Stars who couldn't even finish high school. Celebrities who didn't finish school Founder of Inditex
And 10 years from now, as former geeks, nerds, and former clumsy teenagers climb the ladder of life, the stars of the class are down there somewhere. Do you think it's a fairy tale? And here it is not. We have irrefutable proof in the form of popular celebrities.
The late Nirvana lead singer had a rough childhood. His parents divorced when Kurt was 7 years old: “I felt like I didn’t deserve to have other kids around me. After all, they had parents, but I don’t.” Cobain was not like the rest of the guys: calm, withdrawn, sometimes a little crazy. Peers did not understand him, so they got him.
“I always felt that classmates would have chosen me for the role of the very guy who would shoot everyone at the prom,” Kurt once joked.
Despite the fact that the life of the Nirvana vocalist was interrupted very tragically and suddenly, the success that the school loser achieved was overwhelming. Which only proves - real talent and rich inner world lies inside the shy and weird guys.
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“We had tall guys with stubble and muscle at school, and I was a skinny, awkward teenager.”
Unlike their screen heroes, teenager Efron was not very popular at school. On one of his last shows, The Late Late Show with James Corden, he said: “In school, I sang and danced. And it was considered not very cool. Therefore, for my classmates, I was a real nerd. ” To which the host replied to him: “In that case, you were the most beautiful nerd I have ever seen!”. When we hear stories like this about high school from a hottie like Efron, the skeptics wake up in us. After all, confessions on the topic “I was a loser, like you” immediately add a couple of points to him in the eyes of the fans. And then we look at the old photo of Efron and still believe his words.
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In Glee, Naya played a tough bitch from a support group who plots everyone. But at school, the actress was a real geek: “At school, I was more like Artie and Rachel than Santana. Like Rachel, I knew what I wanted, but I wasn't that nasty. But like Artie, I was a creepy nerd…” We hope that the classmates whom Naya gave to cheat in the 9th grade have already watched all the episodes of "Glee"!
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The real Kesha has nothing to do with the Kesha we see in clips and on stage. Before turning professionally into music and singing the iconic line “Before I leave brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack”, the singer actively gnawed at the granite of science. She was the top A student in the group with her homework always ready in her backpack: “After high school, I was going to go to Barnard College in the psychology department.” Kesha admitted that while still at school, she managed to attend university lectures. For what? For fun. As Kesha herself said:
"I love learning!"
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“I honestly don't know why they were so mean to me. And when I asked, they just said: "Well, you're fat."
I was bullied for being overweight. And after a few months, I started having digestive problems. Because of which I still suffer,” admits Demi. Interesting fact: In 2011, a story called my (un)told story was published on Tumblr, written by a former classmate of the star. The latter decided to tell the world what Demi really is. According to this girl, Lovato was not a victim at all, Demi herself humiliated her peers, including the author of the story ... The post was later deleted.
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Can not boast of the title of "Miss Popularity" and cutie Selena Gomez. She was listed as a school loser, she was friends with only two girls from the class, and during breaks she sat in the back desks and did homework. However, Sel was lucky with his cousin. Priscilla Deleon was a popular girl and part-time cheerleader. And when Selena was offended, she always stood up for Gomez.
"School years are not best time in my life. I had such low self-esteem,” Sel once said. I didn't go on dates with guys in school. I was in love with one, but I never admitted it to him. I did what a lot of girls do, which was to avoid him.”
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A lot of star friends, endless positive, countless good deeds and tracks that raise the self-esteem of all teenagers - Taylor is simply impossible not to fall in love with. The inhabitants of the school where the singer studied may not agree with us. Classmates did not understand Swift, did not want to be friends with her and considered the singer a gray mouse: “I remember when I was at school, the only reason I started writing songs was my loneliness. I was walking down the hallway and could hear something like, “Oh my god, the party we're going to on Friday is going to be the party of the century. Everyone goes, except Taylor ... ". Who needs these parties now if Tey has a VIP entry to Kanye West's hangout?
