Early career
Kristina Semenovskaya was born in 1979 in the Russian capital. Her parents were Jews from an intelligent family. His father earned money by drawing pictures and illustrations, and his mother worked as a translator and linguist. Until the age of 16, Christina lived in the capital with her parents and brother.
Significant changes in the biography of Christina Semenovskaya began only after she came to the attention of representatives of the French modeling agency. She found herself in the modeling business as a teenager. Photos by Kristina Semenovskaya impressed experts so much that they called them works of art. It was thanks to them that the girl began to build a successful career and received a lucrative offer from the reputable agency Karin Models.
“I always said that the most beautiful girls live in Ukraine”
— Rumors circulated in the Russian press that you were going to buy the Miss Russia competition for two million dollars. Did you have any intentions of buying out the Miss Ukraine competition?
— Yes, I wanted to buy “Miss Russia,” but the owners and I did not agree on the price. By the way, I came to Ukraine specifically to learn more about Miss Ukraine. Maybe I’ll buy your competition. I have always said that the most beautiful girls live in Ukraine. The other day I was present here at the Miss Russian Radio Ukraine competition. It was a great show! Much better than in Moscow. Here, look, photographs of the contestants with me. Six of the twelve finalists have great chances.
— How did it happen that you became a public figure who is engaged in such a specific business and does not hide it?
“I was just lucky - I was in the right place at the right time.” He married a French woman, went to France, lived in Paris, and in Russia looked for beautiful girls for French modeling agencies. In the early nineties, Russian businessmen collapsed. At first I worked with them as a translator: I helped people, so to speak, get comfortable in a foreign country. Then the men began to contact me with other questions: they say, my wife is tired, what should I do? I realized that I could make money from this. “I can introduce your wife to a professor from the Sorbonne or a dancer boy from the Lido,” I say to the puzzled businessman. “Which option do you like best?” In general, I began to solve the family problems of rich people, and they paid me a “scholarship” for this.
In Moscow at that time there was only one place where beautiful girls gathered - something like the River Palace in Kyiv. And the men had never seen anything better in their lives. I took them to Paris, showed them cool hotels, got them tickets to fashion shows, and introduced them to the modeling business. They were crazy! For many years I was a secretive dude - my phone was very hard to get. I lived in Paris, London, New York, entangling Russian businessmen and beautiful girls in the network of my business. And then I got bored, and I decided, so to speak, to go out into public. I went to Moscow and met the heads of TV channels, film studios, and large media holdings. And he began to promote himself - out of boredom.
— Is it true that you are a candidate for master of sports in chess?
- Yes, I didn’t reach the master. When there are a lot of beautiful girls and rich dudes around, there is very little time left for chess. But you're right: you need to work on yourself in this direction. I would play chess with you. Or with your editor-in-chief, Alexander Shvets. By the way, this morning I read your newspaper “FACTS”. Awesome newspaper!
— I also found out that you were professionally involved in alpine skiing. And they even say he was a great instructor.
— Before marrying a French woman, I worked as a ski instructor in Cheget for five years. After moving to France, he studied at a Russian language school for French and emigrants. The founder of this school, Irene Comeau, suggested that I combine work and study by teaching a group of French children. In winter, I took a vacation and went to the mountains with the kids. But my studies didn’t work out: either the kids were slow-witted, or I spoke Russian too harshly. In general, when they skied in the wrong direction, I switched to my main native language. It sounded something like this: “Jean-Michel, mad baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa6000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 And then the children returned home and joyfully shared their knowledge of Russian with their parents. As a result, after three months I was fired from this job.
Listerman's role
At the very beginning of her career, Peter Listerman played a major role. He lived together with Kristina Semenovskaya in Paris, actually acting as her first producer, but the history of this relationship is actually quite dark and confusing.
Listerman himself had a very controversial reputation in Russia in the 90s. Thanks to a wide circle of high-ranking acquaintances, a complete lack of disgust and a loose tongue, he managed to become a virtual monopolist in the elite dating market at that time. He was considered the number one pimp in Russia.
