High heel racing

A woman puts on a high-heeled shoe during a high-heel race in St.Petersburg July 21. Some 100 women took part in the race wearing high-heeled shoes with a required minimum height of 9 centimetres (3.5 inches) to compete for a shopping voucher worth 50,000 roubles (about $2,000). REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk (RUSSIA)