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The heroine Kristen Bella from the film adaptation of "Twilight" can hardly be called a popular girl. However, Bella Swan had her own special charm and a vampire boyfriend to boot. But real life- not a vampire saga. Silent girls like Bella are rarely spared by school bullies. And Stewart, who is somewhat similar to her character, really had a hard time at school:
“I was happy when I finished school. I just couldn't communicate with guys my age. They are mean and don't give you a single chance."
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Lady Gaga's tearful story about her school years was once heard in an HBO promo video in April 2011. Wiping her eyes with a tissue paper and sobbing, the singer said she felt like a real freak at school:
“To this day, I sometimes feel like a loser in high school, and every morning I have to cheer myself up, remind myself that I am a superstar, that I can handle this and be the girl that my fans need.”
Also in her interviews, the singer repeatedly mentioned that her classmates considered her ugly and bullied her in every possible way: “I was teased for my a big nose". And, of course, peers did not share her passion for music and theater. But immediately after the release of the HBO video, some “friends of acquaintances” who allegedly knew Gaga’s classmates immediately rushed to refute the singer’s version, saying that no one offended Gaga and she greatly exaggerates. However, their words were never confirmed, as in the case of Demi's outspoken classmate. For some reason, we really believe in the story of Lady Gaga. She is a creative and extraordinary person - the ideal object of school bullying.
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In Gossip Girl, Layton played the daughter of wealthy parents and part-time school leader Blair Waldorf. Her heroine is used to getting everything she wants: from the coolest clothes to the best guys in the class. But in her real school years, the actress couldn't afford half of what Blair has:
“I was bullied in high school because I was bespectacled and a nerd. We didn't have a lot of money, and I couldn't go up to my mom and say that I just needed these expensive jeans."
Mister admitted that she hated school fiercely, so sometimes she even skipped classes to smoke a joint with friends. Wow, we didn't know Layton was like that. bad girl! Mister never told the kids at school that she planned to become an actress. And when they saw her photo in a magazine, they immediately began to discuss that she looks fat in the picture. Here it is - envy.
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When Eminem was 9 years old, he was beaten so badly by a school bully that he was in a coma for about a week! After the guy was also repeatedly beaten:
“I was beaten in the school shower room, beaten in the corridors, put my head in the locker...”.
The main white rapper of the planet found a way to throw out the anger accumulated inside him - he began to perform hip-hop. About all the horrors that Eminem experienced at school, he often mentioned in his lyrics. Take, for example, the track Brain Damage, in which the rapper literally poured out his soul. As you understand, Eminem was not a nerd, but rather a scum, he studied very poorly and did not see the point in attending classes at all. Once, when he was called to the board to answer a paragraph about the American constitution, Eminem rapped out (with profanity and other special effects). He was immediately expelled without the right to appeal.
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At school, Angie was a weird girl in black, drawing coffins in her math notebook. Jolie studied very poorly, snapped at teachers, did not communicate with classmates at all. She was even transferred to a special class and forced to work with a psychotherapist. Parents were horrified - Oscar-winning dad Jon Voight burned with shame, and mother Marcheline Bertrand often cried in the director's office. Kees Rundle, a friend of the star's late mother, once told the Daily Mail:
“They (classmates) laughed at her because of her lips, the girls were angry with her. She had broad shoulders and long legs, she walked like a gazelle.”
Because of the offensive nicknames that Jolie had to hear every day, the girl even brought herself to anorexia. She hated herself at school, but now Angelina Jolie, her broad shoulders, long legs and plump lips are loved by the whole world.
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One of the most popular Russian YouTube bloggers, Katya Klep, started running the channel precisely because she faced a misunderstanding from her classmates. Kate decided to create her own world and funny characters that Clap portrayed in her videos:
“I had many personalities, I didn’t feel like one person. That’s why my classmates didn’t understand me.”
