Recently Irina Shayk was spotted in the New York City strolling with daughter Lea on Christmas eve. On the next day, she stepped out solo with her hands full of gifts. The 33-year-old cut a chic figure sporting a black coat with plaid trousers with ribbon-tied stilettos. She belted a knee-length black coat showing her slim waistline. She opted to go makeup-free while sporting vintage-inspired sunglasses.
Irina Shayk was born to Olga and Valery Shaykhlislamova on 6 January 1986 in USSR. She learned music for seven years accompanied by piano and singing in the choir. Her mother raised her after her father died when she was 14. She won the Miss Chelyabinsk 2004 beauty contest after the executive of a local modeling agency asked her to participate. In 2007, she became the face of Intimissimi doing photo shoots for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit.
She signed modeling contracts with popular brands like Victoria’s Secret’‘Guess,’‘LacosteBeach Bunny Swimwear,’‘Morellato,’ and ‘Cesare Paciotti. She also featured in the cover of magazines like Woman,’ ‘Harper’s Bazaar US,’ ‘Paris Capital,’ ‘Bolero,’ and ‘Annabelle. She modeled for Armani Exchange becoming the official ambassador for ‘Intimissimi in 2010. She worked in the ad campaign of magazines like Elle Spain,’ ‘Cosmopolitan Spain,’ ‘Tatler Russia,’ and ‘Amica Italy’ and also featured for brands like Rampage’ and ‘Replay. In 2009, she became the prominent face of the modeling industry featuring in Esquire,’ ‘GQ,’ ‘Harper’s Bazaar,’ ‘The Sunday Time Style,’ ‘S Moda,’ ‘Twelve,’ and ‘Vogue.
She does the ramp walking for New York fashion week and the Paris fashion week. At the 2014 ‘Winter Olympics, she became the poster model supporting Russia. She made her movie debut with Hercules. She was garnered with Best International Model of 2010 by Glamour Spain. Spanish readers of DT magazine voted her as The Sexiest Girl of the World. Irina Shayk was in a relationship with footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, but they soon broke up in 2015.