is an American online publication, aggregator and blog that recently posted an article Augusta Thomson about the life of Mongolian women - the way she saw it, talking with the heroines of her essay in their homeland, in Mongolia. It was large-scale study, which resulted in a fairly objective picture of what is happening in the country today - in ordinary families, in relations between men and women, in society.
Augusta Thomson is a blogger with a BA in Archeology and Anthropology from the University of Oxford and is currently a Fulbright Scholar in Ladakh, India. ARD has translated this material for its readers.
“My name is Nomin, I am forty-two years old...”. Nomin is the thirty-fifth woman interviewed by our team on a five-week trip through the Gobi desert. The trip was undertaken to investigate how women and girls use digital technologies.
When we enter her, she is sitting and preparing a noble cauldron of milk tea. She is a mother of three who alternates between a summer camp outside Dalanzadgad, an aimag in the center of Omnogovi province, and an apartment in Ulaanbaatar, where her children go to school in the winter. As she talks, her two daughters play games on their smartphones, sometimes stopping to listen to their mother.
Nomin is proud of his cultural heritage nomads. Although she went to college and lives in the comforts of the city during the winter, she is happy when she works in countryside taking care of your livestock. In the summer, her life is rich and productive.
In Mongolia, women are the main producers wealth and caring nurses, especially among the rural population. They also tend to be more well-mannered and better off than men, although equality is shaped as a result in a predominantly patriarchal culture.
The women we associate with are hospitable and generous as we explore the Gobi landscape while listening to stories told under hot puffs of steaming milk tea. These stories remind us of the purpose of our trip, because we believe in this combination of women and knowledge, and we know that Mongolia is a land of exceptional strong women.
This power is what I admired in our translator, her name is Gundegmaa. A few months earlier, when Lara, our Canadian employee, and I prepared our research project, we spoke to several potential female translators. As a result, we found Gundegmaa, or Gundiy, through the Canadian leadership. After an in-depth Skype interview, we realized that it would be difficult to find another candidate with comparable English, and we offered her cooperation immediately.
Now I know how lucky we are to have Gundiya and her combination of intelligence and wisdom to guide us. Every time we stop to interview women we meet, she laughs and paves the way for our conversations. She crosses the language barrier by formulating our questions individually for each interviewee. Gundy is more than a guide; she is a teacher. I think she understands so many of the women and girls we meet because she, too, grew up in a small village three hundred kilometers from Ulaanbaatar, where she dreamed of her brighter future.
Under the careful guidance of her father, she worked hard, excelling other students, especially in the English class. In an effort to improve her English, she moved to Ulaanbaatar when she was sixteen and lived in two-room apartment with her two older sisters. Studying late, I learned English vocabulary and grammar. By the age of eighteen, her hard work paid off - she won a multi-year Soros scholarship to study in English at the University of Montana.
Gundiy concentrated on seminars on political science and gender studies. After twelve months, she returned to Mongolia to do something for the women of her own country. She has worked as a project leader for youth project, including fifteen aimags and 15,000 young men.
With the help of two prominent non-governmental organizations, Globe International and Mercy Corps, Gundiy has been spreading digital technology in rural Mongolia by creating a 90-page user guide for social media like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Now she is going to push her technology further into the desert; and when Nomin points to his eldest daughter and tells us that she hopes to work in the field of nanotechnology, Gundia's eyes light up. They talk about it and exchange email addresses.
The more we travel, the more I see how women bring Mongolian society and family together. Women like Gundegmaa inspire other women to reach their potential. And I see that the profound effect of this positive activity is valuable not only for Mongolians, but also for women all over the world. The Mongolian digital landscape is evolving at an accelerated pace.
As one of the consequences of the recent boom in mobile technologies, and especially smartphones, the breadth of information access is changing the nature of the nomadic society and, perhaps, traditional values and priorities.
Social media has taken Mongolia by storm. While the Internet has yet to reach many areas of the Gobi desert, things are likely to change in the next few years. Cell phones have already become the main means of communication for nomadic pastorals.
Nomads no longer visit each other to talk casually about livestock over tea - they call each other. With increased access to information, the need for information management increases. As technology binds Mongols across diverse sectors of society, it is clear that some nurturing and training of youth will be required, in line with the power and importance of the digital world. I don't think that only women like Gundegmaa should lead this progress.
An hour later in Nomin's yurt, it's time to move on. I rush down and step over the threshold, towards the sun. Before I open the Jeep door, I turn around to last time look inside the yurt.
Nomin's daughters are still sitting near the wall, playing on their smartphones. Gundegmaa understands my point of view, “I hope they study abroad and fulfill their dreams,” and adds, “I hope their inspiration will create the future of Mongolia.” I look at her and nod.
