Rare Girls

Iasmina Radu is a 20 years old girl from Timisoara, Romania and she currently lives in Vienna and studies economics at Vienna University of Economics and Business. Her hobbies are playing tennis, painting and traveling. She really likes going out with friends and to explore the streets of Vienna. Iasmi is definitely a cat person and she loves meeting new people from all over the world. Instagram: @iasmi_ligia

Leila Alieva lives in Dubai, feels safe and happy to be a resident in UAE. Leila is a professional dancer, she studied classic choreography. She has been dancing since she was 4 years old and has been a belly dancer for more than 15 years. Originally from Moscow, Russia. Leila is also a graduate engineer concentrator of ores of precious and non-ferrous. Instagram: @alieva_lejla

Mariam Waseem is the first girl from Pakistan in this podcast. She is a Management Information System Bachelor in Işık University, Istanbul, Turkey and the President of Işık University International Students Club. Instagram: @mariamwaseem

Patricia Alexandra Bontescu is an Automation and Computer Engineering student from Timișoara, Romania. Patricia likes to sing. She used to sing traditional Romanian music and she also was into acting she were younger. Patricia likes to read, especially history and modern history books. Patricia is a volunteer for the students organization in her faculty. Instagram: @patriciaalexandra04

Andra Mușat is a Romanian girl who is part of an acting group. She loves painting, sometimes she sketches fashion designs, and she went with her acting group to two different theatre festivals where they won two trophies (one for best act and one for special play. Right now, Andra is preparing for her finals and for UNATC, which is a university for acting and cinematography that is hard to get accepted to because the exams are difficult and the admissions are very competitive. Instagram: @andra._musat

Heidi Teresa Marcos is a Painter, Chef, Jewelry Artist, Bowling player, Lawn Tennis practitioner, Taekwondo athlete, Billiards player , Singer, Makeup Artist, Fashion Art Consultant, Musician, Photography appreciator, and tattoo lover from Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Heidi has a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, she has experience in Restaurant Management, Accounting, and Office Administration. From Supervisor to Manager, business owner in her home country (in the grocery and apartments field), Heidi still desires to explore more talents as freelancer as her passion. Her greatest achievement is having 2 lovely kids and she is very proud of them as a mother. Instagram: @ms_h_unicahija17

LaRudche (Laura Rudchenco) is a Singer, Songwriter, Performer, Comedian, Actress and the number 1 GAGA impersonator. And she is the first Argentinian woman in this Podcast. Larudche was a flight attendant for almost 10 years, resigned and became a full time singer. She is now a published singer, she writes and produces her own songs, she is also a stand up comedian and opened her own comedy night show in Dubai. Larudche has performed in the best venues in Dubai and made a name for herself. Larudche has an original song coming and and a cover of a 1940’s jazz coming up in the next weeks. Instagram: @larudche

Ilona Alieksieieva is a Ukrainian girl and a single mother from Kyiv living in Dubai. Ilona is a business development director at a tech startup & Partner at a creative design agency. Instagram: @heyilona

Frida Zee Avwontom is a Cameroonian girl currently learning Dutch and living in the Netherlands. She loves photography, videography, Netflix, listening to music, and other form of entertainment. Instagram: @zee_av

Viktoriia Boichenko is an Erasmus Mundus Master Program "WAVES" scholarship winner from Ukraine now living in Gandia, Spain and studying at UPV, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Campus Gandia. Viktoriia loves Reading fantasy and psychology books; cooking, dancing, and hanging out with friends. Now, she is training with aerial gymnastics on the hoop,and earlier on, she has tried ballroom dancing, swimming, and kickboxing. Viktoriia had an experience with sewing clothes (corsets, underwear, and medieval-style costumes). Her highest personal achievements were getting a driving license, after that getting a scholarship to Erasmus Mundus. The next one is to finish it. Instagram: @vik.boichenko

Nat Isabel is an Art Expert & Researcher living in Munich, Germany. Isabel is ancestrally 50% German, 25% Omani, and 25% Congolese. She has a PhD in 2020 in Systems Theory, Cultural Policy, and Museum Management. Isabel published her second book in April 2023 about her Afrogerman history called "Hot Mixed Girl" and she is working on her third book to be published in 2024 by Routledge on Art Advisory and Collection. Isabel has a Management Business founded in 2021 and an Animal rescue and foster organization founded in 2017. She is a dancer enjoying ballet and modern dance. And she works as an art expert and underwriter in fine art & for private clients, in the insurance industry and has worked for galleries, art dealers and auction houses in the past. Instagram: @louisa_isabel_

