk told the
Daily Mail: "They have only chosen her to rub our noses in it.
"Moscow is laughing at the Ukraine by claiming one of our own success stories for their own. But in fact she is not even a real woman."
Model
Maria, who now lives in Moscow, said she is not interested in politics and that she was "proud of my body, I am proud of my title and I am proud of my homeland."
"Not even a real woman"
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