Yekaterina Sergeyevna Grigoryeva (russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Григорьева; born 15 September 1988), known professionally as Kate Grigorieva, is a Russian model. She was a

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Angel from 2015 to 2016.

Early life

Grigoryeva was born in Olenegorsk to a military family.

Career

Grigorieva took part in

Miss Russia 2010 Miss Russia 2010, was held in Barvikha Luxury Village Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia, on 6 March 2010. 51 contestants from all over Russia competed for the crown. Sofia Rudieva of Saint Petersburg crowned her successor, Irina Antonenko of Yekater ...

casting, but did not qualify as a contestant.Мурманчанка Екатерина Григорьева поборется за корону «Мисс Россия»
/ref> Two years later, she participated in

Miss Russia 2012 Miss Russia 2012, the 20th national beauty pageant of Russia, was held in a concert hall Barvikha Luxury Village in Moscow on 3 March 2012. 50 contestants from all over the Russia competed for the crown. Natalia Gantimurova of Moscow crowned her ...

, where she represented Murmansk Oblast and placed among the top 10 finalists. Later in 2012, she applied for the fourth cycle of '' Top Model po-russki'', the Russian adaptation of ''

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'', along with her sister Valentina, where she was runner-up to Yulia Farkhutdinova, with her sister placing third.Profile
at fashionmodeldirectory She was soon signed to modeling agency ZMGROUP. After her appearance in ''Top Model po-russki'', modeling agency The Lions displayed interest in signing her. This eventually led to Grigorieva's stage debut at

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in 2014, opening for

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as a semi-exclusive, as well as walking for

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and Ralph Lauren. She was chosen by top modeling site models.com as one of the top newcomers of the Fall/Winter 2014 season, and has since walked for

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, Nina Ricci,

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, Balmain,

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, Moschino,

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, Missoni,

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and others. She opened for the 2015 Spring/Summer collections of DSquared² and

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. She has shot ad campaigns for M Missoni, H&M,

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Gamme Rouge shot by Steven Meisel and

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/ref> She has appeared in catalogs for

, and has also been featured in editorials of numerous magazines including several national editions of ''

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'', ''Contributor'', '' i-D'', '' Pop'' and ''

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''. On 2 December 2014, Grigorieva made her debut at the

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along with fellow

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contestant and model, Irina Sharipova. In April 2015, she was announced as one of ten new

Angels. In July 2015, she appeared in the Victoria's Secret TV commercial ''Body by Victoria''. In October 2015, Grigorieva was ranked by ''

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'' as one of the most successful contestants of the ''Top Model'' franchise. She was supposed to walk in the 2017

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, but days before the show, her visa to travel to China was rejected, along with several models, which prevented her from walking the show.

Personal life

In August 2015, Grigorieva married her boyfriend Alexander in Saint Petersburg. In 2016, it was announced Alexander had filed for divorce from Grigorieva. In July 2018, Grigorieva married Anton Shunin, the goalkeeper and captain of

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. Their daughter Sofia was born on 22 May 2020.

References

External links

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