The story of Irina Shake is strikingly similar to the fairy tale about Cinderella. The girl was able to achieve dizzying success without having rich parents and useful connections. What did Irina do to become a world famous supermodel?
Carefree childhood
The future model was born in Emanzhelinsk - a small town in the Chelyabinsk region with a population of 30 000 people. At that time in the town there was not a cinema or a restaurant, and the main attraction was, of course, a monument to Lenin.
And there were also mines, one of which was worked by Valery Shaikhlislamov, the father of the future model. Irina's mother taught children in kindergarten music.
The girl was born on a cold January morning in 1986. From her father, a Tatar by birth, she inherited an unusual bright appearance. In America, where Irina now lives, she is often mistaken for a Brazilian and does not believe that she is Russian.
Irina successfully studied at school, especially it was given humanitarian subjects, was engaged in music and sang in the choir. She loved to read and dreamed of becoming a teacher of literature.
The difficult youth of Emanueline Cinderella
When Ira was 14 years old, there was a terrible grief that caused the girl to grow up quickly: from complications after a cold father died. Irina and her sister were very traumatized. Subsequently, Irina remembered her father so:
"My mother forbade me to meet with men who drink and smoke. My father was engaged in hockey and boxing, and my mother was always proud that he was a supporter of a healthy lifestyle. "
Irina's mother, Olga, had to work from morning till night in two jobs to feed her daughters. Emanjelinskaya Cinderella, as she could, helped: doing all the homework, digging potatoes and growing cucumbers in their small garden.
It is impossible to believe, but in her youth Irina hated her appearance and did not like boys. Her tall stature, leanness, swarthy skin and full lips - everything that now admires the world-famous footballers and Hollywood stars - at that time were just the object of ridicule of domestic boys. Classmates teased the girl "plywood" and "chung-chang".
Unexpected gift of fate
After graduating from school, Irina went to Chelyabinsk to study marketing at a local college. Here the girl got into the modeling agency and participated in the contest "Supermodel 2004".
Cinderella from the fairy tale gave a pair of shoes that she could go to the ball, but our heroine was less fortunate: to earn the shoes to participate in the contest, she had a month to paint the walls in the hospital of Emanzhelinsk.
She was lucky: she did not win the prince, but won the contest, abandoned the study of boring marketing and went to Moscow - to pursue a further career.
In the capital, she met - no, not a fairy! - and scout Giyu Dzhikidze, who opened the world to Natalya Vodyanova and Eugene Volodin. This meeting was fatal for Irina. Gia became interested in the girl and invited her to go abroad to work as a professional model. Then Irina first began to think that, perhaps, her appearance is not so hopeless, as she thought before.
Through hardship to the stars
So, our Cinderella went to conquer the world podiums. Mom and my sister put her - no, not in a carriage! - and on the plane that took Irina to a distant and foreign Paris.
Mecca of world fashion greeted the guest with unfriendliness. The novice model had to huddle in a cramped apartment with other girls dreaming of a modeling career. Sometimes she did not have enough money even for food.
However, due to her remarkable energy and perseverance, Irina has achieved stunning successes. She dreamed of earning money to support the family, and firmly decided not to return home with empty pockets. And she spent the first earned fee not on clothes and parties, but sent her mother and sister to buy a new sofa.
Irina says about her path to fame:
"I did not have empty hopes, but tried to use the opportunities that my life threw up. It worked. "
Cinderella hits the ball of life
Irina persistently continued to go to castings in modeling agencies, and, finally, she was lucky. In 2007, the famous underwear brand Intimissimi made the girl his face, and the magazine Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition invited her to shoot. Irina was the first Russian model to be shot for this popular publication.
Then came the contracts with the brands Lacoste, Guess, La Perla. Thanks to her unique external data, she became the face of these brands.
The popularity of the girl grew, her face became recognizable. "Chunga-changa" and "plywood" turned into "the sexiest girl on the planet".
Cinderella meets the prince
In 2010, on shootings for advertising Armani Irina met with the famous football player Cristiano Ronaldo. This handsome boy changed the girls like gloves, but Irina managed to win his heart.
Cristiano had to spend an unusually long time looking after a girl from the Russian outback. Eventually, the impregnable fortress surrendered, and the couple went to rest on Corsica, where they were "spotted" by the ubiquitous paparazzi. Irina's popularity immediately increased to the skies.
Roman with a football player lasted five years, but little is known about the details. Lovers carefully guarded their personal lives, did not talk about her in an interview. These relations have generated many rumors: some journalists are sure that there was no novel, Cristiano and Irina began to appear together only for the sake of PR.
Both had very intense schedules, and they spent little time alone. Irina's career went uphill: from the "underwear" model, which advertised swimwear and bras, it turned into a so-called high fashion (high fashion model). The girl decorated the covers of the most popular fashion magazines, headed various ratings of models and was completely absorbed in the work.
In 2015, the most beautiful pair of the world broke up. Irina commented on the gap as follows:
"I do not trust a person with whom I do not feel happy. These can not be called men - only boys! "
Evil tongues say that Irina did not agree with her mother Ronaldo. The model is very straightforward and always says what it thinks - it might not like the powerful mother of her fiance who has a huge influence on her son.
The new chosen queen of the model world
Beauty was not long alone, very soon she found consolation in the arms of actor Bradley Cooper. That's what his mom really liked. And Bradley himself, who has the fame of Lovelace, said:
"Irina is the main woman in my life. Perhaps it was I who was looking for it. "
Couple a year together. They live in a cozy suburb of Los Angeles and do not like to share the details of their lives.
Lifestyle of Irina Sheik
The most beautiful woman in the world does not think she looks better than other girls.
"When I look at myself in the mirror, I'm not always happy with my reflection"
Once she joked that she somehow woke up and saw in the corridor a terrible woman, who turned out to be her mirror image.
The model constantly strives for self-improvement. Every morning she wipes her face with an ice cube, drank plenty of water during the day, and on weekends goes to a Russian bath. Irina is very active and energetic girl: she is engaged in boxing and pilates, regularly runs.
In her account she writes:
"You never reach the priests you dream of sitting on it"
Her favorite brands are Givenshy and Dior. The girl loves to travel, especially likes to rest in Italy and the Maldives.
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In Russia, Irina is rare, even Russian began to forget. However, once a year he comes to his native city to visit his family.
"Everything I achieved in life is the strength of my family. I try to be as strong as my mother, and optimistic, like my grandmother. "