The first association with the word "Russian model that conquered the West" - of course, Natalia Vodianova. A girl from a poor family, who lived with his mother and sister disabled and forced to work 11 years in the market to somehow help support his family, has become one of the highest paid models in the world. Russian beauty, attended in his native Nizhny Novgorod modeling studio, spotted metropolitan photographer. He offered to come to the girl of fifteen samples to Moscow. Then Natalia waited Paris, though not with open arms. She had to go through a lot of auditions, before entering the world of high fashion. However, when the "Russian Cinderella" spotted, the proposals she had no lack. Vodianova advertised such famous brands as Chanel, Gucci, L'Oreal Paris. The fashion house Calvin Klein invited her to become an official product in 2003. This contract, Natalia ensured the title of one of the most expensive models, was concluded after a year before she led virtually all the leading fashion designers fashion shows at Fashion Week.
Now Natalia on the podium appears very rarely. She lives in London and has two sons and a daughter (with the father of her children, British Lord Justin Portman Vodianova divorced in 2011 after 10 years of marriage). Also, "Russian Cinderella" - President of the Foundation "Naked Heart", which organizes in Russia construction of playgrounds for children.
Countrywoman Vodianova - Anna Vyalitsyna (in Russian pronunciation - Vyalitsyna) also made a meteoric career in the West, entering the age of 23 years of the twenty most popular and highly paid top models. This girl has got the status thanks to contracts concluded with the first Paris and then New York agency. She has participated in shows leading model houses such as Alexander McQueen, Max Mara, Calvin Klein, Prada, Ralph Lauren and many others. That Anna was chosen as the next "face" flavor "Chanel Chance" of the fashion house Chanel. More than once she became "Covergirl" Vogue and Glamour. The beauty of Russian girls were conquered not only designers, but also musicians Vyalitsyna appeared in several music videos, including Alanis Morissette for the song. She added popularity and romance with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, however, short-lived.
Along with Vodianova and Vyalitsynoy the three most famous Russian models in the West (at the beginning of the 21st century) includes Eugene Volodin. Since all three girls names begin with the same letter, the European fashion critics called this triumvirate "Three V". Volodin has become known as a leading model of Gucci: brand representatives have noticed it during a photo shoot for the Italian magazine Vogue. Later she worked a lot as a model, including the world's leading brand for high-end lingerie Victoria's Secret. For several years, Eugene participated in the legendary "Shaw Angels" (from the show underwear and Victoria's Secret) that in itself is a recognition of its uniqueness: as we know, "Angels" take the most beautiful girls in the world.