“Others are used to living according to patterns, and I have always loved reincarnations. That is, I watch some movie with Megan Fox and that's it, the next day, of course, I don't look like Megan Fox, but I feel like a rebel. The next day I watch "Back to the Future" and I'm already a strange girl in sneakers and a puffy vest. By the end of school, I just realized that you need to be yourself, ”-. It's amazing how easily those who bullied Katya at school a few years ago changed their attitude towards their former classmate when she became famous. But, as Kate herself said, if before she needed these people, now the fans are much more important to her.
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Chris Colfer
Made the so-called "coming out" at school - the guy openly admitted that he was gay. And if Chris's family reacted to this news with understanding, then at school Colfer had to face severe bullying. Interestingly, the character of Chris from "Glee" Kurt Hummel is literally written off from the actor. Show creator Ryan Murphy loved it real story Colfer and he thought it would be a great basis for a script! Looking back and remembering high school, Chris can advise anyone who is humiliated by classmates to not hang up their noses and just get through this period.
Perhaps the actor Johnny Depp is one of the most famous people planets, but a diploma of higher education he doesn't have. Depp left school at the age of 15, dreaming of becoming a rock musician. Our photo selection will tell you about others famous people who have not received a full school education.
1. Depp at the premiere of "Rango" on February 14, 2011 in Los Angeles) left school at the age of 15, dreaming of becoming a rock musician.
2. The daughter of a biochemist, Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, dropped out of school while living in Australia to devote herself to acting. Photo taken at the Oscars on February 27, 2011. Until her sixteenth birthday, marked by her first appearance on television, Kidman played in the theater.
3. This photo shows John Travolta performing in Mumbai, India on September 26, 2010. Travolta left school at the age of 16, moved to New York, where he devoted himself to a career as an actor and model.
4. Oscar winner Charlize Theron, native South Africa, left school at 16 and moved to Hollywood with her mother to pursue a career as a movie star. In this photo, she is at the baseball championship in Los Angeles on November 22, 2010.
5. Comedian and actress Roseanne Barr at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, October 23, 2006. She left school at 17 and got married. Her career began with comedy performances in a restaurant where she worked as a dishwasher.
6. Jim Carrey, star of The Truman Show and Liar Liar, grew up in Canada where his family had to live in their own car for months. He dropped out of school as a teenager and took a job.
7. Sir Michael Caine (real name Maurice Joseph Micklewhite), Oscar winner, was born into a working-class family in London. He left school at 15 to go to work. His career as an actor began only after returning from the Korean War.
8. Singer and actress Cher owed her academic problems to dyslexia. She left school at 15. In the photo, she sings the anthem during the opening of Super Bowl XXXIII in Miami.
9. Actor, singer and rancher Russell Crowe participated in television programs in Australia as a child and dropped out of school to devote himself to show business.
10. Real movie legend Robert De Niro, who grew up in New York, dropped out of high school to become a member of a teenage gang. In the photo - De Niro at the Tribeca Film Festival on October 30, 2010 in Qatar, where he studied acting.
11. Director of films such as " Mad Dogs” and “Pulp Fiction” Quentin Tarantino left school to make films. At the same time, he had an IQ of 160.
12. Tarantino often refers to Kill Bill star Uma Thurman as his muse. Like Tarantino, Thurman never graduated from high school. The Boston native, daughter of a European model and Buddhist scholar, left boarding school at 15 to pursue acting.
13. Al Pacino left school at 17 to devote himself to the stage. He is still involved in performances, one of the last was The Merchant of Venice on Broadway. He is pictured at the Golden Globes on January 16, 2011.
14. Charlie Sheen was one of the famous baseball players at school in Santa Monica, California, but shortly before graduation he was expelled for absenteeism and poor performance.
15. British actor Rupert Everett (“The Wedding best friend», « Ideal husband”) studied at one of the best private schools in England. However, at 16, he dropped out of school to pursue acting.
16. Australian actress Toni Collette, star of Tara So Different, left school at 16 to attend theater school.
17. Actress and TV presenter Whoopi Goldberg was born in New York and her real name is Caryn Elaine Johnson. She left school at 16, then there were numerous marriages, drug addiction and job changes.
