These bodybuilding models from Kazakhstan combine brawn, brains and beauty – a far cry from Borat’s sexist portrayal
One of the beauties works as a fitness model - and a physicist
THESE strong, smart and stunning models show the nation of Kazakhstan in a far better light than the film Borat.
The three champion female bodybuilders are combining the sport with working as top models in the vast country.
Olga Tikhorenko, Ulpan Nurbekova and Dania Tleumbetova all regularly show off their muscles in international bodybuilding competitions.
But they also work as professional models and all three enjoy good careers thanks to their stunning looks.
But not content with being both beautiful AND brawny, Olga Tikhorenko combines working as a fitness model with her day job as a physicist.
She took fourth place in a prestigious global bodybuilding contest in 2014.
Ulpan Nurbekova recently won the Arnold Classic Asia bodybuilding show - named after Hollywood hunk Arnold Schwarzenegger, beating off competition from rivals from Russia, South Korea, Australia and India.
And curvaceous Dania Tleumbetova has also won international titles and is ranked the number one fitness model in Asia and Kazakhstan.
Neitzen ‘Erzhan-Batyr’ said: "Olga is such a nice woman, she has such a kind smile. Wonderful girl, I can feel the warmth coming from her."
And ‘pshik’ added: "Ladies, listen to me, work out on a regular basis and your life will get so much better. You will never regret your choice."
Borat was a 2006 comedy movie which was written and produced by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen who also played the title role as a fictitious Kazakh journalist.
is the world's biggest landlocked country and equivalent in size to Western Europe.