Brânduşa Brumbea is a young metal vocalist and art student from Alba Iulia in Romania. Instagram: @brandusa_brumbea

Karina Zarichanska is an Ukrainian girl studying at the Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevshenko University, Ukraine. Karina is a bibliophile and a girl interested in poetry. Instagram: @lavendelkaffee

Aidai Ismailova is a Certified International Makeup trainer and a Make Up artist living in Dubai. Originally from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Aidai loves travel, pets and books. Instagram: @AidaiMUA

Jenni Weaver is a content creator, a podcast host, and an Arthritis & Psoriasis Advocate from Kalama, Washington Sate, USA. Her hobbies are painting, hiking, and content creation. Instagram: @gracefully_jen @My_Spoonie_Sisters

Lizabell Beatus is a Tanzanian girl studying Psychology in Işık University Istanbul, Turkey. She is very passionate about fashion and modeling. She has built her experience with fashion and photography modeling. Belle is great at baking and has held a charity bake sale for an orphanage in Tanzania. She is a mental health advocate and loves raising awareness on autism. Instagram: @belle.xiv

Brenda Tabot is an Afro-dancer from Cameroon, studying both in 12th grade and in Vancouver Island University, and plans to become a nurse. She is a friendly person with a big personality. She loves playing rugby and getting exposed to exciting new things, and she participated in the Miss Personality Pageant in Canada. Instagram: @brenda.tabotebot

Tatiana Titomay studied banking, but after she tried to work in a bank, she realized that this is not her thing, and she is drawn to more creative activities. Tatiana was born in a cold country, Russia, and all her life she dreamed of living by the sea. So 6 years ago she left her country and went to explore life in different places. During this time she managed to live in Thailand, Indonesia and now lives in Dubai, the Arab Emirates. During her life abroad she got acquainted with the world of photography, content, modeling and everything related to production for brands, video clips, show business and so on. She fell in love with this business with all her heart and it became not only her hobby, but also her job. Now living in the United Arab Emirates, she continues to do what she loves, and of course she dreams of achieving great heights, big earnings, more interesting acquaintances and projects and improving the quality of her life in every way. Instagram: @titomayy

Samman Akbarzada is a female author from Afghanistan. She loves writing, reading, art, listening to music, and hiking in nature. Her debut novel "Life is a Movie" was published in August 22nd 2021. It is the story of a working child in Kabul Afghanistan and what women face in discriminated societies. Her poetry book "A Glimmer in the Dark" was published in November 17th 2022. Her motto is Give hope, Spread love, and Be kind. Instagram: @sammanwrites

DJ Perry is an Iranian DJ specializing in Electronic Body Music (EBM), Techno, Electro, Dark Wave and Disco. She loves being a DJ, music, dancing, flow arts, nature, camping, books, yoga, gym, hair coloring and hair treatment. Instagram: @_per_ryy_

Anna Kostenko is a Ukrainian girl from Kyiv, Ukraine, and a student at both Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and at University of Zürich. Anna loves doing make up and drawing, it really helps her to calm down and deal with stress. She is also currently learning digital art. Not yet a professional artist, she is just self-taught. Anna enjoys drawing different cartoon characters. Moreover, she is totally into theater, especially musicals. She thinks there is something really special about seeing the actors perform live on stage. She has previously worked as a volunteer at theaters and theatrical events. As for achievements, Anna has always been one of the top students both at school and at university. At school, she participated in lots of academic competitions and received awards for that. While in high school, she was selected for FLEX 2017-2018 and got a chance to study for a year at an American high school. She spent her time in Minnesota and absolutely loved it. The time there taught her a lot about herself and who she wants to be as a person. Anna is currently finishing her bachelor in Ukraine at KNU. She studies regional studies and international relations with special focus on Asian countries. She is also currently enrolled as a visiting student at the University of Zurich and planning to do her Master there in Modern Asian and Middle Eastern studies. Instagram: @ania.kostenko

