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Fashion idol, philanthropist and a female parent of five: how a girl from a metropolis on the Volga River won hearts worldwide.

Natalia Vodianova was built-in on Feb 28, 1982, in the metropolis of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) on the Volga River. She had to work hard from childhood to help her family, merely now she is one of the most prominent Russian supermodels, founder of the Naked Heart charity and wife of Antoine Arnault, heir of the LVMH way house.

ane. She used to sell fruit to help her family unit

Natalia in Nizhny Novgorod.

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Natalia has 2 younger sisters, Oxana and Kristina. Oxana was born with autism and CP. The father left the family and when Natalia turned eleven, she began to help her mother at work selling fruits and vegetables in a kiosk. Some years later, she left school to spend the time working at that place.

Natalia recalled in interviews that some people mocked the poverty of their family and her sister'southward inability.

"I spent my entire childhood with my younger sister. I know what sidelong glances, spitting, swearing are, what absolute poverty is, from which you cannot shield yourself or your child," Natalia said.

2. She is one of "the era of three Vs"

Natalia Vodianova walks the runway during the Ungaro Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2003 fashion show in Paris.

Natalia Vodianova walks the runway during the Ungaro Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2003 mode bear witness in Paris.

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Back in the late 1990s, Vodianova attended the only modeling school in the city. Ane day, a Viva Model Management spotter spotted her and invited her to Moscow. Vodianova spoke neither English nor French, but, nevertheless, the agents liked her and sent her to Paris. There, she had to compete with more experienced models and attended upwards to 15 castings a solar day. The modeling agency paid her almost $100 per week and office of this money she sent to her female parent.

Real offers began coming in 1999, after Jean-Paul Gaultier noticed her at i of the competitions and awarded her second identify. In 2002, she appeared at the New York Fashion Week with Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel. The following year, she became the face up of Calvin Klein and continued to conquer the globe's catwalks. Vodianova participated in the fashion shows of Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Chloe and many other celebrity designers.

Fashion media fifty-fifty titled the early 2000s "the era of 3 Vs" - afterwards the names of the most successful models of that time: Natalia Vodianova, Anne 5 (Anna Vyalitsyna) and Eugenia Volodina.

3. seventy Faddy covers

In 2003, Vodianova first appeared on the cover of British Vogue, in 2004 - the U.S. Vogue. And in total, her face was on the cover of different Faddy editions over seventy times. More than any other celebrity! In 2d place is Kate Moss with 60 appearances.

4. The female parent of 5

It's hard to believe, but this elegant woman has 5 children. She met her first husband, British blueblood Justin Portman, in Paris at a individual party. At the age of 19, she gave nascence to their son Lucas Alexander, who is a student now. In 2006, she gave nascency to daughter Neva, named afterward the Neva River in St. Petersburg. The following twelvemonth, her son Viktor was born - named subsequently Natalia's grandfather.

In 2011, the couple separated and Natalia entered into a relationship with French entrepreneur Antoine Arnault, the son of LVMH's founder. The couple has two sons, Saying (b. 2014) and Roman (b. 2016). In 2020, they got married in Paris and nevertheless live there.

In the spring of 2021, Vodianova traveled to the Russian North and the Caucasus with her children, explaining this past the desire to introduce them to their homeland. She made a mini-series for YouTube almost the journey.

5. Devoted herself to clemency

After the birth of Viktor, Vodianova decided to focus on her family and left the catwalk. Now she is mainly engaged in charity work. In 2004, Natalia founded the Naked Heart Foundation, which helps children with special needs and their parents. This is how Natalia highlights the importance of the support of guild for such families. In 2015, her sister and nanny were kicked out of a buffet in Nizhny Novgorod. The possessor told them to exit because the girl scared customers.

Natalia also launched the Elbi app, with which users tin can support small charitable organizations with money.

vi. She thanks genes for her appearance

Paris, 2022.

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Despite having five children, Natalia has retained her grace and a slim waist. On social networks, followers always admire her figure and enquire about diets, to which she replies that it's just a lifestyle, a fiddling sport… and genes.