Story By: Anastasia Smirnova, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
Video Credit: CEN/@natasupernova
This is the moment supermodel Natalia Vodianova shows off her axe-handling skills while chopping wood during a monastery visit.
Model and philanthropist Vodianova, nicknamed ‘Supernova’, was filmed chopping wood at the Alansky Epiphany Monastery in the south-western Russian republic of North Ossetia.
The 37-year-old shared the footage on Instagram for her 2.4 million followers where it has been viewed 310,000 times.
She accompanied the video with the message: “My new favourite fitness routine.”
The Russian model also said that her grandfather taught her to chop wood when she was little, but there is nowhere to practice the skill in Paris where lives.
She also stated that her grandfather taught her how to do that when she was little, but there is no place where she can practice that skill in Paris.
In the footage, Vodianova is seen wearing a long skirt and leather boots as she readies herself with the axe in hand.
Her 12-year-old son Victor is heard saying: “Mummy, pretend it is your worst enemy’s head.”
The supermodel then slices the log in two, and someone says: “Clean cut.”
Netizen ‘Rino4kaSvet’ said: “Natalia, you are incredible. I am so impressed with your skills.”
‘Sosova9olga’ commented: “This is amazing, you are rocking it.”
‘AleksandreMorchadze’ wrote: “This is what you have to do if you want to stay young and beautiful.”
The mother-of-five is famous for her rags-to-riches life story and seven-figure contract with Calvin Klein.
She came third in the Forbes top-earning models list in 2012, with the publication claiming she earned more than seven million GBP that year alone.
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