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Natalia Vodianova Biography: When she was struggling poverty in her childhood she even could not dream to become so rich and world-known one day. Natalia Vodianova was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia on February 28, 1982. Her family was very poor and she had to help her mother to keep a family by selling fruit and vegetables right in the street, the very street she was spotted in. Natalia was 15 then and she was advised to enter a modeling agency. It was a great chance for her and she wanted to succeed so much that managed to master English for three months. At 16 she became a model, at 17 she became a super model! She went to Paris and signed a contract with Viva Models. With 175 runway shows under her belt she modeled for Calvin Klein, L'Oreal, Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Diane von F?rstenberg, Pepe Jeans, Louis Vuitton, David Yurman and others. It seems, Vodianova is favored by Vogue magazine, as she appeared on its cover seven times already assuming Vogue prefer to feature non-models celebrities. Vodianova was ranked the seventh richest supermodel in the world by Forbes magazine. She is a wife of The Honourable Justin Trevor Berkeley Portman and has three children. Though living in Britain, she is a known philanthropist in Russia. Her fund helps to create wholesome environment for urban children. |