Posted on 04/20/2005 5:34:21 AM PDT by r5boston
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has appeared on the front cover of Elle magazine in Ukraine posing in a designer dress. Mrs Tymoshenko played a key role in the "Orange Revolution", her plait hairdo making her a distinctive figure.
Interviewed by Elle Ukraine, she said she was making full use of her looks in the male-dominated world of politics.
She is said by local media to have even charmed Russian President Vladimir Putin, who visited Kiev in March.
"Do you really think I can charm people? That's interesting, I never would have thought," Mrs Tymoshenko told Elle.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Hubba.
Riiiiight...who does she think she is fooling? ;)
I like that last line. Seems to me that Mrs. Tymoshenko is laughing at the reporter (who really should know better than to ask such a stupid question).
To cap the irony, the idiot then blandly prints the answer, as if it were more than withering sarcasm.
And here I thought you had to be educated to work for the Beeb. Times have sure changed.
Beleg
Someone has to say it...
Well, the Ukraine girls really knock me out!
This PM certainly looks better in a designer dress than any American Democrat political hacks -- with the possible exception of Barney Frank.
Ukraine's Warrior Princess
Hottie for your ping list.
Why can't hairstyles like that catch on over here? Yowza.
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