Russian women are famed for being some of the most attractive in the world – whether they are into sports like Anna Kournikova or from the fashion runway like Natalia Vadyonova . And yet many of them have a thing for American men, as evident from the roaring practice of Russian mail order brides in the US. Is the Russian woman’s preference for American men based on hard reality or is it yet another consumerist myth generated to drive a booming mail order bride business. And if indeed the trend is real, what lies behind Russian women’ partiality for guys from America.