Kamila‘s a beautiful swan. She‘s graceful, elegant and I love the way she moves her arms! She‘ll be a force to be reckoned with once she turns up in seniors. However, I don‘t think it‘s necessary to compare her natural talent to Alina‘s when their programs aren‘t even comparable. Kamila was skating as the white swan, Alina as the black. They are totally different. Alina was more dramatic as that was what the program needed.
On something else that was discussed: Alina still has to work on her artistry and especially on showing her emotions on ice. Definitely. She‘s a more introverted person so that doesn‘t come as naturally to her. But still, I don‘t think DQ is the best example of that. It was a junior program, suited for a junior and yes, there wasn‘t much else than a forced smile here and there besides the jumps. But if you look at her swan, you can see it‘s different. She plays with her mimic there, shows dramatic expressions and generally seems to be able to portray her character better which, in DQ simply isn‘t possible.
And about Evgenia: Grace and elegance have nothing to do with miming. Miming is a thing with expressions which are ONLY on the face. Grace, however, is about the way you move on the ice. And Evgenia clearly is graceful. Just look at her SP and focus only on the way she moves her body. Miming is one thing, elegance is another. And imo, I also don‘t think that Eteri meant her artistry or elegance when talking about „she achieved everything through hard work not natural talent“. That was obviously about her jumps and spins. Because Eteri also said about her in the RT documentary (Of Ice and Fame): „She‘s the best at portraying her emotions, her performances are so vivid, they‘re giving me goosebumps.“ Also, it‘s not even a bad thing. Working hard is the only way to success and if Evgenia‘s not as „naturally gifted“, well, I‘d say even better that she overcame this by pushing and motivating herself and becoming two times World champion. Who cares about talent anyway, it‘s the work you put into something that counts.
I don‘t get why we need to compare skaters like this at all, as in „who’s the best swan?“ It‘s so subjective because everyone gets different emotions while watching a program, people will immediately start a fight.