Alina Boiko is a language & Literature student at the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", a mentor, a teacher, and a blogger from Kyiv, Ukraine. Alina is currently on an exchange student at the best university in Canada, University of Toronto, she works as a teacher with 500+ students in 3 years, and she is the founder of blogs about education with an audience of more than 120K students. Instagram: @baalbie

Chiara Cavenaghi is an Italian Model & Actress based in Milano. She graduated as a Pharmacist, and her hobbies are to help people, travel the world, know other cultures and achieve her goals. Instagram: @kiaracave

Alexa Shell is an elementary school teacher and a certified advanced pole fitness instructor from Cleveland, Ohio, the United States. Alexa has a Bachelors Degree in Politics and Women & Gender Studies from Sewanee: The University of the South, a Masters of Science in Elementary Education from Johns Hopkins; and she work as a Primary teacher at a public Montessori School (ages 3-6). She is an Alumna of Teach for America 2018 corps. As a child, Alexa danced for 13 years and rock climbed competitively in high school. After her first year teaching, she decided to get back into fitness that summer and found pole dancing. She found it to be a perfect combination of dance and rock climbing that kept her interest and challenged her both mentally and physically. Alexa is a Certified Beginner through Advanced Pole Fitness Instructor through Ecole de Pole, an international company founded by Justine McLucas in Australia. Alexa teaches two pole classes a week at Ecole de Pole Cleveland - The Static Basics and Pole Pre/Intermediate. She recently placed 3rd in Level 4 at the Pole Championship Series 2023 at the Arnolds Sports Festival, it is the third competition she has participated in. In October of 2022, Alexa got married and she is living her "happily forever after". Instagram: @honeychild_ae

Remotse Kgwadi is a Motswana girl from Botswana working in Disneyland Paris. She loves to dance, to write in order to clear her head, usually in the form of poetry/rap, but also just for herself. Remo also practices yoga, it helps her stay centered and is a great way to destress and let out any unwanted energy. Plus, Remo is a big tea lover. Instagram: @r_cherrybxmb

Anya Prokhorova is an illustrator and designer featured in Dubai fashion week, she is a model, she loves writing and reading poetry (also very interested in advocating for mental health awareness and self improvement). Anya focuses on self expression through creative medias like drawing, painting and sculpting since her early childhood. Originally from Russia, Anya lives in Dubai, she used to live in the UK, and she has completed her education in Art school, fashion school, and freelances as a fashion illustrator. Instagram: @gotyourteeth

Zhypar Nazylbekova is the first girl from Kyrgyzstan in this podcast. She lives in Dubai, UAE, and works as a freelance makeup artist and a digital psychologist who loves yoga, going to the gym and jogging every morning 10,000 steps to keep her health and energy. Instagram: @zhypar_nazylbekova

Romina Semprini a painter and art student from Alba Iulia, Romania studying at Regina Maria Art School. She loves painting, meditation, and learning other languages. Romina had an art exposition at the National Museum of Union Alba Iulia at 14 years old. She has permanent expositions in 5 restaurants in Alba Iulia. And she has given 2 times to Prince Nicolae of Romania, a member of the Royal Family, paintings as gifts at the age of 13 and 17. Instagram: @sempriniromina_artist

Anna Rohanova is a Ukrainian girl from Donetsk studying a Bachelor of Business Administration at KU Leuven, Belgium. Anna is currently very focused on finishing her degree and also in the process of getting a nutritionist certification. She also plans on getting coach certification because she is in love with sport and in particular lifting weights in the gym. She has been doing it for almost 2 years and she progressed to quite high weights (Her most impressive personal records are 285.5 kg on a leg press and 160 kg on hip thrust). Anna wants to help people get stronger and happier in the future through sports. Instagram: @_impassible_01

