Irina Shayk Biography

Irina Shayk (born January 6, 1986) is a Russian actress and model. She is also credited as Irina Sheik. She got her rise in fame when she started dating, footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. She was born in Yemanzhelinsk, Russia to Valery Shaykhlislamov, a coal miner, and Olga, a kindergarten music teacher. She has one sister named Tatiana. Her birth name was Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova. She once said about her parents' ethnicity, "My father is Tatar, and my mom is Russian". 


 


































When she was nine, she attended a music school and studied there for seven years. There she played both the piano and started singing in the choir, since her mother wanted her to study music.She is also popularly known as the very famous footballer Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend. 




Professionally she is best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue from 2007 to 2013. She has quite a simple family background. She was born to a Russian mother and ethnic Tatar father. Irina’s mother was a pianist and Kindergarten music teacher while her father was a coal miner.



 She has a sister who is a pianist and a singer following the footsteps of their mother. Irina’s father died when she was 14 due to complications of pneumonia. Her mother did two jobs to keep the family going. She studied marketing after high school only to be bored and enter beauty school. She became “Miss Chelyabinsk 2004”.



Irina Shayk dated famous Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo for about five years. She was in relationship with him from 2010 to 2015. These days she started her affairs with, actor Bradley Cooper. In April 2015, she claimed that he is her boyfriend and they are seeing each other. She is not married yet, so there is no way of her getting divorced. 



Irina became the face of Intimissimi in 2007 replacing Ana Beatriz Barros and debuted in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Since then she is seen in every annual edition of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue doing photo shoots in places like St. Petersburg, Naples, Grenada and Chile. After being part of the magazine for almost five years she appeared on the covers in 2011 issue. 



On May 2009 modeling agency IMG signed her. She remained the face of Intimissimi for three years from 2007 and in 2010 she was made the official ambassador of the brand. She modeled for other brands like Beach Bunny and Guess. Irina’s work also include Victoria’s Secret catalog, Lacoste, Cesare Paciotti and Morellato. 




She has been in the covers of Annabelle, Bolero, Woman, Twelv, Jalouse, Elle (Spain), Cosmopolitan (14 spring covers worldwide), Tatler Russia, Harper’s Bazaar US, Allure Russia, GQ Germany, Esquire Uk, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia and Ukraine and Paris Capital. She also covered other magazines like  Marie Claire Ukraine, Spain and Russia, Glamour Russia,  S moda Spain,The Sunday Time Style UK,  L’ express Styles magazine,  VS Magazine, Vogue Spain, Ocean Drive, GQ South Africa and still many more. 



Irina also modeled for the Armani Exchange spring/summer 2010 campaign and starred in Kanye west’s video Power. Complex magazine ranked her #1 in the “ 50 Hottest Russian Women” list. She was awarded “Best International Model of 2010” by Glamour Spain. Her nude pictures appeared in the December issue of GQ Spain.




 She later claimed that she had not stripped for the photos and the magazine made digital alterations to the images to remove her lingerie. In 2011 Irina became the face of swim label Luli Fama’s 2011 advertising campaign as well as its look book. She also appears in the John Denim ad Campaign. 




Hunagarian magazine Periodika voted her “Sexiest Woman In The World” in 2011. In 2012 she did an editorial for Vanity Fair Italy and also got in the campaigns for Morellato, Agua Bendita and Blanco in the same year. Shayk has become the new face of the brand La Clover and Avon super drama mascara. In November 2012 she appeared in an editorial for Vogue Spain December issue. In February 2013 she did an editorial for CR Fshion book issue 2 and also appeared in the runway of Jeremy Scott in New York fashion week. 




The next month she did runway of Givenchy in Paris fashion week. Irina Shayk is making her acting debut in the 2014 film Hercules: The Thracian Wars as the wife of the Hercules.Shayk was born in Yemanzhelinsk, USSR to Volga Tatar Valery Shaykhlislamov, a coal miner, and his Russian wife Olga, a kindergarten music teacher.




 She has said that she inherited her looks from her father and that people often think she is South American: "My father was dark skinned, because he was Tatar, sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian... I get my light eyes from my mother."She has one sibling, a sister named Tatiana.After completing her high school, Irina Shayk studied marketing but was not able to complete it and she dropped out from there and then she entered a beauty school with her older sister. While she was attending that beauty school, she was noticed by a person from a local modeling agency who was struck by her beauty. 





He forced her to participate in the "Miss Chelyabinsk 2004" beauty contest and she won. In 2007, she replaced Ana Beatriz Barros as the face of Intimissimi. From the same year, she made her first appearance in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. From that time on, Irina Shayk has appeared in every annual edition, attending photoshoots in such places as St. Petersburg, Naples, Grenada and Chile. 




She is earning a huge salary from her modelling career. Her real time net worth is unknown to the press.Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and Irina have said to meet during the Armani Exchange Campaigns and since May of 2010 they have been dating. 




 Shayk personally is a person who believes in charity. She helps a maternity hospital of Yemanzhelinsk which is her hometown. Irina along with her sister helped to rebuild the children’s ward of the local hospital. She is the official ambassador for Pomigi charity in Russia. Pomogi provides care to sick Children. 




Her true self clearly reflects from her such good deeds. It is no surprise to people that besides having such good heart she has a strikingly beautiful body and face. Irina Shayk net worth is estimated at $4 million. Best known as a Russian swimsuit model, Irina Shayk on the professional front got her first break in the modeling world at the young age of 19 years when she posed on the cover for the annual edition of the “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue” magazine in the year 2007. And ever since her debut she has graced the cover of the magazine in each and every yearly edition.




 This glamour model who has gained international acclaim for her gorgeous looks and has been ranked 13th in the “Top 20 Sexiest Model” list has also endorsed some of the most iconic brands in the world like the “Victoria’s Secret” lingerie chain which in return augmented Irina Shayk net worth. The tremendous run of success enjoyed by Irina Shayk in the glamour world has ensured that she has managed to put away the financial difficulties of her growing up years once and for all. Today Irina Shayk net worth is estimated at $6 million. 



All of this wealth has come from the plum modeling contracts she has landed with global luxury brands of the likes of Lacoste, Victoria’s Secret, Intimissimi and Guess. The Russian has also made a lot of money by doing photo shoots for magazines like Elle, Woman and Paris Capital. Shayk’s comfortable financial status has enabled her to lead the kind of lifestyle she had always wanted to live during her difficult teenage years.




 Irina Shayk net worth allowed her to  acquired a $2 million luxury condo apartment situated at New York City in 2010. The Russian loves to go on long drives on high end cars like a Lamborghini Aventador and prefers to de-stress from her hectic work schedule by going to vacations to exotic beach destination like St.Tropez along with her famous footballer boyfriend.




 Irina also loves to spend her spare time on board luxury yachts, along with spending a lot of time playing with her pet Labrador dog whenever she is at home.In February 2013 she covered Vs. magazine with Anne V and the same month she did an editorial for CR Fashion book issue 2 photographed by Bruce Weber and styled by Carine Roitfeld. 




The same month she did the runway of Jeremy Scott during the New York fashion week. In March 2013 she did the runway of Givenchy during the Paris fashion week.Also in 2013, Shayk featured several times in Harper's Bazaar US. 





She featured for the second time in CR fashion book issue 3. In September, she covered Allure Russia.She was also the cover model of Vogue Spain, landing her first Vogue cover photographed by Giampaolo Sgura. In 2014, she was the placard bearer for the Russian team during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics. After that appearance she was a part of famous Russian TV show Evening Urgant where she talked about her successful career in modeling.
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