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Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova (; ; born 6 January 1986), also known as Irina Shayk (), is a Russian fashion model. She received international recognition when she appeared as the first Russian model on the cover of the 2011 ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue. In 2022, the website Models.com placed her on their list of the New Supers.


Early life

Shayk was born in
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(
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region),
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, to a Volga Tatar father, Valery Shaykhlislamov (''Şəyxelislamov,'' from ''
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''), a coal miner, and ethnic
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mother, Olga, a kindergarten music teacher. She has stated that she inherited her looks from her father and that people often mistake her for being
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n, saying, "My father was dark skinned, because he was
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, sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian. I get my light eyes from my mother." She has one sibling, a sister named Tatiana Petenkova. She is also an aunt to Tatiana's three children including a niece named "Irina" after her. Shayk started playing piano at age six. At age nine, she enrolled in a music school and studied there for seven years, both playing the piano and singing in the
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, since her mother wanted her to study music. Her father died of complications of
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when she was 14, leaving her family with little money and forcing her mother to work two jobs to provide for the family. After high school, Shayk studied
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but later instead chose to enter a beauty school with her older sister. While there, she was noticed by a person from a local modeling agency who was struck by her beauty. She was urged to participate in the "Miss
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2004"
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, which she won; she described this contest as far below the standard of beauty contests one would expect in metropolitan European cities or in the United States.


Career


Modeling


2007–2010: Early years

In 2007, Shayk replaced
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as the face of
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, and in the same year debuted in the annual ''
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''. After being the face of Intimissimi for three years, Shayk was made the official ambassador for the brand in 2010. Her other modeling campaigns included Beach Bunny Swimwear, and
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for the spring/summer 2009 season. Other work includes the
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catalog,
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, Cesare Paciotti and Morellato. She signed with
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in May 2009.


2011–2015: Mainstream success

Shayk modeled the
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spring/summer 2010 campaign. She also starred in
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's "
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", directed by artist
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. 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 ''
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'' magazine. She made a change from swimwear to
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with a spread in Spain's ''Harper's Bazaar'' and landed the cover of ''
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'' Spain for their November 2010 issue. '' 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. GQ responded that there are 15 witnesses of her posing nude. On
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, in an episode of the ''
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'', it was revealed via ''
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'' that Shayk was the covermodel for the 2011 ''
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''. This was the fifth time she has been featured in the magazine, but the first time she has been on the cover. She is the first Russian to appear on the cover. Shayk became the face of swim label Luli Fama's 2011 advertising campaign and look book. In 2011, she covered magazines such as ''Tatler Russia'', ''Twelv'', ''
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Spain'', ''GQ Mexico'', ''Glamour Spain'', ''Amica Italy'' and appeared on the covered of ''Elle Spain'', the special edition for Christmas. She also worked for many brands like Rampage, replacing Bar Refaeli, Replay and XTI. she ranked 14th in the "Top 20 Sexiest Models" list on Models.com. The same year, she was voted "Sexiest Woman In The World" in the Hungarian magazine Periodika. In 2012, she covered ''
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UK'', ''
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Arabia'' and ''Ukraine'', ''
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Ukraine'', ''Spain'' and ''Russia'', '' GQ Germany'', '' Glamour Russia'' and appeared on 14 ''
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'' spring covers worldwide. She also covered ''S Moda Spain'' and ''The Sunday Times Style''. She also did an editorial for '' Vanity Fair Italy''. The same year, she has appeared in campaigns for Morellato,
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and Blanco. In November, Shayk covered ''Twelv'' Magazine, Second Issue with fellow Russian model
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. In the same month, she appeared in an editorial for Vogue Spain December issue working with
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. In February 2013, she covered '' Vs.'' magazine with Anne V and the same month she did an editorial for CR Fashion book issue 2 photographed by Bruce Weber and styled by
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. The same month, she did the runway of
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during the New York fashion week. In March 2013, she did the runway of
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during the Paris fashion week. Also in 2013, Shayk featured several times in ''
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US''. She featured for the second time in CR fashion book issue 3. In September, she covered '' Allure'' Russia. She was also the cover model of ''Vogue'' Spain, landing her first ''Vogue'' cover photographed by Giampaolo Sgura. In 2014, she was the placard bearer for the Russian team during the opening ceremony of the
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.


2016–2022: Transition to high fashion work

In 2016, she walked in the
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while 6 months pregnant with baby girl Lea de Seine Shayk Cooper. In October 2015, she became the new
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International Spokesperson. Sometime between August 2021 and February 2022, Models.com placed her on their list of the New Supers.


Acting

Shayk made her acting debut as
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alongside
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in the 2014 film ''
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''.


Personal life

Shayk met Portuguese footballer
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in 2009. They started dating soon after and got engaged in 2011, when Ronaldo flew to New York on Valentine's Day and proposed to her. Their relationship came to an end in January 2015. In spring 2015, she started dating American actor
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. Their daughter was born in Los Angeles on 21 March 2017. The couple split up in June 2019.


Filmography


Music videos


Video games


Web series


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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