Josephine Kiaga is a Tanzanian-American freelance Film Producer and Co-Owner of Kiagraphy Media Ltd. Living in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, she acquired a unique sense of storytelling and was able to explore non-western film making at an early age. After she was awarded with the BTEC Student of the Year for her thought-provoking Creative Media in 2019 ceremony and attended that ceremony in London, it pushed her to go to University in the UK. She completed her BFA in Film Production with a First Class and has now moved on to continue freelancing. She specializes in Short Films, Music Videos, Documentaries and Producing photoshoots for her company. Most recently, she was a Producer for a film commissioned by the US Embassy Tanzania, exploring the taboo of HIV/Aids treatment through an effective, drama short film with some of Tanzania's best. It was educational, daring and women-led, these are the projects that she enjoys being part of the most. Josephine is currently a mentee in the Black Book Programme UK, learning from her UK Line Producer Mentor and she is internally developing a lot of projects. Notably, a documentary, a play and several poetic short films which will be doing their festival film circuits this year as well. As a filmmaker, she intends to continue her work as an artist while upholding artistic integrity that aligns with her feminist, Pan-African, sexual and gender equality-based mindset throughout all her work and she is looking forward to what the future holds. Instagram: @misskiaga

Yelyzaveta Shelestova is an International Relations student at Taras Shevchenko National University from Kyiv Region, Ukraine, interested in NGOs & Communications. Yelyzaveta is the Head of the Institute of International Relations Debate Club, a Teach For All’s Student Advisor alumna, a Member of the Debate Federation of Ukraine, an active worker in the field of NGOs management, a Co-author of Teach For All’s eBook “What Leadership Do We Need Now?”, and the Top student of the year 2022-2023. Instagram: @sh.elliz

Crystal Patton is from Nagaland (Northeast) apart of India. Crystal is an Indian girl working in R&D the for National Rural Livelihoods Mission. She is working on promoting green environments such as planting trees and varieties of flowers. Crystal is originally from the Northeast of India, and she had various opportunities representing her district, she won 1st runner up in modeling as well as beauty pageants within her area. Instagram: @crystal_lotha_

Adriana Howie is a Jewelry and Gemstones expert living in Dubai, UAE. Originally a double national from Romania and the Republic of Moldova, Adriana loves traveling, exploring new places, driving fast, fishing, deep sea fishing and mountain climbing. Instagram: @adrilifestyle2022

Polina Chalienko is a Ukrainian Flex Alumna '19, an International Baccalaureate graduate in 2022, and currently a student of Business Engineering at U Leuven University in Brussels, Belgium. Originally from the Donetsk region in Ukraine, Polina loves writing poems, the subjects of business, marketing, volunteering, and doing sport. She is a Civic Workshop Alumna ‘19, and a manager and initiator of many charity projects in Ukraine and other countries. Instagram: @_chalenko__

Tasabih Diab is a Sudanese national and Life style creator as well as a business woman with her brand Bronze Beauty living in Dubai. She loves fashion, she does sports “skating, boxing, diving, gyming” and she loves traveling and exploring new things. Tasabih loves reading books, she is a brand ambassador for Puma, Sivvi, Noon, Stylie, 6th street, as well as part of many other brands like Splash. Instagram: @tasabihdiab

Tetiana Yehorova is a Ukrainian girl from Ternopil. She is a member of Girls Leadership Academy 3.0 (@gla.ua). She is currently working as an English teacher and she started her own speaking club to help Ukrainians improve their English speaking skills. Tanya plays the guitar and ukulele, she enjoys volunteering, and traveling. She has visited many cities in Ukraine, as well as traveled to Bulgaria, Italy and Poland multiple times. Tanya loves to spend time and travel with her friends and to try new things. She also attends acting classes at the Ternopil Academic Theater of Taras Shevchenko and she will have a play premiere in May, which is very exciting. Instagram: @g0trena

Amalia Damian is a Romanian girl from Alba Iulia. She is an Economy Student at Economic College “Dionisie Pop Martian”. Amalia is a type 1 diabetic, and she loves horse riding, lifting weights, listening to music, walking, volunteering, learning, painting, traveling and cooking. Instagram: @damianamalia.17

Sema Nalbantoğlu is a Turkish-Bulgarian woman living in Istanbul who loves traveling, cooking, dancing, trekking, camping, playing piano, and HR management. She works in Recruitment and Training as a HR Executive, and she loves to travel the world, to camp and to take travel photos. Instagram: @sweettravelersemos

Kamila Nazyrova is a Ukrainian Pole Dance teacher and competitor, a 1st place in Pole Sport Championship 2020 in Wien, an Xpert certified , a Mom of an amazing girl and a Post-Partum fitness instructor. Kamila has an MBA in International Management, and she lives in Nice, France. Instagram: @campolesport