18. Actor Keanu Reeves (photo taken at the premiere of the film in New York, December 9, 2008) was born in Beirut, and his childhood was spent in New York and Toronto. As a teenager, he was the star of the hockey team, and left school to pursue acting.
19. Actress Rene Russo (photo taken at the presentation of the awards of the Directors Guild of America, January 26, 2008 in Los Angeles) grew up with a single mother and was a classmate of Ron Howard at a school in California. She dropped out in the tenth grade to earn a living and took several low-paying jobs.
20. Actress Teri Polo (photo taken at the premiere of the film on December 16, 2004 in Los Angeles) grew up in Delaware, where she studied ballet as a child. She dropped out of school after winning a competition young models who sponsored Seventeen magazine.
21. Scotsman Ewan McGregor backstage at the 13th Annual Hollywood Awards on October 26, 2009 in Los Angeles. His parents allowed him to leave school at 16 to become a theater actor.
22. Actress Demi Moore (photo taken at the Sundance Film Festival, January 25, 2011) was born in New Mexico, but her family moved from place to place throughout her childhood. She left school at 16, worked as a saleswoman, and got married two years later. At 19, she played her first successful film role.
23. Jennifer Jason Leigh (photo taken in 1007 in New York) left school shortly before graduation in 1981 to star in the movie Eyes of a Stranger.
24. London-born Jude Law (pictured in Hamlet on Broadway, 2010) left school at 17 to star in a British television series.
Today - one of the most successful and highly paid actors in Hollywood. He has almost everything - there is only a diploma of higher education. And not only him. We offer a look at people who, in order to achieve fame and take place in the profession, had to “sacrifice” their school education.
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1. Johnny Depp was expelled from school when he was 15. At the age of 16, he completely abandoned school studies and took up music and film work.
2. One of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood, Nicole Kidman, was forced to drop out of school due to a serious illness of her mother. To support her family, she had to work as a masseuse, but she continued to study art and work in the theater. Nicole Kidman first appeared on television when she was only 15 years old.
3. John Travolta left school at the age of 16 so that schoolwork would not interfere with his work in the modeling business and studying acting.
4. Oscar winner for her role in the movie "Monster" Charlize Theron left school when she was 16. On the advice of her mother, she took part in a modeling contest. After winning the first competition, Charlize Theron participated and won several more competitions until she signed a lucrative contract with a modeling agency in Milan.
5. The beginning of the career of one of the highest paid comedians in Hollywood, Jim Carrey, was very difficult. The family was constantly short of money, for some time they were even forced to live in a camper, and his first performance at a comedy club was a failure. I had to drop out of school to go to work in a steel mill.
6. Sir Michael Caine was nominated for an Oscar every decade from 1960 to 2000. He studied very poorly at school and left it when he was 15. At first, his acting career was also difficult. The actor received real recognition only after 30 years.
7. Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and three Golden Globe winner Cher left school at the age of 15. Due to dyslexia, school studies were given to her with great difficulty, but music and acting classes did not cause difficulties.
8. Three-time Oscar-nominated Australian actor Russell Crowe left school at the age of 15 to devote more time to music and acting to help support his family.
9. Oscar-winning and Golden Globe-winning American actor Robert De Niro made his stage debut at the age of 10, playing the Cowardly Lion in a school production of The Wizard of Oz. True, he never finished school, leaving it at the age of 16 to professionally engage in acting.
11. The star of the films "Pulp Fiction" and "Kill Bill" Uma Thurman also left school at the age of 15 to devote herself entirely to studying acting.
12. American actor and director Al Pacino studied very poorly at school, and at the age of 17, after he "failed" almost all the exams, he was expelled. Because of this, he quarreled with his mother and was forced to work in various low-paying jobs in order to raise money for an acting education.
13. One of the highest paid American television actors, Charlie Sheen, was expelled from school for poor academic performance and poor discipline right before graduation.
