Ukraine PM makes Elle front cover Tymoshenko once said she would prefer to appear in Playboy Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has appeared on the front cover of Elle magazine in Ukraine posing in a designer dress. Mrs Tymoshenko played a key role in the "Orange Revolution", her plait hairdo making her a distinctive figure. Interviewed by Elle Ukraine, she said she was making full use of her looks in the male-dominated world of politics. She is said by local media to have even charmed Russian President Vladimir Putin, who visited Kiev in March. "Do you really think I can charm people? That's interesting, I never would have thought," Mrs Tymoshenko told Elle. In an earlier interview, given in 2001, she was asked whether she would prefer to make the front cover of Playboy, Time or the Ukrainian women's magazine Natalie. Mrs Tymoshenko said Playboy would be "the best choice for any real woman". She added, however, that she might plump for Time instead. Mrs Tymoshenko told Elle that her looks were all natural as she had no time for beauty treatments. "I am going to disappoint your readers but I am not doing anything special for my appearance. After working 16 hours a day, all I have time for is sleep," the Ukrainian politician said. 烏克蘭總理尤利婭·季莫申科身着時裝的造型出現在了女性時尚雜誌《Elle》的封面上。 季莫申科在“橙色革命”中發揮了關鍵性作用，而她盤着辮子的迷人髮型使她顯得與衆不同。 在接受《Elle》烏克蘭版的採訪時，季莫申科坦言她充分利用了自己姣好的容貌在在男性主導的政壇上立足。 當地媒體稱季莫申科甚至迷倒了今年三月造訪基輔的俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾·普京。 “你真的認爲我有那麼大的魅力嗎？這真有趣，之前我根本沒有想過。”季莫申科告訴《Elle》的記者。 在2001年的一次採訪中，季莫申科曾被問到是否願意上《花花公子》、《時代》週刊或烏克蘭女性雜誌《Natalie》的封面。 她回答說：“《花花公子》是每一個純粹女人的最佳選擇。” 但是季莫申科又補充說，她可能會選擇《時代》週刊。 季莫申科告訴《Elle》的記者她完全素面朝天，因爲她根本沒有時間去做什麼美容護理。 這位烏克蘭總理說：“我可能會使你們的讀者失望了，但是我真的沒在外表上花什麼心思。每天工作16小時後，我惟一想做的就是睡覺。” Vocabulary: front cover : 封面 hairdo:a style in which hair is arranged（髮式）
