Irina Shayk

Some Lesser Known Facts About Irina Shayk

• Irina Shayk grew up in Russia and later, she moved to Mexico.

  

• At the age of six, she started learning piano, and a year later, he joined a music school where she learnt to play piano.

  

• Her father passed away when she was around 14 years old. Her family faced various financial difficulties after that. Her mother used to do two jobs to meet their financial expenses.

  

• While growing up, she wanted to become a teacher or lawyer.

• She once said that she was often mistaken for being a South American.

• After completing her degree in marketing, she enrolled in a beauty school. There, she was noticed by a local modelling agency who advised her to participate in the Miss Chelyabinsk 2004 beauty pageant. She agreed to it and won the contest.

  

• In 2007, she became the face of the brand Intimissimi. She remained the face of Intimissimi for around three years.

  

• She was featured in a story in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit magazine 2007 issue.

• Some of her modelling projects are for Beach Bunny Swimwear, Victoria’s Secret Catalogue, Lacoste, Cesare Paciotti, and Morellato.

• In 2010, she was featured nude on the cover of GQ Spain. She said that she was not completely nude in the picture, and the image was altered. However, GQ claimed that there were around 15 people who witnessed her nude on the sets of the photoshoot.

• She has modelled for the campaigns of a few fashion houses such as Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Calvin Klein, Versace, Alberta Ferretti, Max Mara, and Armani.

• She has actively participated in various social welfare campaigns. In her hometown, she has started a children’s hospital.

• She is a brand ambassador of the charity providing care to children organisation named Pomogi.org.

• She has worked with various modelling agencies like The Society Management (New York), Elite Model Management (Paris, Barcelona), Musa Talent Management (Milan, Italy), and Models 1 (London).

• She has appeared in a few music videos like “Power” (2010; English) and “Waareftak” (2022; Iraqi).

  

• In 2011, he lent her voice to the video game Need for Speed: The Run for the character of Mila Belova.

• In the same year, she became the first Russian model to be featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

• In 2011, she was ranked 14th in the “Top 20 Sexiest Models” list on Models.com. She then became “Sexiest Woman In The World” in the Hungarian magazine Periodika.

• She was featured in the 2013 English video L’Agent.

• In 2014, she acted in the English short film Winner Says.

• She has appeared in a few English TV series like Love Advent (2014) and Inside Amy Schumer (2016).

  

• She was appointed as the spokesperson of L’Oréal Paris International.

• In 2016, while she was six months pregnant, she did a ramp walk for Victoria’s Secret.

• She made a cameo in the 2020 English web series Cop Show in the episode The Lawyer.

• In 2022, she was listed in the New Supers by the website Models.com.

• Irina was once ranked #10 in the Top 20 Sexiest Models list by Models.com, The Sexiest Girl of The World by the readers of DT magazine (Spanish version), #4 on Maxim’s Hot 100, and #10 in the FHM list of 100 Sexiest Women in the World.

• She has been featured on the cover of various magazines.

  

• Irina is an avid animal lover and owns a pet dog named Caesar.

  

• She has walked the ramp in various fashion shows of brands like Versace, Valentino, Mugler, Miu Miu, Bottega Veneta, and Burberry.

  

• In her leisure time, she enjoys travelling, visiting museums, and watching various sports matches.

  

• In an interview, she shared that she often consumed wine and did not smoke cigarettes.

  

• She has been featured in various print advertisements and photoshoots.