Russia's got talent

Zlata the Russian contortionist is bending over backwards to bring in the New Year with her 2014 calendar The 27-year-old can contort herself into the most extreme poses imaginable She has posed for 12 wonderfully weird shots for each month of the year Zlata said she was just four-years-old when she discovered her talent Why not surprise someone this Christmas with a more offbeat calendar for 2014 - featuring the world's bendiest woman. Russian-born Zlata, 27, can contort herself into the most extreme poses imaginable and has posed for 12 wonderfully weird shots for each month of the year. The former gymnast, who is 5ft 8in, makes every shot an opportunity to show off her suppleness. Zlata, whose real name is Julia Gunthel, is so flexible she can cram herself into a 50cm squared box.