And Nomin is stirring the steaming tea in the cauldron...
All photos show modern Mongolian women.
Certainly beautiful girls there are representatives of any nationality, but the Mongolians especially struck him after a couple of years of living in this country. And it's not just about outer beauty.
For two whole years I lived in Mongolia. The fact that there is not only the steppe, but also high mountains, wide rivers, huge lakes and even the driest desert on the planet with dinosaurs - let guidebooks, Mongols and Google tell you.
I will tell you a little about the Mongols. Before entering the Land of the Eternally Blue Sky, there was no experience of communicating with Asian women at all (Kazakh classmates - well, these were their own girls), so there were a lot of impressions.
Mongolians are beautiful. Yes, yes, in the first two weeks it only seems to you that you cannot distinguish one from the other. Give yourself some time to get used to, take a closer look - and you will very clearly form the criteria “I would get acquainted” or “no-no, I am married and have a lot of children.”
Moreover, if you watch how all normal men are behind you, sooner or later a discovery will befall you - they all have long hair. Shoulder length is very short. Most likely, or to the waist, or even lower. And this looks pretty cool.
Mongolians are attractive. It turned out that femininity is not measured by the cut of the eyes or the width of the cheekbones. Moreover, chemistry works in such a way that you will soon stop paying attention to the fact that you are communicating with a representative of a haplogroup that is not at all yours.
Mongolians are educated. So, yes, in a country with a population that barely passed the 3 million mark in 2015 (sort of), higher education- this is the lot of almost all girls. The Mongols told me that the guy - he already has a head and muscles, somehow get out, and the girl is weak and should be smart.
Almost all young people speak not only Russian and English, but also Korean, Chinese, Japanese, many people spit German, even French. There are many tourists there all year round, so they have enough practice.
Mongolians sing amazingly. Song is an integral part of every Mongolian's life. Only you can’t sing in bed - it’s a bad omen. And so - karaoke, drinking, street chants, decent cafe-restaurants will definitely have decent performers. If you really get to Ulaanbaatar - visit our church, church choir listen.
Mongolians are infinitely loyal. If I had watched the film "Mongol" by Bodrov before living there, I would not have understood half of it. But now I’m talking seriously - this, of course, is a joke, how the heroine pays off the Chinese there, but in reality they are the same, these red-cheeked grandmothers. For you, they are ready for a very, very much.
Just keep in mind: marry a mongolian - married the whole huge family. Respect for elders is boundless. At first, it will even be unusual for you: if you are at least six months older, you are necessarily “you”, not “you”. Even the drunk grandfather at the bus stop, who came up to you two and is not very fond of foreigners - he is older, and she will communicate with him like a father.
But they don’t know how to cook very well ... The set of Mongolian dishes is quite severe, and although they are tasty, don’t expect special talents from a woman. Such is it, nomadic life: eat what they give, and say thank you that there is food in general in a harsh land.
And finally Mongolians love their country, their language, their traditions very, very much. WITH a high degree chances are you will speak Mongolian much faster than you yourself expected. Although it is unlikely that this will be useful to you somewhere outside of Mongolia (well, in Buryatia, maybe you will exchange a few words or in Kalmykia, although both pronunciation and vocabulary differ quite strongly).
In general, be friends, proletarians and coalitionists of all countries, and unite.
This rating presents the most beautiful, in the opinion of the author, famous Mongolian women of Mongolia and China. The Mongolians of Russia, namely the Buryats and Kalmyks, are not included in the rating, because girls and women of these nations are dedicated to separate ratings on the site.
22nd place. Y. Nyamzhav - the winner of the contest " Mongolian beauty(Mongolian. Mongolyn saikhan busguy) 1989". Currently, she is a businesswoman. In addition to her native Mongolian, she is fluent in English and Chinese. Linkedin page - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nyamjav-yondonsharav/72/a88/4b7 
21st place. D. Dolgion - Miss Mongolia 2012. Represented the country at the Miss International 2012 contest. 
20th place. N. Anu - Miss Mongolia 2013. Represented the country at the Miss International 2013 contest. 
19th place. A. Tumen-Olziy - Mongolian singer. 
18th place. B. Nomin-Erdene - Mongolian model, represented Mongolia at international competitions Supermodel of Asia 2011 and Miss University 2013. Filmed for the Mongolian version of Playboy magazine. 
17th place. Ө.Buyankhishig - Mongolian model. Winner of the international competition World bikini model 2011. 
16th place. A. Tsevelmaa is a finalist of the Miss World Mongolia 2014 contest. 
15th place. Nora Dagva is the most successful Mongolian model. Works in the USA. Instagram - https://instagram.com/noradagva/ 
14th place. J. Enerel - Mongolian model, represented Mongolia at the contest "Miss and Model of the World 2013".
