The model caused a stir on social media when she shared a photo of herself crying backstage at Prada's Milan fashion show the day Russia declared war on Ukraine.
Ukrainian model Kristy Ponomar is stuck in her Paris hotel room with COVID-19 while her family isin Ukraine’s capital. She was supposed to fly back to Kyiv today, now that Paris Fashion Week is over, but she is still contagious, the airport is closed, and her parents are telling her to stay away.
Ponomar says her modeling agencies in Italy and France are supporting her by providing hotels for her to stay at and helping her get the supplies she needs. And she says they’ve offered to host her family members, too, if they want, and are able, to leave Ukraine. “But I just want to go back home,” she says. “The 21-year-old model caused quite a stir during fashion month and on social media due to her posts and comments about Russian president Vladimir Putin and his war on Ukraine.
This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.Though it’s been dreadful being stuck in Paris while her family hides from Russian bombs back home, Ponomar says she’s found a community of Ukrainian models—refugees—also staying in the French city, with whom she communicates regularly.