They wrote about him in the press, calling him a model producer who brings Russian supermodels to parties with popular athletes and other celebrities. As a result of the work of this “marriage agency” for the elite, many businessmen acquired beautiful wives. For many wealthy men, Listerman became a real godsend, since busy rich men did not have time to look for brides, and Peter offered them a whole collection of beauties to choose from, each of which could claim to be the girl of their dreams.
Listerman began his career at the Madmuazel modeling agency, which was considered the first elite dating bureau in Russia. However, then his relationship with the owner of the agency, Alexander Borodulin, went wrong, things went very badly, and he had to temporarily become an ordinary realtor. A real salvation for him was meeting Christina Semenovskaya. Listerman met the young beauty when she was 16 years old.
The history of this acquaintance is shrouded in darkness. Listerman himself claims that he met a girl on Tverskaya Street, took her to Paris, where she got a job at the prestigious Karin agency. Kristina Semenovskaya claims that Karin’s managers themselves signed a contract with her, but does not specify under what circumstances this happened.
It can definitely be said that Listerman lived in Paris with 16-year-old Christiane, who, as many believe, literally supported him with her fees.
Peter Listerman
In show business it is generally accepted that scandal is the best form of advertising. Nothing is more memorable to people than social gossip and rumors skillfully spread about themselves by stars. This was fully realized by Meter Listerman, whose name today cannot leave anyone indifferent.
While some consider him the embodiment of all negative human qualities, others continue to see him as a successful businessman who knows how to make people talk about himself. Perhaps no one else like Peter Listerman understood one of the axioms of show business - you are popular as long as they talk or write about you.
Until now, no one has been able to accurately determine the boundary between a scandal and an advertising campaign. All of Peter Listerman’s creativity and business projects are full of contradictory information, many of which he himself disseminates in order to later refute. Such inconsistency could cost many a career, but Peter Listerman only earns himself popularity points.
People tired of monotonous news from the world of show business happily consume fresh sensations from Listerman. Every step he takes is accompanied by a detailed calculation, thanks to which the goal is always achieved. This applies not only to his business projects, but also to his creativity. Who would have thought that a person without a classical music education could record several successful albums?
This is the whole essence of Peter Listerman - a person who knows how to implement a project of any complexity. His ability to anticipate the interests of the public helps him a lot in this.
Personal life
Soon Kristina Semyonovskaya and Peter Listerman became a couple. In fact, this is the only novel of the model that became known to the general public. At least in the 90s, Christina persistently created the impression that she was only interested in work; she devoted all her time to modeling, striving to build a career in the beauty industry. This novel is, rather, the only exception that only confirms the rule. The relationship between Semenovskaya and Listerman ended with a wedding, although the husband was much older - the difference between them was 24 years. Soon their daughter Alexandra was born.
For a while, their relationship seemed exemplary, ideal for everyone around them. They went to all sorts of social events together, willingly communicated with journalists, and gave interviews. The happy family life lasted only five years, after which the relationship suddenly collapsed, and the idyll ended in separation.
For quite a long time, Semenovskaya herself stubbornly refused to comment on what happened and did not explain to anyone the reasons that led to her divorce from Listerman. Only after Peter began making scandalous statements in the media, Christina told reporters about everything.
Return of Pyotr Listerman to Russia
After a scandalous story with stolen cars, our today's hero divorced his former wife and returned back to Russia. In Moscow, he met the young model Kristina Semenovskaya and decided to tie the knot for the second time.
It is very noteworthy that the newly made wife was only sixteen years old at the time of her marriage. However, despite this, in the late nineties she was already a fairly successful model and had a valid contract with Christian Dior.