13th place. Tsetsengoo (also spelled Tsetsenghua) is a Chinese actress. Ethnic Mongolian. She was born in Guangzhou on January 19, 1950. 
12th place. D. Badamtsetseg - Miss Mongolia 2010. Represented the country at the Miss International 2010 contest, where she won in the "Miss Active" nomination. 
11th place. Soyomboerdene Ariunbold is a Mongolian model. Could not find a spelling of her name in Mongolian, because. the girl now lives in the USA and in social networks indicates her name in Latin letters. Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/soyomboerdene 
10th place. P. Purevsuren - Mongolian model. Photographed nude. 
9th place. T. Battsetseg - Mongolian model, represented Mongolia at various international beauty contests: Beauty of Buryatia 2010 (where she won the Miss Baikal nomination), Asian Super Model 2010, Miss Earth 2012, Miss Manchuria 2012, Miss Tourism Queen International 2013 (where she won in the nomination "Miss Bikini"), Miss World 2014. 
8th place. I.Tөgsuө - Miss Mongolia 2011. She became the most successful Mongolian at the Miss International contest, having won the title of Second Vice Miss in 2011, which corresponds to the third place. She also placed second in the Miss Friendship International 2009 pageant. 
7th place. A.Bayartsetseg - Mongolian model. Represented Mongolia at the Miss International 2014 pageant. 
6th place. Ch.Sodtuyaa - Miss Mongolia 2004. She represented Mongolia at the Miss International 2004 contest, where she reached the semi-finals and won the Miss Photogenic nomination. 
5th place. H. Badamgerel - Miss Mongolia 2009. Represented the country at the Miss International 2009 contest. 
4th place. Y. Baljidmaa - Miss Mongolia 2014. Her height is 181 cm, weight is 56 kg, body parameters are 84-61-91. 
3rd place. Sodgerel is a Mongolian model. Instagram - https://instagram.com/sodgerel/ 
2nd place. Tsetsengua (also spelled Tsetsengoo) is a Chinese actress who is referred to in China as the "Junior Setengua" so as not to be confused with another actress named Tsetsengua (she is in this ranking in 13th place). The younger Setsengua was born in Inner Mongolia. She starred in 10 TV series and films. 
The most beautiful Mongolian is model O. Ariunzul (born June 5, 1992). She represented Mongolia at the Miss Asian Supermodel 2011 contests (where she became Second Vice Miss), as well as at Miss Model Of the World 2014 (where she won the Top Model nomination). She worked as a model in Russia. She took part in the Miss Russia International 2012 contest, where she took second place. 
More than 10 million people in the world, mainly in China (6 million), Mongolia (3 million) and Russia (647.7 thousand), speak Mongolian languages.
Mongolian-speaking peoples are called Mongols. In Russia Mongolian peoples represented by Buryats and Kalmyks. In Mongolia, 82% of the country's population are Khalkhas (Khalkha Mongols).Most Mongols practice Tibetan Buddhism, and shamanism is also common.
The Mongols are the creators of the largest continental state in the history of mankind - the Mongol Empire, the beginning of which was laid by Genghis Khan. total area The Mongol Empire in its heyday (1265 - 1361 years) was 38 million square meters. km. For comparison: the area of Russia, largest state modernity, is 17 million square meters. km.
The Mongols gave their name to the Mongoloid race, to which more than a third of the world's population belongs.
This rating presents the most beautiful, in my opinion, famous Mongolian women of Mongolia and China. The Mongolians of Russia, namely the Buryats and Kalmyks, are not included in the rating, because girls and women of these nations are dedicated to separate ratings on the site.
About spelling Mongolian names in the ranking: Mongols first write the middle name, which is usually reduced to one initial letter and then the name. For example, Chadraabalyn Sodtuyaa is usually written as Ch.Sodtuyaa, where Sodtuyaa is a name. The ranking uses an abbreviated spelling of Mongolian patronymics. The names in the rating are written in Mongolian Cyrillic. Cyrillic was adopted in Mongolia as the official script in 1941. Also Mongolian Cyrillic is used by part of the Mongols of China.
22nd place. Y.Nyamzhav- the winner of the competition "Mongolian beauty (Mongolian. Mongolyn saikhan busguy) 1989". Currently, she is a businesswoman. In addition to his native Mongolian, he is fluent in English and Chinese. Linkedin page - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/nyamjav-yondonsharav/72/a88/4b7
21st place. D.Dolgion- Miss Mongolia 2012. Represented the country at the Miss International 2012 pageant. 
20th place. N. Anu- Miss Mongolia 2013. Represented the country at the Miss International 2013 pageant.
