Natalia Mikhailovna Vodyanova
Natalja Michailowna Wodjanowa ( Russian: Наталья Михайловна Водя́нова ; also Natalia Vodianova; born February 28, 1982 in Gorki , Russian SFSR , USSR ) is a Russian photo model .
Life
Vodyanova grew up in poor conditions with her single mother. She worked in her mother's shop from an early age. When she was 15, she moved into her own apartment with a friend. The girls earned their living by running their own fruit stand.
Career
At 15, Vodyanova began to apply to various modeling agencies. To improve her career prospects, she learned English within three months and moved to Paris , where she signed a contract with Viva Models when she was 17 . Shortly thereafter, she received a contract for the Gucci perfume line . After many catwalk jobs, she also played in smaller film productions.
Meanwhile, Vodyanova has worked for many well-known brands and designers. Among other things, she was the face of Calvin Klein from 2003 to 2007 and in 2008 the face of the Diane von Fürstenberg collection and a Louis Vuitton campaign. She also modeled for the Chanel make-up collection in spring 2008 and in autumn / winter 2008 for Versace . In spring 2009, Wodjanowa designed his own collection at Etam. In a ranking published annually by forbes.com , she took a top position among the world's best-earning models on several occasions, her annual income was stated at around 5.5 million euros in this context.
In 2010, she played Medusa in the remake of Clash of the Titans .
Personal
Wodjanowa is married and has five children; three (* 2001, * 2006, * 2007) with the English aristocrat Justin Portman (son of Edward Portman, 9th Viscount Portman (1934–1999) ) and two (* 2014, * 2016) with the French entrepreneur Antoine Arnault (son by Bernard Arnault of the luxury company LVMH ).
Vodyanova is a committed philanthropist , for which she was recognized by the American magazine Vogue in March 2007 .
In 2005 she founded after the Beslan hostage crises led by her foundation Naked Heart Foundation , which among other charity events organized and financed by donations playgrounds and recreational facilities for children in Russia.
Filmography
- 2001: CQ
- 2009: Probka
- 2010: Clash of the Titans
- 2012: Belle du Seigneur
- 2013: Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theater
- 2016: Street Style Highlights: Paris Fashion Week S / S 2017 (documentary)
- 2017: It had to be you, Natalia. (Short film)
Others
- She was voted 16th in Channel 5 's "World's greatest supermodel".
- Her nickname is "SuperNova".
literature
- François-Marie Banier : Vive la vie , with overpainting of photographs of the model. Steidl, Göttingen 2008 ISBN 978-3-86521-821-6 .
Web links
- Natalja Michailowna Vodjanowa in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Natalja Vodjanowa: Top model without starry airs in Russia TODAY
- Article at Zeit.de from 2004 (German)
- Profile on AskMen.com (English)
- The Fashion Model Directory
- Naked Heart Foundation website
Individual evidence
- ^ The World's Top-Earning Models
- ↑ | Internet Movie Database
- ↑ | Naked Heart Story , Retrieved June 22, 2017
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SURNAME | Vodyanova, Natalia Mikhailovna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Водя́нова, Наталья Михайловна (Russian); Vodianova, Natalia |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian photo model |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gorky , Russian SFSR , USSR |