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| Most Popular Celebrity Irina Shayk |
Name: Irina Shayk
Birth place: Yemanzhelinsk, Russia
Birth date: January 6, 1986
Zodiac Sign:
Height: 1.78 m
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Green
Measurements (US) 34-23-35 ; (EU) 86.5-58-88
Dress size (US) 4 ; (EU) 34
Shoe size (US) 7 ; (EU) 37 ; (UK) 4.5
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Russian
Siblings: Tatiana Shaykhlislamova
Parents: Valery Shaykhlislamova, Olga Shaykhlislamova
Movies: Hercules
Occupation: Actor, Model, Fashion Model, Supermodel.
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Irina Shayk started her career relatively late for a model, at the age of 19, when she began modeling in Paris. In 2007 she replaced Ana Beatriz Barros as the face of Intimissimi and in the same year debuted in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Since that time, she has appeared in every annual edition, attending photoshoots in such places as St. Petersburg, Naples, Grenada and Chile. "My father was dark skinned, because he was Tatar, sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian," she says. "I get my light eyes from my mother." She has one sibling, a sister named Tatiana.
After being the image of Intimissimi for three years (six seasons), Shayk was made the official ambassador for the brand in 2010. Her other modeling contracts include Beach Bunny (2009), and Guess spring/summer 2009.
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Other work include the Victoria's Secret catalog, Lacoste and Cesare Paciotti. Her magazine covers include Annabelle, Bolero, Woman, Jalouse, and Paris Capital.
She signed with modeling agency IMG on May 2009.
Shayk modeled the Armani Exchange spring/summer 2010 campaign. She also starred in Kanye West's “Power”, directed by artist Marco Brambilla. She was on the cover of Ocean Drive and GQ South Africa for the August issue. She ranked first in the "50 Hottest Russian Women" list by Complex magazine.
She made a change from swimwear to high fashion with a spread in Spain's Harper’s Bazaar and landed the cover of Elle Spain for their November 2010 issue.
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Glamour Spain awarded her "Best International Model of 2010". At the end of the year she was pictured nude in the GQ Spain December issue; however, she claimed that she had not stripped for the photoshoot, and that the magazine had digitally altered the images to remove her lingerie.
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Quite a few other international fashion magazines then the Ficharían for their covers as was the case of ‘V Magazine’, ‘Vogue’, ‘Elle’, ‘Harper’s Bazaar’, ‘Vanity Fair’, ‘GQ’, ‘View in the Times’, ‘Woman’, ‘Marie Claire’, ‘Glamour’, amongst other individuals, receiving much attention and repeating cover for many of their troubles.
This fame produced her enter essentially the most prestigious rankings highlighting the sexiest models. She was the tenth in the 20 sexiest models in ‘models.com’ and was crowned the sexiest Russian within the list compiled by ‘Complex Magazine’. Also in 2010, the Spanish edition from the magazine ‘Glamour’ handed the award for most effective international model.
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In 2011 she was voted "Sexiest Woman In The World" in the Hungarian magazine Periodika. On February 2011 she covered Tatler magazine Russia. She also covered Harper's Baazar Mexico, wearing a Victoria Beckham dress. She also featured in campaign for Rampage, replacing Bar Rafaeli, and for Replay. On november 2011 she covered Amica Italia and later, on december she covered Elle Spain the special edition for christmas. On February 2012 she covered Esquire UK.
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Shayk is helping a maternity hospital in her hometown of Yemanzhelinsk. She and her sister helped rebuild the children's ward of the local hospital, and now Shayk raises money on behalf of a Russian charity, Pomogi (Russian: Помоги), which provides care to sick children. Shayk is the official ambassador for Pomogi charity in Russia.
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| Irina Shayk with Ronaldo |
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