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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• Irina Shayk:

  I never thought of a career of as a model, and it was a total surprise for me when I won the contes

• Irina Shayk:

  My father was dark skinned because he was Tatar. Sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian.

• Irina Shayk:

  I get my light eyes from my mother.

• Irina Shayk:

  After school, my sister and I helped our mom in the garden. We grew potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes -

• Irina Shayk:

  Actually, I wanted to become a journalist, but no matter who I imagined myself to be in the future,

• Irina Shayk:

  I think a woman feels ugly when she's got the wrong man at her side.

• Irina Shayk:

  I've felt ugly and insecure.

• Irina Shayk:

  I was born and raised in a small village, and I didn't even think I was especially pretty.

• Irina Shayk:

  At 14, I'd have given my left arm to be a boy: I thought I was horrible and that no-one would ever

• Irina Shayk:

  I'm Russian: I'm into men, diamonds, and caviar.