Sleeping beauties await prince's kiss in Ukraine
Sleeping beauties await prince's kiss in Ukraine (via AFP)
It wasn't exactly Prince Charming but one of Ukraine's "Sleeping Beauties" finally got a kiss on the lips as she dozed on a dais filmed by cameras — though unlike the fairy tale she never woke up. "I'm not sure I would marry precisely this girl, I just was curious whether she would open her eyes,"…
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