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Big Breasts, Bigger Dreams(continued)
RUSSIAN DESCENT Ekaterina Sknarina (Photo: Dan Howell) Ekaterina Sknarina, 29 2007 was a busy year for Ekaterina Sknarina. She was named Miss Coney Island and the UK's Erotic Performance Artist of the Year—honors that celebrate her skills as a contortionist. A regular burlesque performer at hipster haven The Box, Sknarina has recently been focusing on styling photo shoots for an array of top publications in the United Kingdom, Europe (including Spanish Vogue), and the United States, as well as commercials for Lysol, Sprint, and everyone's favorite plastic contortionist, Barbie. "I've always been interested in fashion and costumes," she says. "My mother was a seamstress for ballroom dancers and I watched her work growing up. When I sustained a knee injury and needed a plan B, I knew what I should do." Last December, Sknarina received her master's in general art from Central Saint Martins in London, and, as long as her body holds out, would like to continue both performing and styling. "I draw inspiration from both, and one helps the other," she says. "It's easy to function in both worlds. It's all staged reality." 
yoko wants on! Get a picture of his ass up here now, right cheek preferable. Yoko doesn't like tats and hates carebearsandlittleponies. Toxic toys for toxic tots. Posted by: yoko on February 27, 2008 9:54 AM nice captions Posted by: googly on February 27, 2008 11:55 AM never knew this side of their lives...nice article! Posted by: Lilnumber3 on February 27, 2008 9:32 PM Great article! Great idea for a series. I want more! Posted by: peggy1207 on February 27, 2008 9:51 PM Advertisement she is like a russian gumby Posted by: Lilnumber3 on February 27, 2008 11:17 PM Most strippers are just regular gals trying to pay the rent. In my opinion, this idea of that they are a wellspring of hidden aspirations and talents is largely a myth. Of course the few who are mining their other genuine talents are going to try to showcase themselves because of the spotlight Diablo Cody has thrown on them, and more power to them. You gotta work your turf. But most exotic dancers that I've met are just exotic dancers, just like most cashiers are just cashiers, most lawyers are just lawyers, and so forth. Take it from a guy who's handed over plenty of money to them, and also talked with a lot of them at length over the last, oh, thirty-five years. I know what they're really like; that's probably why I'LL never get a book contract to write about them, even though I've blogged about my experiences with them for two and a half years. As they said in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance...when you have a choice between the truth and the legend, print the legend. But I prefer strippers who are just that: strippers in their full stripperiness with no frills other than a simple humanity and compassion for others. Call me an old-fashioned guy. Posted by: Sir Cranky on March 2, 2008 10:41 PM < BACK TO Features |
    
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