Perhaps it was the personality of his young wife that allowed Listerman to break into the world of modeling. Soon he began “recruiting” young girls, and some time later he opened his own “escort agency.” In this context, it is worth noting that the secrets of the internal kitchen and even the very time of the appearance of Listerman’s scandalous project currently remain a sealed secret. The format of his activities also remains unknown. Some call it an “escort agency,” others prefer the term “wedding agency,” while others openly talk about an elite “brothel for oligarchs.”
Returning to the topic of Listerman himself, we note that already in the early 2000s, our today’s hero established strong ties with many famous oligarchs, politicians and figures in Russian show business.
The list of clients of the “agency” was never disclosed, but over the years, among the clients of Pyotr Grigorievich’s agency, the press named the names of Mikhail Prokhorov, Vladimir Potanin, Dmitry Shatov and many other famous Russian millionaires. The so-called “Courchevel scandal”, associated with the use of the services of minor prostitutes, turned out to be especially resonant.
Paradoxical as it may seem, high-profile incidents and sex scandals only increased the authority of Peter Listerman in certain circles. Today, his business is still alive, and he himself is gradually beginning to turn into a kind of cult figure, whose image appears in various works of mass culture.
So, in particular, characters similar to Pyotr Grigorievich can be found in Pelevin’s books, in the films “Gloss” and “Plato,” as well as in many other works.
Divorce
According to Semenovskaya, they simply could not remain friends with their ex-husband, since the selfish Peter used his wife for personal purposes.
Listerman himself claimed that they lived in a happy marriage for five years without betrayal, although he constantly walked to the left of his previous wives. He fell in love with Christina at first sight when he met her at the age of 16. Peter told reporters that he courted her beautifully and brightly, trying to show her what she had never seen in her life: alpine skiing, windsurfing, flying on sports planes.
They got married as soon as the girl turned 18 years old. She gave birth to her daughter Alexandra at 19, and early motherhood had virtually no effect on her career. Unfortunately, at some point the feelings began to decline, Peter and Christina began to move away from each other. Listerman, as an experienced person in separations, emphasized that in such cases the husband or wife leaves by filing for divorce, but he allegedly came up with a third option: he found her a wealthy groom, from whom he received several million dollars, raising her career to a new level. In fact, he sold his wife.
Up the career ladder
A real professional career in the fashion world began almost immediately after Semenovskaya turned 18 years old. She began to be in great demand among managers of the most famous and prestigious French agencies.
The calculation of Karin Models, which was the first to sign a contract with her, turned out to be absolutely correct. In just a year, Christina has become a sought-after and popular model. One of her first contracts after coming of age was an agreement to advertise the iconic 501st jeans model from the legendary Levi's. Many noted that in the photographs she looked like a real child, which made her character as open and sincere as possible. As a result, it was the absence of falsehood that became one of her main distinguishing features and made her the face of the most popular brands from the fashion world.
A real sensation was caused by the advertisement of the Classique fragrance with her participation, which was released by the fashion house Jean-Paul Gaultie. By that time, Gaultier was considered a generally recognized master who had a significant influence on fashion.
In most cases, the things that appeared in Jean-Paul Gaultier were provocative and shocking. For example, in the 80s they released a collection of men's skirts, and in the early 90s they made underwear one of the elements of women's outerwear.
Just a few months after the stunning success in her career, Semenovskaya’s photo appeared on the cover of the popular French magazine ELLE. Together with Irina Pantaeva and Tatyana Zavyalova, she starred for the Pirelli calendar in 1997. It must be emphasized that only the most popular and famous models are awarded this honor.
Biography of Peter Listerman
Peter Listerman is a man whose name is constantly associated with a wide variety of scandals.
Some call him a “pimp” and even a “merchant of broken happiness.” However, our today's hero usually does not pay any attention to all the hype around his name. His “escort agency,” which organizes meetings between rich people and pretty beauties, enjoys constant success among wealthy Russians. Money flows like a river, and therefore our today’s hero simply doesn’t have to worry about anything else. But is it worth saying that all the talents of Peter Listerman are limited only to organizational abilities? Of course not. After all, the versatility of this extraordinary businessman is manifested in many small details. His image has long become one of the elements of mass culture, and therefore our today’s hero can easily be called a real legend in his field.