19th place. A. Tumen-Olziy- Mongolian singer
18th place. B.Nomin-Erdene- Mongolian model, represented Mongolia at the international competitions Supermodel of Asia 2011 and Miss University 2013. Filmed for the Mongolian version of Playboy magazine.
17th place. - Mongolian model. Winner of the international competition World bikini model 2011.
15th place. Nora Dagva- the most successful Mongolian model. Works in the USA. Instagram - https://instagram.com/noradagva/
4th place. J. Enerel- Mongolian model, represented Mongolia at the contest "Miss and Model of the World 2013".
13th place. Tsetsengoo(in another spelling - Tsetsengua) is a Chinese actress. Ethnic Mongolian. She was born in Guangzhou on January 19, 1950.
12th place. D.Badamtsetseg- Miss Mongolia 2010. She represented the country at the Miss International 2010 contest, where she won in the "Miss Active" nomination.
11th place. Soyombourdene Ariunbold- Mongolian model. Could not find a spelling of her name in Mongolian, because. the girl now lives in the USA and in social networks indicates her name in Latin letters. Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/soyomboerdene
10th place. - Mongolian model. Photographed nude.
9th place. T. Battsetseg- Mongolian model, represented Mongolia at various international beauty contests: Beauty of Buryatia 2010 (where she won the Miss Baikal nomination), Asian Super Model 2010, Miss Earth 2012, Miss Manchuria 2012, Miss Tourism Queen International 2013 (where she won nominations "Miss Bikini"), Miss World 2014.
8th place. - Miss Mongolia 2011. She became the most successful Mongolian at the Miss International contest, having won the title of Second Vice Miss in 2011, which corresponds to the third place. She also placed second in the Miss Friendship International 2009 pageant.
7th place. A.Bayartsetseg- Mongolian model. Represented Mongolia at the Miss International 2014 pageant.
6th place. Ch.Sodtuya- Miss Mongolia 2004. Represented Mongolia at the Miss International 2004 contest, where she reached the semi-finals and won the Miss Photogenic nomination.
5th place. H. Badamgerel- Miss Mongolia 2009. Represented the country at the Miss International 2009 pageant.
Tsetsengoo) is a Chinese actress who is called in China junior Setsengua, not to be confused with another actress named Setsengua (she is in 13th place in this rating). The younger Setsengua was born in Inner Mongolia. She starred in 10 TV series and films.
The most beautiful Mongolian - model O.Ariunzul(born June 5, 1992). She represented Mongolia at the Miss Asian Supermodel 2011 contests (where she became Second Vice Miss), as well as at Miss Model Of the World 2014 (where she won the Top Model nomination). She worked as a model in Russia. She took part in the Miss Russia International 2012 contest, where she took second place.
What do we know about modern Mongolia? The fact that the descendants of Genghis Khan live there and that Mongolia is one of the largest producers of cashmere in the world. Fashion and art in Ulaanbaatar are developing rapidly, Mongolian models are participating in world fashion shows, designers are exhibiting their collections abroad, fashion photographers are shooting in the background picturesque landscapes, there are branches of world glossy magazines and Internet portals. At the same time, the inhabitants of Mongolia managed to find a balance between oriental identity and European trends.
Professional model and photographer. As a child, no one could imagine that the angular Nora with a boyish type of figure could become a model, so she began her career relatively late - at the age of 20. Later she began to take part in shows in Milan, appeared on the cover of Dazed & Confused magazine, studied at the National University of Singapore and founded modeling agency Unique Models Management in Mongolia. Now Nora travels the world, shoots and participates in shows.
Publisher of the Mongolian version of the Internet portal Buro247.mn, former model, Young mom. Studied at the University of Oxford (UK) and George Mason University (USA), supports The Global Goals movement aimed at improving the climate and ending poverty and inequality. He is the founder of the MUNKHCHULUUN FOUNDATION, aimed at studying and supporting medicine.
Fragile and delicate Sodgerel is a pleasure to follow on Instagram, she uploads pictures from fashion shows around the world, participates in various projects and gives her smile to readers.
@bayarmaabayarkhuu
Bayarma, or BB, is the designer of the MONGOL brand and a famous it girl. In 2015, she presented a collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York, in which she showed the image of a modern nomad. Bayarma was born in Ulan Bator, lived in different parts of Asia, America and Europe. A financier by profession, she worked in family business, and began to get involved in fashion in 2005. Her brand specializes in ready-to-wear clothing and wedding dresses.
Katya Zol
Katya Zol is the first Mongolian designer to present her collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York in 2014. The daughter of a Mongolian and a Russian, now she is a star of the first magnitude in her homeland. In her collections, Katya uses natural fabrics (felt, wool, cashmere, leather) and adapts national motifs to modern trends.
