Cindy took off her clothes and said: I'm yours!

Imagine the scene. Supermodel Cindy Crawford peels off her clothes, lies down on a couch in front of you and says: "My body is yours!"

It's the stuff men's dreams are made of. And it will always remain just that, a dream...unless your name is Boris Prazdnikov.

Boris Prazdnikov?

Boris - nicknamed "Bora" - is the official masseur to Russia's Bolshoi Ballet.

And Cindy has just taken time off from the catwalk to fly to Moscow for an appointment with him.

"I gave her a full massage from her toes to her lips," he says.

"I studied every centimetre of her body and it is a divine body - I can tell you that as a professional.

"She has very glamorous skin. She really is an example of a perfect woman."

Boris was stunned by Cindy's approach to stripping off.

"Russian ballerinas are shy," he says. "They don't undress completely - but for Cindy it seemed natural to take all her clothes off."

Asked how he reacted during the massage, 54-year-old Boris - who has been with the Bolshoi for 30 years - said: "I am a professional.

"I learned long ago how to put a brake on my reactions when I am working.

"I can get excited when I see a girl's leg in a stocking at the Bolshoi, but I never allow myself to go that far when I am working."

Cindy told Boris she had been suffering from backache and needed to relax her back so she could hold a pose for the cameras without aches and pains.

He says: "Cindy had a problem with her spine - I will not say what.

"She heard about me from someone she knew. It was the only reason she came to Moscow."

He added that her back trouble was just "a smallish problem" but stressed she was a "clever woman" for seeking professional help before it worsened.

At the end of the massage session, which took place in a five- star hotel, Cindy pulled out her cheque book to pay him, but Boris refused to take any money.

He only asked for a picture with her.

Was his massage a success? "Certainly," he beams.

"Otherwise she wouldn't have given me a kiss or written on the back of the picture she gave me, 'Bora, you're the best'."

Boris has a high reputation among the Bolshoi's dancers for his skills in easing tension and pain.

"He is a very skilled man and has his own special technique," said one ballerina who has been treated by Boris.

"It's like his secret technique and he refuses to share it with others. It is really something very good."

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