Moscow’s glamour Queens have donned their high heels, and bounded through the streets in the city’s annual high heels sprint. Girls competed in a «80 meters on heels» race in no less than nine centimetre high shoes.

Organised by “Glamour” magazine, the “high heeled run” was held for the third time in the Russian capital.

This year it took place near the GUM store by Red Square. The closeness of shops seemed to have raised the participants' spirits, as the main prize was a shopping certificate.

A crowd of onlookers gathered at the event scene to support the competitors who had spent more than two hours preparing for the race and making sure they look glamorous enough. Whilst some girls were queuing up to get fashion stylist’s service, more experienced racers were taping their shoes to their legs.

Some of the runners fell down and dropped out of the race just three seconds after the start. For the leader, however, it took only 12-14 seconds to reach the finish line.

Luckily, this year no heels were broken.