Advertising business
In parallel with filming in magazines, Semenovskaya appeared in advertising for branded cosmetics. Soon she became a face. Kristina Semenovskaya represented the cosmetic and perfume lines of the world-famous corporation along with Gisele Bundchen, Sharon Stone, Mila Jovovich, Kate Moss, Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron.
Her first project with Dior was an advertisement for Dune perfume - she became a new face. This was the company's 14th fragrance, which was released in 1991. Dior was perhaps one of the most famous brands: the first fragrance was released in 1947 and was called Miss Dior. The founder of the house himself thought about their creation while working on his first collection.
Dune was created by Jean-Louis Ciezac. There are not many fragrances in his collection, but almost all of his compositions have become real works of art. The choice of Semenovskaya means a lot. The famous company was releasing a real hit on the market, so it could not make a mistake, so Christina’s choice was conscious and deeply thought out. And so it happened - the perfume was literally a resounding success, and in 1993 it was recognized as the scent of the year.
The face of the company
It is noteworthy that Semenovskaya was not the first heroine of Dune. At first, the company tried model Angelica Wahlgren for this role, but the girl’s image seemed neutral to them, while Dior positioned the new fragrance as expressive, but at the same time delicate. The Russian woman was ideal for this role.
The house's famous photographer, Dior Thien, depicted her lying on the sand and looking straight into the camera. A few years later, a new version of the advertisement was shot by one of the most famous photographers of that time in the world, Nick Knight, the model was Rhea Durham, but it was the photo with Semenovskaya that is still associated with these perfumes.
Semenovskaya’s invitation to Dior was also of great importance because large-scale changes had taken place in the company: the chief designer was replaced, and as a result, John Galliano became the author of the new collection. That year, Dior chose its models especially carefully—the girls were to become the new symbol of the brand for many years to come. Christina was unanimously recognized as the ideal candidate for this role; she managed to create both proud and gentle images.
Peter Listerman: “This is not pimping, this is art!”
Peter Listerman (aka Ochkarik, aka Uncle Petya) is famous for his “marriage agency” for oligarchs and supermodels. There are a lot of rumors about his activities; his name even appears in movies. And recently he himself wrote a book - “How to Confuse Listerman.”
In general, he is a controversial person, but extremely scandalous and famous. That’s why we invited him to the editorial office to answer the questions and complaints of our readers. See the full version of “Direct Line” with Peter Listerman on our website kp.ru, and here we will give several excerpts from it.
ABOUT MONEY
What to call my profession, decide for yourself. But I tell girls all the time that under no circumstances should you just sleep with men! We need to confuse them! And it’s so beautiful that the oligarchs would give you everything themselves. And when he officially tells you: “Here’s an apartment, a car, you’ll be my wife/lover,” then sleep if you want. Of course, this is venality! But now money is everything. God created this world this way. There are 50 percent of people in the world who are immediately ready to sell themselves wholeheartedly, and 50 percent of others are simply pretending, and everyone quietly agrees. Love is not for sale, but it is just an accident, a short moment. And my girls and oligarchs have not love, but a game. For money. Girls want to live beautifully, travel, and take over the whole world. The oligarchs want a beautiful chick. They are from different worlds, and I bring them together! And I have no goal of helping anyone. I do experiments like Darwin. This is my personal personal thrill. When I was little, I was always trying to connect insects. For example, I took a small cockroach and hooked it onto a large dragonfly, it flew with it, and I was happy.
All girls want happiness. It’s just different for everyone. I am for the beautiful and the greedy. If you are scary and not greedy or beautiful, but are looking for love, not money, not for me. 50 million people in Russia know me. My press service was doing the math. I am a hero of our time. Because now money is everything. 50 years ago, money didn’t solve anything at all. Only the head, thoughts, culture decided. And now - money. Yes, a negative hero. Who needs positive ones?