Dana Kalihina is a Sales Manager from Astana, Kazakhstan. She loves traveling, reading books, dancing, going to yoga classes and trying new and exciting experiences. Instagram: @danakalihina

Maya Sleiman is a Lebanese Belarusian girl studying Biomedical Sciences at King’s College London. Maya loves Fashion, Latin Dance, Playing the piano, Reading, Creative writing, Traveling and Blogging. Instagram: @maya.sle

Lea Radojicic is the first Croatian girl in this podcast. Lea is a Level 3 Personal Trainer, a prenatal/postnatal coach, a Level 4 Nutrition Coach, and an ex volleyball player living in Dubai, UAE. Instagram: @lea.fit.dxb

Cristina Andrei is a Romanian girl based in Germany who specializes in Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics. She loves books, movies, music, art, sports (such as jogging, hiking, yoga, skiing), traveling, pottery, and boardgames. She also likes volunteering in organizations. Cristina is fascinated with the leadership aspects of any field and she works as one in her professional career in IT. She speaks fluently 2 other non-native languages and is interested to learn 2 more. Instagram: @theromaniangipsy

Philippine de Romrée is a Makeup-Artist and Content Creator from Waterloo, Belgium. Philippine is planning to become a physical coach because she is a sports addict. She loves art, books, inspirational and powerful speeches, as well as creating motivating videos and content. Philippine is a huge nature lover, she finds her peace in long walks, trekking and climbing rocks anywhere she can. Instagram: @philippine_drdv

Raykhona Ismoilova is is from Tashkent Uzbekistan, and she is a student at Vistula University interested in Fashion. Instagram: @rokel22

Sydney Zorn is a Canadian Fashion Model and a student getting her Bachelor's degree in Website Design. Sydney loves spending time with her dog, time with her family, she has a passion for snowmobiling in Canada, and she is a coffee and pastry addict. She is currently learning how to design websites and she is a certified nail and eyelash technician. Instagram: @sydney_zorn

Divya Gunasekara is the first Sri Lankan girl in this podcast. Divya is an Account Manager living in Dubai, and her hobbies are writing, watching cartoons, reading self-development and motivation books, and meeting new people. Instagram: @divyaa_gunasekara

Lucia Yip is a model from Hong Kong studying at Columbia University. Lucia loves modeling, reading, playing piano and the violin. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy from NYU (class of 2021) and will graduate with her Master’s Degree in Social Work in May 2023. Instagram: @luciayip

Alexandra Pogorelova is a Ukrainian living in Dubai since 2015. She is an internationally certified Personal Trainer, a nutritionist and Health Coach. As well as managing a Ladies Only Premium Gym in Dubai. She follows her passion about fitness and healthy lifestyle so in her weekly routine she is a very active person. Alexandra goes to the gym on a daily basis and likes to spend quality time with her friends like playing tennis, going 60+ km cycling weekly, running, doing yoga etc. She likes to explore countries and cities so whenever she can take a couple of free days, she likes to travel somewhere for a short trip. She is very fond of learning new things about health and recent research in medicine so she can deliver even better quality to her clients, and in the past 2 years of her life she did study health coaching and integrative nutrition. In general, studying and learning are a constant part of her life. Alexandra is happy to be part of changes in fitness and wellness approaches the in UAE and to motivate, create the community of the physically and mentally strong local ladies. She has more than 750 people who she helped with their health and wellness offline, and it motivates her to go further and go more online in order to be able to support bigger number of women and men who are looking to step into their healthier lifestyle. Instagram: @fitness_lab_dxb

Azadeh Gozarnoee is originally from Tehran, Iran, and she started pole dance 5 years ago and 2.5 years ago high heels dance then some other styles to find her own technical way of expression. Azzy also artistically creates her own looks when going to dance competitions, designing dresses and fashion, she loves rock climbing, which she started 1.5 year ago to break her fear of heights. She also does highlining, gymnastics, ski, and she loves make-up since her childhood so she is now a make-up artist in love with this art. Finally, Azzy loves to be in nature, to travel, and to explore the cultures of the world. Instagram: @Azzyypole @azzyymakeup @azzyyworld