14. Australian actress, Oscar nominee Toni Collette left school at the age of 16 and entered the theater institute.
15. Actress and TV presenter Whoopi Goldberg experienced great difficulties at school due to dyslexia, and at the age of 16 she finally abandoned her studies. In the late 1960s, she left home to live with hippies, then had a difficult struggle with drug addiction and many hard and low-paid jobs, until Whoopi Goldberg managed to get a job in the theater in 1974.
famous actors in performance ordinary people are the best of the best who have achieved everything thanks to their mind and hard work. In fact, many of the stars could not even graduate high school not to mention higher education.
Gerard Depardieu
Depardieu is considered one of the most scandalous French actors. It turns out that he had a difficult character back in early childhood. The schoolboy stole cars and resold them on the black market, and also sold smuggling.
The future actor wanted to go on a European tour, for this he had to leave school at the age of 12. There is no information that Gerard restored his schooling. Many, including fans of the actor, suspect that the celebrity never learned to read and write.
Al Pacino
Another celebrity who was raised by the street. Al Pacino from childhood wanted to become a professional athlete, for this he worked for a long time on the baseball team.
The actor also dropped out of school, however, already at the age of 17. Lack of money forced him to leave school. Before becoming a recognizable actor, Al Pacino worked as a courier, dishwasher and even a cleaner.
It is worth saying that the celebrity has an acting education: Al Pacino graduated from acting school.
Nicole Kidman
The Australian actress spent her school years in Sydney at a school for girls. The educational institution taught not only the standard program, but also singing and choreography.
Kidman had every chance to finish school with honors. But as a teenager, she had to leave educational institution. The reason was the illness of the mother, who needed care. school curriculum Nicole never did.
Kate Winslet
The actress gained worldwide fame after playing the role of Rose in the legendary film Titanic. As a child, Kate was overweight. Because of this, she was often harassed by her classmates: they called the future actress Bubble. Constant bullying by peers forced the girl to leave school.
Kate never returned to school, but she received an excellent hardening in life, which allowed her to become a successful actress and achieve the recognition of millions.
Angelina Jolie
It's hard to believe, but one of the most beautiful women the world was considered ugly at school and called Scarecrow. Angelina was distinguished by excessive thinness in her school years. Plus, the girl was tall and had braces on her teeth.
Classmates either bullied Angie or ignored her presence. All this developed complexes in a teenager. Constant psychological stress and stress forced Jolie to stop studying at school.
Pierce Brosnan
The main James Bond of Hollywood was born in Ireland, and at the age of 11 he moved with his family to the capital of Great Britain. Classmates made fun of Pierce because of his pronunciation and called him a “dirty Irishman”.
He listened to Pierce's ridicule for 5 years, and then ran away from school, joining a traveling circus. Later, the actor tried himself in the fashion industry. The actor did not have a desire to return to study.
Johnny Depp
The main dream of little Johnny was a career as a rock musician. For its implementation, Depp did a lot of music, often forgetting about schoolwork. Constant skipping classes and unwillingness to do homework made the future actor one of the most lagging students.
As a result, Depp decided to leave school - it happened at the age of 15. Soon, Johnny graduated from acting classes and now earns $ 50 million a year.
Quentin Tarantino
One of the best Hollywood directors at school also studied for deuces. The reason for this performance is banal - just laziness. The student did not understand why he needed a secondary education and therefore did not even try to delve into the course of the lesson. Soon, Quentin stopped attending classes altogether.
The mother of the future director allowed him to leave school only on the condition that he finds a job. Quentin did not refuse to work: first there was a ticket office, and then a film distribution point. The first job of a young guy predetermined his future fate.
Tom Cruise
IN primary school this handsome actor was considered mentally retarded. Tom was diagnosed with a developmental disability - dyslexia. Because of this pathology, the boy could not learn to read, write and count.
Cruz changed 15 schools throughout his school life, but in each of them he experienced only bullying from classmates. This forced the teenager to say goodbye to school life. Tom went to serve in the church, and later decided to become an actor.
Jim carrey
The star of American comedies studied diligently, but dropped out due to difficult life circumstances. Jim's parents experienced financial difficulties, so the boy after school was forced to work at the factory for 8 hours a day. With such a schedule, I simply did not have the strength to study.