ABOUT LOVE AND BOOKS
I only had my first love. She was two grades older than me, I looked after her for five years, but still nothing worked out. And then all my life I didn’t believe in love, and then suddenly I fell in love. And I believed it. Love is when nothing exists except the world of two. Nothing matters: not evil grandmothers, not hooligans at the train station, not crashing planes, not swine flu, not the pig itself, not death. This is love, but it can last one second, or maybe... But I don’t believe in love for life. Maximum three years. So, my book is about such love. This is a real tragic story about how I truly fell in love for the first time in my life. And the girl deceived me and betrayed me completely. This is probably fate’s revenge on me for selling love. Punishment.
About how it all began
I lived in Saransk, st. Lenina, 13, apt. 7. He studied at school from the age of 6 to 17, graduated with a gold medal, and then also studied at Moscow State University - Mordovian State University. Then I lived in Paris for 20 years. He was the manager of famous, beautiful Russian models and actresses and the general sponsor of the Elite Model Look competition. There were thousands of girls there, obsessed with a modeling career. They didn’t want to get to know the oligarchs, they didn’t want to get to know each other at all. But they only wanted to become stars and grab a lot of money. Such single-celled models... I simply photographed them, showed them to the oligarchs, and when they chose a girl, I technically, “like a fool,” introduced her. As if by accident. This is not pimping, this is art! I came up with a million combinations of how to bring two people together. For example, Nicole Kidman met a Siberian oligarch - I brought them together “by chance” at a fashion show, they didn’t even know that I had connected them.
ABOUT RUSLAN KORSHUNOVA
Am I involved in the death of this model? I met Ruslana two years ago. Supergirl, brilliant, beautiful. When the book “Ideal” by Frederic Beigbeder came out, I decided to buy the film adaptation and give her the main role. We also wanted to write a joint book about the underbelly of the modeling business. Therefore, it was a complete surprise to me that she jumped from the 10th floor in New York. And to this day I don’t know what happened, although I really want to understand. He even hired detectives from a private agency.
ABOUT CHILDREN AND LOVERS
Why do rich men settle for single-celled girls? A girl's IQ is unimportant to a man. Even if she confuses Rome with France, he likes everything about her outwardly, he just mentally touches her, and he feels good. For example, the girl I fell in love with was simply gentle, beautiful, and it was interesting for me to touch her mentally. This is the psychology of men.
And the ideal wife for me is when I want us to have a child together. I had four wives, and now two sons (6 and 20 years old) and two daughters (9 and 12 years old) are growing up. All from different wives. In Sweden, New York, Moscow and Kyiv. Everyone is very beautiful. Moms are top models. I want them to read all my books, but make their own decisions. And, perhaps, I won’t answer yet what I would do if they asked me to sell them to the oligarch. I need to think for a day... This thought still scares me.
VIEW FROM THE 6TH FLOOR
The charm of boundless cynicism
When we announced that Listerman had been invited to the editorial office, readers were divided into two camps. Some scolded our guest and accused the newspaper of “advertising pimping” and “falling below the plinth,” others showed keen interest, asked questions and asked Peter for help in organizing a meeting with the lonely oligarch. Moreover, there were more of the latter than the former, and both of them closely followed the “Direct Line” online. This is why we write “about this Listerman” at all. We write because many readers are interested in this and we cannot ignore this.
I have already described my personal attitude towards Listerman’s business in the material “How I hunted millionaires” (see our website kp.ru). And, judging by the fact that the material was published, the editors’ opinion coincides with mine. I sincerely feel sorry for the girls who fall into the web of escort agencies, not even because of greed, which is the main focus of the Ochkarik, but simply out of desire, but the inability to live like a human being. Because I want to eat deliciously and dress no worse than “that girl from the advertisement,” but I have no money and nowhere to earn money. Moreover, there are no parents or teachers nearby who would explain what honor and dignity are, and would instill disdain for corruption.
