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Category Archive: Fashion

Natalia Boikova

Natalia Boikova

Natalia Boikova – beautiful Russian photo model


Natalia Boikova is a Russian photo model. The beautiful girl was shot for magazines and advertisements
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Oksana Lavrentieva, model and actress

Oksana Lavrentieva, model and actress

Oksana Lavrentieva, model and actress


Successful model and TV presenter Oksana Lavrentieva never stops admiring her fans. The woman was able to build a powerful fashion empire called Rusmoda. The company represents the clothes of young designers and is the official distributor of the French brand American Retro.
Pretty girl was born on December 30, 1978 in St. Petersburg.
After school, she entered the Institute of Design.
At the age of 25 Oksana moved to Moscow, where she worked at first as a model, then as an actress.
For some time, Oksana worked as a columnist in the publication about fashion and the stars Tatler.
By the way, Lavrentieva was on the cover of many magazines, including Apriori, SHE, Beauty, Lifestyle, Dolce magazine, XXL, NRG, Parade, Brio. Also her photos were in ELLE, L’OFFICIEL, InStyle, Collezioni, Menu Magazine, HELLO, OK, Grazia, Brownie.
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Sergey Krapiva – actor and model

Sergey Krapiva - actor and model

Sergey Krapiva – actor and model


Sergey Krapiva (his real name is Sergey Krapiventsev) is an actor, professional dancer, choreographer and model. He is one of the Top 100 most beautiful people of Moscow.
Cute boy was born on May 23, 1977 in Tula.
He has starred in many TV commercials for leading brands, as well as videos of famous artists. You know, he worked with Russian stars including Sophia Rotaru, A-Studio, band Tea for Two, Jasmine, Igor Krutoi, Alena Sviridova, singer Slava.
By the way, he worked as a choreographer in Lena Zosimova’s music video and met stylist Alisher. The stylist invited him to shoot for the OM magazine in 2001. So his modeling career began. Sergey worked with many popular magazines including Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, OM, GQ, Playboy, Vogue, Maxim and others.
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Oxana Samoylova and GeeGun

Oxana Samoylova and GeeGun

Oxana Samoylova and GeeGun


Oxana Samoylova is a Russian fashion model and her husband GeeGun (his real name is Denis Ustimenko-Vaynshtein) is a hip-hop singer, who became famous in 2009-2011.
GeeGun performed together with Anna Sedokova (Cold Heart, 2009), Julia Savicheva (song Release, 2011), Jeanne Friske (You’re Next, 2011).
At the age of 19 GeeGun became the Master of Sports in Kickboxing, twice champion of Ukraine, the silver medalist of European kickboxing championship.
GeeGun was born on August 2, 1985 in Odessa. He was one of the first persons who started to arrange hip-hop parties in Odessa.
In 2005 Denis met DJ DLEE, official DJ of Timati. This meeting became very important for the rapper.
Later, in 2007, he graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education. In the same year Denis became the official artist of the Black Star Inc. and released the first track and music video for the song Odnoklassnitsa (Classmate).
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Ksenia Hizhnyak

Ksenia Hizhnyak - Russian actress

Ksenia Hizhnyak – Russian actress


Ksenia Hizhnyak was born on December 15, 1987.
In 2004 she entered the studio theater Black Square.
You know, Ksenia took part in the Russian reality show You are a Supermodel 2.
She starred in TV series: Utesov, Theater of the Dead, Return of Mukhtar, Casting, as well as in a sketch show Funnier Than Rabbits.
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Natalia Semanova – Russian doll

Natalia Semanova

Natalia Semanova – Russian doll


Natalia Semanova was one of the highest paid Russian models. You know, Semanova was called the iron lady of Russian fashion business, Russian Cinderella and Russian doll.
Cute girl was born on October 1, 1979 in Moscow, Russia.
In 1979, when Natalia was born, all Soviet girls wanted to be a princess. In the late 1980s a new generation of girls wanted to be a fashion model, photo model and superstars.
Natalia knew little about the work of the model. But she had ambitious friend, who played a significant role in her life. Her friend did not just dream about clothes and the catwalk, but tried to fulfill her dream.
It was she who one day heard that Vyacheslav Zaitsev Fashion House was recruiting new models. So, she persuaded Natasha to go to the casting. It was in 1992. 13-year-old schoolgirls were noticed.
In 1994, Natasha took part in the model contest The Look of the Year (before 1995, now it is called Elite Model Look). Her first victory took place in Moscow, where she won the right to participate in the final of the competition held in Spain. And the young girl became the first girl from Russia who won it!
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Irina Dmitrakova, model and TV presenter

Irina Dmitrakova, model and TV presenter

Irina Dmitrakova, model and TV presenter


Irina Dmitrakova is a top model, TV and radio presenter, actress and producer.
Pretty girl was born on April 29, 1974 in Moscow.
She graduated from the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts.
Since 1994 she has been working in the Kuznetsk Bridge fashion house as a model and fashion show producer.
For a long time, she worked in modeling agencies: Red Stars, Charm, Grand Models, Prestige, Fashion. By the way, she was the person of the French fashion house Dejac.
You know, Dmitrakova worked with many fashion designers including Valentin Yudashkin, Alisa Tolkachyova, Ruta, Tatyana Romanjuk, Alexandra Gruzinova, Zetta, Vladimir VQ and others.
Irina was the person of the companies: Le-Monti, Schwarzkopf, and also the person of the fashionable Russian house VQ. Also Dmitrikova collaborated with the fashion houses Nina Ricci, Olivier Lapidus, Izetta Gadzhieva and Chantal Thomass.
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