The student remained in the 10th grade three times, after which he decided to stop studying at school.
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony was diagnosed with the same diagnosis as Tom Cruise - dyslexia. In those days, no one heard about this disease, so the boy was called underdeveloped. Hopkins was only good at playing the piano, but that didn't help him finish school.
Actors have always been role models for many. We can only learn from them purposefulness and self-confidence.
Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg have long proven that to build successful business possible without a bachelor's degree. But is it realistic to achieve such heights without even receiving a secondary education?
The stories of these people prove that the absence of a school certificate is not a sentence, but a motivation to direct their time and talent in the right direction:
One of the richest residents of the UK, entrepreneur Richard Branson studied at primary school until the age of 13. After the guy was nevertheless transferred to the middle school, the situation did not improve. Branson was one of the worst students. The reason for this is dyslexia, the inability to master the skills of reading and writing. At the age of 16, Branson left attempts to get an education and went straight into business, where he did well. The state of the founder of the Virgin Group Corporation is currently estimated at $ 5 billion. About his path to success and wealth, Branson wrote two - "Losing Virginity" and "Naked Business". Both, by the way, became world bestsellers.
Gisele Bündchen
In 2018, Giselle entered the top five in Forbes versions. However, for the sake of a brilliant career, the Brazilian had to sacrifice her education. After a representative of the Elite Modeling agency drew attention to her at MacDonald's, the future supermodel left school. At that time, Gisele Bündchen was only 14.
Hollywood's favorite and sex symbol of the decade, Ryan Gosling, dropped out of school in Canada when he was 17. It was a turning point in the actor's life - immediately after that, he got into the popular Disney show "All-New Mickey Mouse Club", from which his career began.
The founder of the Spanish company Inditex has been holding the first position in the ranking of the richest people on the planet for many years. But few know how difficult was Amancio Ortega's path to glory. Due to the poverty of the family, Amancio could not even finish high school. From the age of 13, he began working as a messenger in a shirt shop. Immersed in the clothing industry, a few years later Amancio founded a corporation that now includes brands such as Zara, Mussimo Dutti, Oysho, Bershka, Stradivarius.
Jay– Z
The legendary American rapper changed many schools before he decided to give up studying altogether. The lack of education did not prevent him from becoming a hip-hop star and making a career in producing. According to Forbes, Jay-Z is the fifth richest celebrity in the US.
Li Ka-shing
One of Asia's most influential businessmen was born into the family of a poor school teacher. The death of his father and oppressive poverty forced Lee to drop out of school and take up street trading. At first, the guy sold watch straps, and then got a job at a plastics factory. Having accumulated a meager start-up capital, Li Ka-shing began to gradually build his own business empire. Even after worldwide success, the entrepreneur continues to lead a modest lifestyle, to which he has become accustomed since childhood - he wears only cheap and comfortable shoes, plastic watch, and free time devotes to reading.
Rihanna
A talented person is talented in everything: Rihanna proved this judgment by her own example. In addition to her musical activities, Rihanna tried her hand at cinema, launched her clothing brand Fenty, and is now actively involved in charity work. Could Rihanna have achieved all this while pursuing her education at school? Maybe. But the fact remains: the star dropped out of training as soon as she signed a contract with Def Jam.
Daniel Radcliffe
Due to the early start acting career Daniel Radcliffe never finished high school. But he gave many of us the magical world of childhood, performing leading role in the Harry Potter saga.
François Pinault
A well-known French businessman realized in his youth that he would not be taught at school what he was most interested in in life - the ability to build a successful business. At 16, Pinault dropped out of school and went to earn start-up capital for his first company, the Pinault group. Francois Pinault is currently worth $8.7 billion.
Keanu Reeves
The successful film actor and winner of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has experienced problems with socialization all his life. This prevented him from finishing school - Reeves simply did not fit into more than one team. Keanu constantly had skirmishes with classmates and teachers, and he decided to leave training so as not to injure anyone's psyche.
10 successful people who didn't finish school was last modified: March 21st, 2019 by Vlada Gorshunova
