Rare Girls

Altyn Hojadurdyyeva is the very first girl from Turkmenistan in this project, so this is a special episode.

Originally from Ashgabat, Altyn has been living in Dubai since 2016, where she started her business, working hard as a female entrepreneur.

Altyn opened a beauty salon with her best friend, and in addition to managing their salon, Altyn actively works as a certified make-up artist and a hair stylist.

Altyn graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Business Commerce in India, became certified in make-up and studied hair styling in Dubai, and she did volunteer for fashion shows and worked as a freelance make up artist for advertising companies.

However, the pandemic caused her to lose a lot of her contacts, but she still works hard to grow her business.

Altyn used to love being in the gym but needed to stop for a year, and she loves to travel: She has been to Bali, Turkey, Thailand, Maldives, Georgia, Mozambique, India and plans to visit Europe when possible. And she has the courage to travel solo, which she did twice.

Altyn loves adventures and trying new things, so she has done activities such as horse riding, roller skating, snorkeling and she loves jet skiing.

Altyn is soon to be a mom, which is a wonderful life-changing experience.

Instagram: @iamjanaltin

Shauna Quinn is half Kazakh, half Canadian, and she enjoys modelling, photography, video games and sports.

Instagram: @shauna.q

Maureen (Molly) Wanjiku Wanjiru is the first girl representing Kenya on this podcast.

She loves to crochet, and started her crochet business in May 2021 after coming back from 6 months in Afghanistan (@wear_bema).

Molly spent 6 months in Afghanistan at the HKIA military base in Kabul just before President Biden ordered the US to pull out from Afghanistan.

Currently, Molly is working with her husband at an IT consultancy business in Dubai when she is not holding her yarn.

Molly loves hiking, which she does with friends on the weekend, and lately she developed an interest in Turkish series.

Recently, Molly started working out, that is her 2023 goal to have a perfectly toned body.

Instagram: @shiromollyshiko

Kiki Athanas specializes in working with professional women to free themselves from emotional eating & non-stop thinking about food.

Kiki loves wellness, fashion, travel and everything that has to do with aesthetics. She has been living abroad for the past 2 years, and has really loved immersing herself in the new culture of Mexico.

Her heart lies in Europe though, and she plans to relocate there soon...

Kiki has always loved "health", but now she loves it more from a 'healthy' place.

Instagram: @kiki_athanas

Melitina Staniouta is a rhythmic gymnastics champion, a three-time World all-around bronze medalist, the 2015 European Games all-around bronze medalist, the 2014 European Championships all-around silver medalist, and 2009 Grand Prix Final all-around bronze medalist, an Olympian '12 '16, a struggler with dictatorship in Belarus and refuses to accept the wrongs happening there, a UNHCR Belarus celebrity supporter, and she lived in exile in Kyiv as her second home before war.

Instagram: @melitinastaniouta

Lilia Parmigiani is an Italian girl living abroad since 2015 and traveling the world.

She is currently in Malaysia, and she is an Italian, Spanish, English, French and German simultaneous translator, and working in the web3 crypto space.

Instagram: @lillicoop

Soro Khamidova is from Uzbekistan, and currently a second year student of The University of World Economy and Diplomacy, one of the most prestigious universities of Uzbekistan.

She works as an English teacher and on an online platform as an English teacher for kids.

Soro graduated school with honors and was rewarded with a golden medal.

She tries to participate in international events as a volunteer. For example, she took part in UNESCO world conference and was a volunteer-translator.

Soro is really active in University's social life and she is a leader of her group.

Last year, she had her research paper published in an international conference in New York.

Currently, she is learning the Turkish language, and she can speak Russian, English and Tadjik(her native).

Her hobby is learning cultures and reading information about countries.

She has never been outside her country and she is currently planning to have her master's degree abroad.

Apart from this, she likes listening to national musics of Asian countries and to learn their dance moves.

Instagram: @the_crescent_s

Rajeshwari Yadav is the first woman from India in this podcast, and a Masters of Science in Yoga.

Rajeshwari is into fitness, Cooking, and social service.

She made her career switch at 36, moving to a new city and making a new stand in Dubai at the peak of the pandemic.

Instagram: @rajeshwariy_

Planet Modelster Anyanwu is a Fashion Model with tribal mark, and the first Nigerian girl in this Podcast.

Planet is now living in Dubai, she is the 3rd Runner Up of BeingShe Universe 2022 (@beingsheofficial), a Women's empowerment network in Dubai.

Planet is a crown Queen for Queen of South 2014, Miss Supermodel worldwide Nigeria 2019, and she was featured in movies in Nigeria and Dubai, she has walked for a lot of designers from different fashion shows like Cmac fashion show, Fashion Factor, Arab fashion week, Middleeast fashion week and Amity University fashion show.

Her hobbies are reading, being in front of camera, surfing the internet and watching movies.

Instagram: @queen_modelster

Khrystyna Ivantsiv is an International Relations Student at the Institute of International Relations (IIR), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU).

She is also a Young European Ambassador and a member of the NGO Foundation of Regional Initiatives in Ukraine.

Instagram: @khristi_lifelover