World Cup in Brazil or the Russian pair of Denis Cheryshev and Aleksandr Golovin in 2018. However, it's not often that World Cup changes the life of a journalist - but that's exactly what happened to Marta Barczok.
Barczok, who had already earned fame in Poland thanks to Euro 2016, skyrocketed to fame in Russia. The stunning Pole even quit her job in journalism after modelling agencies approached her for work.“The World Cup made me super-famous.
There are so many articles about me in all kinds of media all over the world”, Barczok told Russia Beyond.“My pictures from the World Cup 2018 were everywhere.
FIFA, the main organiser of the World Cup, even posted my picture on their Instagram profile. People loved me, they called me a Polish beauty and the Polish media called me the Polish Miss World Cup.“When I reached Red Square in Moscow, people started recognising me and everyone wanted to get a picture with me.
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