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Igor,

Your subject is a very pretty girl. I really like her expression and her eye contact with the camera (viewer). The person in the background is positioned quite well within the composition and is out of focus enough that it works well in the setting, but does not draw attention away from your subject. Her skin tone is very good. The back or overhead lighting gives very nice highlights on her hair. It helps to separate her and the bench from the background. The background is nicely out of focus and she is well separated from it. 

Her eyes are not as sharp as they should be. Make sure your focus carefully on her eyes. Use a tripod whenever possible.

Overall, the picture is a little on the dark side. You should increase the exposure a bit. There is not enough detail in the dark areas of her clothing. You could increase the shadows a bit.

I like the lighting on her face, but she needs more light in her eyes so we can see them better. Catchlights would be nice, too.

The positioning of her head looks very good. This is hardly a concern, but if you would have her turn her head just a smidgen more to the camera the bridge of her nose wouldn't cut into her far eye at all. You might also get a little white on the right (her left) side of her eye. This would make them look a little more balanced. There really is nothing wrong with how you have posed her head. Just a thought.

The posing of her hands does not look natural. It is overdone and draws attention away from her face. The word "cheesy" comes to mind.

The posing of her body is quite nice, but I would like to see her feet, legs and arms separated a bit. Side-by-side tends to look rather boring.

I think it would look better if the building in the background was straightened so that it is parallel to the top of the photograph.

You could crop a tad off the left side to make the image a little more left and right compositionally balanced.

Speaking of balance. There isn't anything you can really do about it now, but notice that the bench is supported on the left (her right) side. You have cropped out the support on the other side. Without support on both sides the bench appears it could topple to the ground on the right (her left) side.

I wouldn't have the coat's belt hanging down behind the bench (next to her feet), especially with the other side of the belt not showing. It just looks out of place and draws attention to itself.

You don't want anything in the photograph that draws attention away from your subject. It would be quite proper to place your name and the date the photograph was made, if you wish, on a mat surrounding the photograph.

Nice shot,

Mark

I know that Mark raises some relevent points , but I still like the original shot . She looks very elegant and fashionable . Bill