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Top 10 Russian models in cosmetics advertising
They have conquered the most famous fashion houses, catwalks and men’s hearts. Russian girls have long been famous for their beauty all over the world, and our heroines receive the best cosmetic contracts and exclusives.
At the age of 15, her face adorned the cover of the magazine “Marusya”, and after all, Natasha never thought about a career as a model, just the next day her friend invited Vyacheslav Zaitsev to the casting with her to the fashion house. Already at 16, Gianfranco Ferre made the girl an incredible gift – at a fashion show, he put her next to Sophia Loren in the front row. In 1999 Natalia became the face of the legendary Opium from YSL. In 2001, Natalia got married, and Jean-Paul Gaultier himself sewed her wedding dress. The legendary model of the Soviet era will forever remain in our and the memory of our mothers, despite the fact that with the creation of the family, Natalya practically left her modeling career.
Christina Semenovskaya, 34 years old
Back in 1993, Christina left Russia and became famous all over the world. The model made its first significant contact with Levi’s, advertising the iconic 501st model. One of the girl’s earliest known shootings was an advertisement for the Jean-Paul Gaultier fragrance Classique. The girl was known to the whole world by contact with the fashion house, when the model became the face of the CristianDior perfume line. Christina also starred for the cosmetic brands Guerlain and L’Oreal. Christina is treated like a whole era of the modeling business, and for many aspiring models she is an idol.
Natalia Vodianova, 32 years old
In the past, the star of the world podium is a girl from an ordinary family who worked in the market, helping her mother sell fruit, carrying heavy boxes. At the age of 16, the girl was noticed by a representative of a modeling agency and invited to a casting in Moscow. A year later, Jean-Paul Gaultier drew attention to her, thanks to whom Natasha was awarded second place in the Madison agency competition. Natalia Vodianova is the most famous Russian model in the world. Hundreds of shows and contracts with the best brands in the world.
Throughout her career, Natalia has been the face of Guerlain, Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Calvin Klein and was the face of L’Oreal Paris. The last collection presented by Vodianova was the Christmas collection of Guerlain Crazy Paris Holiday 2013/14. A fabulous collection, like the story of Cinderella, who is called a successful model, contains an eye makeup palette, the well-known Crazy Champs Élysées Météorites Pearls, Crazy 68 Météorites Illuminating Compact, bronzer powder in five different shades, lipsticks, varnishes and a favorite of the Guerlain collection La Petite Robe Noire So Crazy Perfumed Shimmer Powder – a perfumed shimmer powder for face and body.
Known as the only model to appear in the Prada ad campaign for six seasons in a row. Many call the girl an “alien model” because of her non-standard face: it is triangular, with almond-shaped eyes, a high forehead and high, protruding cheekbones. The girl’s career began by accident, because she never dreamed of becoming a model. In 2005, Igor Vishnyakov photographed Sasha, sent the photos to the international modeling agency IMG, and two weeks later she was already opening the Prada show in Milan. In 2009, the girl became the face of the exclusive Giorgio Armani line – Bronze Mania. The collection includes a bronze mascara, a set of shadows and blush, and a foundation with a self-tanning effect.
In the world, she is also known as Anne V and the ex-girlfriend of the beloved Leonardo DiCaprio. The girl belongs to the so-called “group of three V” – according to the first letters of the names of the most popular and successful Russian models in the early 2000s – Natalia Vodianova, Anna Vyalitsyna and Evgenia Volodina.
The girl dreamed of becoming a model all her life. At the age of 15, she had already packed her things to Milan, but before leaving St. Petersburg, she had a fateful meeting with the famous photographer Max Vadukul, who was looking for the heroine of the Yohji Yamamoto advertising campaign. So Anna became the face of advertising for the second line of the brand. And in 2002, the model received an important offer in her career from Chanel – to become the face of the legendary, but at that moment new Chanel Chance fragrance. Her image was so successful that in 2005 Chanel renegotiated a contract with Vyalitsyna, and she remained a symbol of Chance for several more years. After a long-term contact with the French house, Anna received offers from the most famous brands in the world.
The girls could not pass by the porcelain skin by Karl Lagerfeld, Marc Jacobs, NinaRicci and Dolce & Gabbana. Once the girl decided to try her luck and after passing the casting went to Japan, where the shows brought her fame. Vlada is so tall and fragile that once there was a scandal around her – the Times magazine called the girl one of the most anorexic models. Roslyakova was not afraid, but defended her body, declaring that her thinness was hereditary. Fans immediately began to look for and upload photos of a girl eating various high-calorie dishes, and the scandal very quickly subsided. In 2010, Vlad was invited to become the face of Swarovski’s Aura fragrance. The director’s only request to the model was that the movements were flying and smooth. Vlada coped with this task perfectly. It is a pity that the video did not include the last shot, where the girl soars on the lounges, and it is raining from Swarovski crystals.
Irina Shayk takes 14th place in the list of the sexiest models in the world by models.com, photos from the Intimissimi catalogs are still of great interest. Since 2010, Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend has been the ambassador of the Italian brand Intimissimi, appears in the best shootings of famous magazines, and it all started in 2004 in Chelyabinsk, where Irina won the Super Dmodel competition. In 2011, Shayk appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, becoming the first Russian model to grace the face of a magazine. We also remember Irina as the host of the fourth season of the show “Top Model in Russian”. Not so long ago, Irina made contact with Avon and became the face of a new decorative line of cosmetics, which she developed herself. There are 120 shades in the lip line alone, not counting other cosmetics.
At the age of 17, Daria was noticed by one of the famous modeling agencies. In July 2007, she took part for the first time in Milan and Paris Fashion Week. Now the girl is one of the most famous and demanded Russian models, she opens and closes the best shows in Paris. The girl’s acquaintance with Dior began in 2012. The model starred in a mini-film for the Christian Dior fashion house “Secret Garden – Versailles”. After that, in the winter of 2013, Daria became the face of the Christmas collection of the French brand Golden Winter. The line featured lipstick, nail polish, eye shadow and festive false eyelashes – everything for the New Year’s look. And in the spring of this year, Daria presented the spring-summer Dior Diorskin Nude Tan collection, consisting of three shades of powder for flawless skin radiance.
One fine day Ira went to a cafe to dine with her mother. “Hello, are you a model?” – the famous actress Liv Tyler asked the girl and offered the job. In 2008, the girl was called a sensation and was invited to the most fashionable shows of Prada, Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, John Galliano, Rue du Mail, Sonia Rykiel and many others. In 2007, Ira became the face of the Daisy fragrance by Marc Jacobs. A light perfume with a scent of daisies, according to the designer, reflects purity and lightness, like the model.
Sasha Luss can be called a discovery in the fashion world. Not so long ago, Sasha Luss was included in the top ten most promising models in the world. The most important moment in her career was shooting for the Bohemique brand, which Karl Lagerfield saw himself, after which he invited Sasha to participate in the Chanel show. On account of the girl only for the autumn-winter ready to wear 2013/14 – 58 shows, of which she opened 5. Last year, Sasha received an exclusive with Dior. So the model became the face of new collections from Dior – DiorAddictFluidStick, DiorAddict and DiorAddictIt-Lash. The first line is a lipstick / gloss hybrid featuring 16 rich shades, a refreshed DiorAddict scent and the all-new DiorAddictIt-Lash collection, which includes mascara, eyeliner and a limited collection of eye shadow palettes in the brightest and boldest colors.
And who denies that Russian girls are the most beautiful?