Who is Valentina Petrenko? She is a Russian senator. She represents the Republic of Khakassia. She is the chair of Russia's Committee on Social Policy. And she is the owner of the most fascinating hair international politics has to offer.。
Every few months, Twitter rediscovers Petrenko's coiffed, vaguely。 Every few months, Twitter rediscovers Petrenko's coiffed, vaguely。Simpsons。
-esque hairstyle. And every few months, we ask these questions: Is it a wig? How does it stay up like that? And why does she style it this way?SEE ALSO:Here’s Jared Kushner ready for a yacht party in Iraq 。
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Several hairpins.Credit: Sergei Fadeichev/TASS/Getty Images。
As for why she's worn such a severe, geometric style for so many years, it probably has to do with how she's perceived as a woman in politics. "By constructing back-combed masterpieces on their heads and by wearing square suits, [political] women tend to look less feminine, or maybe less vulnerable,” Russian ballerina Anastasia Volochkova told The Daily Beast in 2012. (Petrenko is far from the only Russian politician to embrace the coif.)。
And because she keeps the 'do up (literally and figuratively), the internet keeps noticing.。
And because she keeps the 'do up (literally and figuratively), the internet keeps noticing. 。
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