This
is Tabitha Dunham and I am reporting live from Moscow as the search to
find the
best Cinderella woman continues. I am here with Cinderella woman
Chernushka to
hear her Cinderella story about how her dream came true.
"Well, you are right, Tabitha, my dream did come true,” began
Chernushka.”
But the real truth is that I never had to dream, until I realized I had
nothing
left in my life. My father, mother and I were so close and I didn't
have a care
in the world. It wasn't until my mother died that I realized that I had
been
living in my own dream world that would soon become a nightmare. My
father
remarried quickly and my new stepmother was nothing more than a wench.
My newly assigned place amongst my new family ,instead
of a daughter, was to
be the
maid. It was then that I woke up from my dream of a happy life and
accepted
reality instead. I had never felt alone in my life until now. The only
friends
I had were the two doves that my mother had given me before she died.
So at
night it was just me, the air coming into the attic from the old
window, and
the doves.
There was a man, a king of Moscow, by the
name of
Victor who was the most desired throughout the land. He had everything
that one
would want in life, though he was in search for one more thing: true
love. He
was to be holding a ball on the third night of the week in an attempt
to fulfill
his greatest desire of finding his one true love. My stepsisters saw in
King
Victor everything that I cared nothing about: money and royalty. They
were
determined to be the one to tempt Victor at the ball. I only wished
that I
could go to the ball, and every
night I lay awake in bed with no one to talk to but the doves. I just
didn’t
understand why I couldn’t have my shot to find true love. I couldn’t
think of
anything better in the world than to find that one true love.
The day of the ball arrived and my sisters and
stepmother
raced out of the house. I
was left alone with an entire house to clean. I rushed upstairs and
buried my
head in my pillow. It was then that I realized I was not alone. I heard
a noise
from downstairs and as I came down the staircase I realized that all
had been
done: the dishes, the floors, even the meals had been prepared. I
didn't
understand who could have cleaned this entire house. I looked
above me and
the doves were flying in a circle above my head and I began to spin to
follow
them. I then looked down and I was beautifully dressed in the most
exquisite gown.
I continued to spin round and around, laughing out loud. Once I stop
spinning I
found that I had not only the most beautiful gown, but also the most
unique
shoes made entirely of crystal. The
doves told me that I had to leave the ball before the clock struck
midnight,
for my appearance would be as it was before, that of a maid. I then
rushed out
the door to the
ball.
Girl
with Doves. Web Source:Gibbes
I had never felt
as excited as I did when I entered the King’s door. As I made my
journey up the
long staircase that ascended into the ballroom, I met the eyes of my
king from
across the room. My shoes then began to catch the light, being that
they were crystal,
and the glare caught the king’s eyes as he walked across the room to
meet me at
the stairs. The glare was so great that he fell to the floor at the top
of the
staircase and then we met face to face as I helped him from the floor.
We then
danced the entire night and his eyes never left my gaze, until suddenly
I heard
the clock chime midnight. I knew I had no time to explain and left him
immediately. I thought I couldn't get to the door fast enough as my
dress
suddenly turned to rags. I tripped going down the staircase, but
continued
forward since I had no time to look behind. It was what I left behind
that
would ultimately take me forward in my life.
Cinderellas crystal
shoe:Web Source: Dress
Forms
All that
King Victor had for an explanation was the crystal
shoe that I had left behind, when I tripped during my escape. King
Victor
didn’t know where to look to find his true love. He first had his
palace
searched having every maid brought before him to try on the shoe. Then
he had
his servants go door to door and ask that every woman try on the
crystal
shoe. He
waited patiently for his true love to be discovered. The day arrived
when the servants
were knocking on our door. My stepmother was furious with me showing
up at the
ball and since I could give her no explanation as to where the dress
and other
shoe had gone, I was locked away in hopes that he would forget about me
forever. My two stepsisters tried on the crystal shoe but the perfect
fit did
not exist. The king’s servants then moved on to find his true love.
One night, I stared out
my window from
the attic when I saw someone coming down the road. It was then that the
doves
circled around me once more and I began to spin around and around. I
was beautifully
transformed once more, as the attic door was then thrown open and then
entered
King Victor. The doves then told me they had sent for my true love and
brought
him to me. King Victor then took from his jacket the crystal shoe and
placed it
on my foot. The shoe was a perfect fit and the doves needed not to
circle
anymore.
“This is yet another amazing
Cinderella story, Chernushka. Who would have known that by making him
fall for
you, he actually fell for you?”
“Yes,
this is so true and I owe it
all to the shoes. This is why I know I am the best Cinderella woman for
the
job. It’s all about the perfect fit and the perfect shoes. I want to
design the perfect shoes to make someone else's dream come true."
Well, the
Cinderella search isn’t
over quite yet. Stay tuned to see who the best Cinderella woman is.