SI Swimsuit 2017 Rookie Reveal: Vita Sidorkina [Wow Video]

[tfcrew]

 

You might recognize her from rocking the runway in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show or steaming up the pages of magazines in ads for Lilly Pulitzer, BCBG and Rebecca Minkoff, but there is more to Vita than meets the eye. The blue-eyed beauty grew up in Khabarovsk, a small town in Russia that's just two hours from China by boat. She hasn't been home in nearly five years, due partly to the frigid climate -- the temperatures there can sink to nearly -30 degrees Fahrenheit! Not ideal weather for a Swimsuit model.

http://www.si.com/swim-daily/2017/01/25/rookie-reveal-vita-sidorkina

[Anotherkiwi]

http://www.si.com/swim-daily/2017/01/25/rookie-reveal-vita-sidorkina

Pretty girl, but rubbish quotes - since when is Kharbarovsk a "little town?"  The population is nearly 600,000!  Also, since when is it "two hours by boat" from China?  The border is less than 10 kilometres from the south end of the city, although the nearest city (Fuyuan) is 50 kilometres away in a straight line (65 km by river).

I do agree with the frigid climate, though - it's -20 degrees C there as I write this.