Irina Shayk looked gorgeous as she visited Vanity Fair party to kick off the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Cristiano Ronaldo and Irina Shayk split after five years together and it looks like shes enjoying herself once again, as the Russian beauty has been reportedly spotted with Hollywood star Bradley Cooper.
The 29-year-old Sports Illustrated favourite was seen with Bradley, 40, for the production of Finding Neverland in New York, according to People magazine. Bradley and Irinas Broadway date comes just a month after the Oscar-nominated actor reportedly split from British beauty Suki Waterhouse.
It was speculated that the couple, who have never confirmed a split, were back together as they were seen enjoying themselves at Coachella festival earlier this month after having a cosy dinner together. Real Madrid star Ronaldo confirmed that his relationship with Irina had come to an end in January. After dating for five years, my relationship with Irina Shayk has come to an end. We believed it would be best for both of us to take this step now, he said in a statement.
I wish Irina the greatest happiness. Following their split, Irina revealed that shes looking for an honest man. The Russian beauty told E! News: “What I’m looking for in a man is – I think I love honest men and I love a man who is loyal to women. I think this is the most important thing in a man.” Irina’s rep had not comment at the time of this story.
Irina Shayk (real name Shaykhlislamova), sometimes credited as Irina Sheik, was born on Jan 6 1986 (in Eastern Church it’s the Christmas Eve) in a small town called Emanzhelisk, it’s in Ural, 50 km from Сhelyabinsk.
As a schoolgirl, she liked literature, and most of all she liked making up stories and reading and at that time she wanted to become a teacher of literature when she grows up. At teen-age Irina was a tall skinny girl with full lips and quite tanned skin. Her appearance was very exotic for her small home town. Her classmates often made fun of her as she looked so different from all the other girls.
Irina’s mother was a teacher of music in a nursery school and she wanted her daughter to study music as well. When Irina was 9 years old she entered a music school and studied there for 7 years. She was singing in a choir and playing piano. Irina’s father was a coalminer and he died when Irina was a schoolgirl. Irina’s mother had to work at 2 jobs to provide for the family (Irina and her elder sister Tatiana) it was a very difficult time for the family but mother and daughters were always helping each other. When Irina finished school they moved to a bigger town.
Irina started modelling quite late at the age of 19, and in 2007 Irina became the face of Intimissimi lingerie, taking over from Ana Beatriz Barros. That same year Irina received international recognition when she appeared in the prestigious Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She has appeared in the issue every year since then, and was the 1st Russian model that graced the cover in 2011. This cover brought her a lot of attention from press – she was a celebrity guest in such TV shows as The Late Show with David Letterman, The Today show, Chelsea Lately, My Fox NY, My Fox LA, Fox 2, Ellen Degeneris and others.
Irina has been featured in major ad campaigns for Fay, Guess, Armani Exchange, Replay, Avon, La Perla, Lacoste, Paciotti 4US, Germaine de Capuccini, Beach Bunny, Morellato, Rampage and many others. She has graced the covers of many top magazines including Vogue, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, LExpress Magazine, Elle, Glamour, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and many more. Worlds best photographers love to work with her, to name a few – Paolo Roversi, Mario Testino, David Roemer.
In 2010, after being the face of Intimissimi for 3 years, she became the official ambassador for the brand. That same year Irina starred in Kanye Wests Power music video and ranked first in the “50 Hottest Russian Women” list by Complex magazine. Irina is 13th in 20 sexiest models on models.com and the 57th in 100 hottest supermodels on zimbio.com. She also received a lot of prestigious international awards Best International Model 2010 by Glamour Spain, Marie Claire Prix de la Moda Awards 2011, Glamour Russia Model of the Year 2012, GQ Mexico Woman of the Year 2011, Russian Heritage Festival award 2012, Hello! magazine award The Most Elegant in 2013, Irina topped Maxim Russia’s Hot 100 Women list. She is also one of the most followed topmodels in social media networks, such as facebook and twitter.
Irina was one of the supermodels participating in a special charity project Marc Jacobs T shirts Protect the Skin You Are In. In 2012 Irina began to transition into the world of high fashion when she covered L’express Styles magazine. Following that initial transition, Irina has covered Vs Magazine and was featured in the second and third issue of Carine Roitfelds Magazine CR Fashion Book which led to an exclusive at the Fall 2013 Givenchy fashion show in Paris. She was also named the new host of Russia’s newest Top Model television franchise Top-Model po-russki.
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