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" I started my career as a swimsuit model. My first big break in America was 2007, 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue. "
Irina Shayk
First
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Sports
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" Try not to eat after 7 P.M. Try to stay away from heavy food in the night, like hamburgers and chicken nuggets. Eat that stuff in the morning or early afternoon. "
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" I love Japan; it's very special. "
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" You can see designers and fashion people bringing in older girls to do their shows - I'm not even afraid to say 'older.' "
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" I believe women should be independent and have their own life. But I also think that when a couple decides to have a family, things change because you need to live in unison. "
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" Nothing is easy, and as far as my modelling career goes, the path to the top has been long and difficult, but that's what makes it special. I always look back to remind myself where I've come from. "
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" I get my light eyes from my mother. "
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" I would never do 'Playboy.' "
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" I hate jet lag, but I love, love, love, love traveling - to meet new people, to try different foods because I'm a big foodie. I love food, even though people think models don't eat. We do eat. "
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" I couldn't speak any English when I first left Russia, and Intimissimi taught me everything. The team was like a family to me - they showed me how to model and how to stay in shape. They really believed in me. "
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Me
" It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule. "
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" I really love to play 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven. I can still read music, but I need to practise more. The way your fingers move - it's something that comes from memory. I love music. "
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I Can
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" For my body, I like high-waisted jeans because they make your leg look longer and hides this extra thing on my stomach. You can eat extra food with it because it hides, and I like to tuck in my t-shirts. "
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You
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" Actually, I wanted to become a journalist, but no matter who I imagined myself to be in the future, somehow I was sure: I would leave my hometown. I felt it was my destiny. "
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Leave
Hometown
" Relationships are hard, so you have to know what type of man you want by your side and what their values are, what is important in his life. "
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" I love seeing lingerie on the runway, but I personally think it's best to save it for the bedroom! "
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Seeing
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Bedroom
" When I was a teenager, I experimented a lot with hair colour, and the result was just awful. "
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Colour
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" I hadn't planned to be a model. It just happened by pure chance. I went to a beauty school with my sister, and I got discovered pretty late. I was discovered when I was 20-21. "
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Late
" I'm very smart, and I have a great team of people around me investing my money. I'm not buying gold - yet. "
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Great
People
" I am trying to concentrate on books. You know, I love Dostoevsky; he's my favourite writer. "
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Trying
You
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" We will all be gone one day. Not as a negative thing - as a positive thing, too, you know, and we should leave something behind ourselves. "
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" I hate cardio; I hate to go for a run. I hate physical things. But Jiu Jitsu is fun because its self-defence and you get some good cardio. "
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" I'm Russian: I'm into men, diamonds, and caviar. "
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" You can't wear only one dress and be so safe. You have to risk; that's how you learn about yourself. "
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" I started modelling quite late, at 20. In this industry, girls start when they're barely even 14 or 15. "
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" I think of myself as a cover girl. But I would never do some kind of cheesy magazine. "
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" A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they're wrong. There's a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you're aiming for. "
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" I think family is our reason for being. I was lucky to be born into a very close-knit family. "
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" I was noticed by a person from a local model agency, and he proposed that I participate in a beauty contest Miss Chelyabinsk. "
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" I don't care what people think about me. I really don't. "
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