But there is Petya Listerman, who promises mountains of gold in exchange (just that!) for a condescending attitude towards rich ladies' men. At the same time, Petya honestly reports that “there is no love there, only a game” and that he can make those for whom happiness lies in money happy. Young, inexperienced girls have no idea that there are other ways and types of happiness. Without the humiliating selling of yourself. Without constant dependence on someone else's wallet and will. Without the hysterical fear of “growing old and being left with nothing,” leading to a mental hospital, alcoholism, suicide... Petya is silent about all this.
Great commanders said: “You cannot underestimate the enemy, otherwise you will lose.” Therefore, I urge you not just to oh, but to understand what Listerman is playing at. If you are worried about your children, you simply need to put aside the blinders of hatred for a while and understand that Petya is dangerous precisely because he is charming, talented, and even honest in his boundless cynicism. There is no need to try to present him to girls as “the devil in the flesh.” Otherwise, they will simply not be ready to meet the true, sociable Barnacle Boy, and he will also win against the background of parents who “lied.” It’s better to tell them what Petya is silent about - about the price that will have to be paid for “happiness in money” in just a few years. And give the opportunity to choose, showing those very other paths to happiness.
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Secret of success
A few words need to be said about Semenovskaya’s unique appearance. On the world fashion catwalk, she was one of the few representatives of true female beauty. It is known that the demands of fashion are constantly changing: the models of the previous generation were, as if selected, pretentious and somehow popular. Well-known representatives of the fashion industry of the mid-90s gave preference not to girls who were beautiful in the usual sense, but to unusual ones. Christina managed to amazingly combine both natural beauty and completely unique charm, which made her an ideal model.
Other brands that Semenovskaya worked with at that time were Guerlain and L'Oreal. Like the collaboration with Dior, working with these brands was a dream for all fashion models of that time. Of course, only the best receive invitations to collaborate with them, and world-famous stars star in advertising.
In addition to cosmetic brands, Semenovskaya was the face of brands producing casual clothing. For example, she worked with Stefanel, Benetton, Morgan, Mango, Naf-Naf. Of course, these projects were considered less prestigious, but they had special requirements: the models showing the clothes had to be simple-minded, charming, attractive and open-minded. A simple buyer should see a resemblance to them, so models who enjoy popular love are usually invited to such roles.
In this sense, the approach to the work of the Naf-Naf company, for which Semenovskaya starred with Estella Warren, is considered characteristic. They entered this business almost simultaneously, only Warren was a year older than the Russian woman and was born in Canada. If Christina collaborated with Dior, then Estella collaborated with Chanel No. 5.
Symbol of the era
Over time, Semenovskaya became so popular that it turned into a real symbol of a bygone fashion era. In 2004, she starred for the cover of the authoritative European magazine Madame Figaro, appearing as Uma Thurman's heroine in the film Kill Bill.
In fact, this became her last striking work. After this, model Kristina Semenovskaya decided to devote most of her time to her family and raising her only daughter. Since then, she has tried to avoid media attention to her person by all means: she does not appear at social events, rarely gives interviews, and does not talk about her personal life.
It is believed that the main reason for this was the change in beauty canons, fashion trends and high competition. For almost ten years, Semenovskaya managed to successfully hold the title of the most charismatic and bright representative of the world of style and beauty in the entire post-Soviet space, but the time has come to give way to new faces and bright stars.
How old is Kristina Semyonovskaya now? Many are now interested in her fate, and former fans often speculate about how Christina’s life turned out. Kristina Semenovskaya’s age is 39 years. It is known that she raised her daughter and is currently helping her take her first steps in independent life. It’s almost impossible to find a photo of Kristina Semenovskaya now. The model categorically refuses to communicate with journalists and does not want to return to public space. Now Kristina Semenovskaya is far from the image of a superdiva.
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