Natalia Vodianova
Natalia Mikhailovna Wodjanowa (Russian Наталья Михайловна Водянова; Natalia Vodianova also; born February 28, 1982 in Gorky, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian fashion model.
Life
Wodjanowa grew up in poor circumstances in their single mother. She worked early on in the business her mother. At 15, she moved with a girlfriend in his own apartment. Your livelihood earned the girls operated by its own fruit stand.
Career
With 15 Wodjanowa began to apply to various modeling agencies. In order to improve their career prospects, she learned English within three months and moved to Paris, where she signed a contract with Viva Models at 17. Shortly after, she received a contract for the perfume series of Gucci. After many catwalk orders she also played in smaller film productions.
Meanwhile Wodjanowa has worked for many famous brands and designers. Among other things, from 2003 to 2007, the face of Calvin Klein in 2008 and the face of the collection by Diane von Furstenberg and Louis Vuitton campaign. She also modeled for the make- up collection for Chanel in spring 2008 and autumn / winter 2008 Versace. In spring 2009 Wodjanowa designed his own collection at Etam. In a study published by forbes.com annual ranking it occupied several times a top spot among the world's highest-earning models, their annual income specified in this context, with about 5.5 million euros.
In 2010, she played the Medusa in the remake of Clash of the Titans.
Personal
Wodjanowa is married to the British Justin Portman and has three children. In June 2011, she has separated from her husband and was seen by the LVMH heir Antoine Arnault in public.
Wodjanowa is a dedicated philanthropist, for which she was awarded in March 2007 by the American Vogue magazine.
In 2005 she founded after the Beslan siege led by her foundation Naked Heart Foundation, which organizes charity events, among others, and funded by donations playgrounds and recreational facilities for children in Russia.
Others
- Her husband is a descendant of a wealthy aristocratic British family.
- She was elected in Channel 5 's " World's greatest supermodel " on # 16.