Irina Shayk Quotes

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Irina Shayk

Profession : Model

Birth : January 6, 1986

I love high heels from the age of 10! Short skirts and then high heels. My classmates used to make fun of me. Like, 'Ooh, she's so skinny and she's wearing high heels.' But I just wore what I like, and I didn't care about people's opinions, the same as I don't care now.

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

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If you want to eat chocolate or cakes, you have to eat it in the morning, for breakfast or lunch - don't eat it in the night.

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I do boxing; I do a little jiu jitsu, which I am obsessed with.

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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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My father died when I was 14, and my mother juggled two jobs so she could make sure my sister and I were OK.

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If you're with someone, it's because you're moving in the same direction, and you both are looking for the same thing. Both of you have to share the same concept of what a relationship means.

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Of course I prefer to be with someone, but with the right someone.

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I started my career as a swimsuit model. My first big break in America was 2007, 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue.

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You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.

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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 don't believe in men who make us feel unhappy, because they're boys, not men.

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I'm not a fan of soccer, for sure not.

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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 never thought of a career of as a model, and it was a total surprise for me when I won the contest and became Miss Chelyabinsk. Then I started modelling in Paris.

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

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I get my light eyes from my mother.

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After school, my sister and I helped our mom in the garden. We grew potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes - not for fun, but to eat.

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

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