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Valentina Zelyaeva

Valentina Zelyaeva's photoGETTY

Nationality:
Russian
Birthday:
October 11, 1982
Born in:
Moscow, Russia
Lives now:
New York, NY
Agencies:
Storm, Women
Known for:
My eyes
Status:
Established
Muse for:
Ralph Lauren
Friends with:
Filippa Hamilton, Flavia de Oliveira, Katia Kokoreva, Natasha Poly

Career

French Vogue, 2006

Oct 11, 1982
Born in Moscow, Russia
Sep 2003
Debuts on the spring runway for Cynthia Steffe in New York
2004
Appears in Cole Haan ad campaign
Feb 2004
Appears on the cover of Harpers & Queen
2004
Models for Neiman Marcus catalog
May 2004
Appears on the cover of Italian Glamour
2005
Signs contract with Ralph Lauren
2005
Appears in Calvin Klein Jeans ad campaign
Feb 2005
Opens the fall Ralph Lauren show in New York
Feb 2005
Appears in Italian Vogue editorial, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
Mar 2005
Appears in British Vogue editorial, photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin
Apr 2005
Vanity Fair features Zelyaeva alongside other Eastern European models as "Slavs of Fashion, The New Beauties"
Jun 2005
Appears in an editorial for Harper’s Bazaar
Jul 2005
Appears in second consecutive Harper’s Bazaar editorial
Aug 2005
Appears on cover of German Elle
Sep 2005
Opens the spring Ralph Lauren show in New York
Oct 2005
Walks the spring runways for Balenciaga, Chanel, Christian Dior, and Hermès in Paris
Dec 2005
Appears on covers of German Elle and British Harper’s Bazaar
2006
Renews contract with Ralph Lauren
Feb 2006
Opens the fall Ralph Lauren show in New York
Apr 2006
Appears on covers of Chinese Vogue, French Vogue supplement, and Spanish Vogue
Sep 2006
Opens the fall Ralph Lauren show in New York
2007
Appears in British Harper’s Bazaar editorial
2007
Appears in Spanish Vogue editorial
2007
Renews contract with Ralph Lauren
Jan 2007
Appears on the cover of Russian Vogue
Feb 2007
Walks the runway for Valentino and is interviewed backstage by Fashion TV Video »
Feb 2007
Opens the fall Ralph Lauren show in New York for the fifth consecutive time
Jun 2007
Appears on cover of Spanish Vogue
Sep 2007
Opens the 40th anniversary Ralph Lauren show in New York
Oct 2007
Appears in W editorial, photographed by David Sims
Nov 2007
Appears on the cover of French Elle
Dec 2007
Appears on the cover of Russian Vogue
2008
Renews contract with Ralph Lauren
Feb 2008
Opens the fall Ralph Lauren show in New York
Apr 2008
Appears in Spanish Vogue editorial, photographed by Helena Christensen
Apr 30, 2008
Named the world’s thirteenth highest-paid model by Forbes, having made a reported $2.3 million in the past year Story »
Jun 2008
Appears on the cover of Spanish Vogue, photographed by Fabio Chizzola
Sep 2008
Russian Vogue features Zelyaeva as a top model
Sep 2008
Opens the spring Ralph Lauren show in New York

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