Vanya: Right from the very beginning, when all we did was endlessly asking our curators questions about practically everything and participating in all of the events they prepared for us, they kept telling us that there were two events at HSE that we would never forget – “Знай наших” and “МИМ (Мистер и Мисс)”. I think that people who got inspired by hearing all of the stories about these events started thinking about participating and even actively approaching other students to be their partners really soon – approximately, in October. I also knew that I couldn’t miss a chance to be a part of something exciting like this.
Kamilla: To be quite honest, initially I wasn’t planning to participate. Simply because back then I was working and knew that participating in such a big event would require a lot of time and effort. However, come to think of it, I realized that I simply couldn’t miss such an opportunity. An opportunity to meet so many new people, experience all of it myself.
I actually had to quit my job to be able to fully immerse myself in all of these rehearsals, photoshoots, plot writing… Luckily, when I texted Vanya and told him that I wanted to try he agreed to do this with me.