SHAYK, IRINA

IRINA SHAYK: A STATUE IN FLESH AND BLOOD.

Irina Shayk is one of the few women in the world who can easily handle the adjective “statuary”. Yes, because, in fact, this beautiful girl seems to be carved in marble.
Breathtaking body, which allows her to wear tight-fitting clothes in a unique way, an impenetrable look and a face that boasts perfect somatic features. In short, perfection. A beauty comparable only to that of a statue of antiquity.

BIOGRAPHY

Irina Shayk is the pseudonym of Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova. She was born in Russia on January 6, 1986 to a Tatar coal miner father, Valery, and a music teacher mother, Olga. In addition to Irina, the couple, she has another, older daughter, Tatiana.

Irina, thanks also to her mother’s work, became passionate about music and began playing piano at the age of six, continuing for the next seven and attending a music school.

At the age of 14 she lost her father, who died of complications from pneumonia.
Because of this, a period of poverty begins for the Shaykhlislamov family.

After completing high school, the Shaykhlislamov sisters move to Chelyabinsk. Here, Irina begins studying marketing at the Economic College, but leaves it after a short time to enter the school of beauticians where her sister Tatiana was already enrolled.
This is where Irina is noticed by a local modeling agency who makes her participate in a beauty pageant, Miss Chelyabinsk. After winning the contest, her world opens its doors to her.

BEGINNINGS

In 2005 she found herself catapulted first to Paris, then to Spain and America. A nice leap from the small town where she had grown up.

In the United States, his career took off.
She starts appearing on the covers of several magazines: Annabelle  (May 2005),  Woman  (July 2005),  Jalouse  (February 2006),  Bolero (June 2005).

Between 2006 and 2007, she was also chosen as a testimonial for numerous international advertising campaigns, such as: El Corte Inglés , Replay , Lacoste .

In 2007, Shayk becomes the face of Intimissimi , a brand that will keep her as one of its favorite testimonials for years to come, and from 2008 also of Guess ?.

In the same year she made her debut in the annual  Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue magazine , the first Russian model in the history of the newspaper, and was reconfirmed continuously until 2016. During 2011 she appeared on the cover.

Notably, in 2010 she is the protagonist of the Armani Exchange Spring-Summer campaign.

The following year she was chosen as one of the protagonists of the video game Need for Speed: The Run by Electronic Arts .

During 2012, Shayk is the testimonial of many brands, such as: Morellato , Agua Bendita , Blanco and XTI Shoes .
She also becomes the presenter in Russia of the reality show  Top Model po-russki .

In 2013 she was chosen as testimonial of the Alessandro Angelozzi Couture wedding dress brand and reconfirmed for the Morellato, XTI Shoes and Agua Bandita campaigns.

CAREER 2013-2015

In March 2013, her first haute couture show during Paris Fashion Week: Givenchy .

At the end of the year she is named the sexiest woman on the planet by Maxim magazine.

Between 2013 and 2014 she becomes the face of the Agent Provocateur collection , for which she shoots a commercial directed by the actress Penelope Cruz.

On the occasion of the Barcelona Fashion Week in February 2014, the Shayk parades exclusively for Desigual ‘s Autumn-Winter collection.

 

In May she appears in Vogue Spain, in the company of her then boyfriend and footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. The shoot was taken care of by the photographer Mario Testino .

In 2015 she became a witness of L’Oréal together with her colleagues Bianca Balti and Doutzen Kroes.

CAREER 2016-2018

His is a path studded with successes in the spotlight: as well as for Givenchy at Armani, he has worked for important maisons such as Balmain , La Perla , Roberto Cavalli . He has walked the runway for Miu Miu , Bottega Veneta , Moschino and Versace .

Irina Shayk while parading for Versace

As of 2016, together with fellow model Chris Moore, he starred in the Givenchy Jeans advertising campaign.

In the same year she participated in the Victoria’s Secret show while she was pregnant with her daughter Lea, she had with her now ex-husband Bradley Cooper.

In 2017, Alberta Ferretti chooses her as testimonial for the Spring-Summer campaign created by the talented photographer Steven Meisel . Shayk poses with her colleagues Vittoria Ceretti and Raquel Zimmermann.

In the same period, he is also the face of Blumarine ‘s campaign for the Autumn-Winter collection, shot by the photographers Luigi & Iango.

In September, alongside Adriana Lima and the singer The Weeknd, she poses for the cover of the American edition of Harper’s Bazaar. Significantly, an issue that celebrates the magazine’s 150th anniversary.

As of 2018, Irina and Stella Maxwell are testimonials of the Autumn-Winter collection of the French brand The Kooples. Notably, Irina is also the designer of one of the bags.

CAREER 2019-2022

During 2019 the Marc Jacobs Beauty Russia line chooses her as its testimonial, as well as Burberry , Dsquared2 for the Spring-Summer line and Falconeri for the Autumn-Winter collection.

For the first time after breaking up with actor Bradley Cooper for Pitti , in Florence, for the event of luxury goods reseller Luisaviaroma .

 

In the same year, the French maison Jean Paul Gaultier chose her as the face of its new perfume,  Scandal .

In addition, she is also the protagonist of the new  Calvin Klein campaign  titled  Unlocked in #MYCALVINS . The project is dedicated to the new Lock bags, launched for the Fall Winter 2019 2020 season. The service was curated by the famous photographers Inez and Vinoodh .

Irina wearing the Lock bag

The following year, he is the protagonist of the Furla and Max Mara campaigns , created by Meisel. In the latter she poses with Joan Smalls, Adriana Lima and Gigi Hadid .

Max Mara

 

Furla

In 2021 she is the testimonial of Ermanno Scervino ‘s Spring Summer collection , while in 2022, Burberry selects her again as the face for the advertising campaign, created by Mert & Marcus .

Burberry 2022

2022 is a very important year for the model’s career, as, for the first time in her life, she walks on the Chanel catwalk for the Spring-Summer 2023 collection.

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