Tuesday, June 12, 2007
CK model
I looked up the CK model shown in class today, her name is Natalia Vodianova, she's 25 and she actually has 2 kids! Below is the picture I referred to in class, followed by some info (from Wikipedia).
Vodianova had a difficult childhood. Her mother's abusive boyfriends and a tight financial situation dogged her throughout childhood. Having helped her mother with her fruit stall business from the age of 11, Vodianova moved into her own apartment with a friend at 15 and started her own fruit-stall business. She was thus able to help out her sisters, one of whom is disabled.
Vodianova started modelling at age 15, and moved to Paris and signed up with the Viva agency at age 17. Soon, Gucci made her the new face for their perfume line. After working at more than 40 runway shows, she was hired by CK's spring show. Around this time she also made a brief appearance in Roman Coppola's film CQ. Vodianova has done campaigns for Louis Vuitton, L'Oreal, Marc Jacobs, Miss Sixty, Pepe Jeans and Calvin Klein's collection and his fragrance, "Euphoria".
Vodianova is married to Brittish real estate heir Justin Portman since 2002. They have a son, Lucas Alexander born in 2001, and a daughter, Neva, born in 2006.
# posted by Elias Fahed @ 6:32 PM 
