1. In 2010, Vodianova was awarded Inspiration of the Year by Harper's Bazaar.
37 Facts About Natalia Vodianova
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Natalia Vodianova is a member of the Special Olympics International Board of Directors.
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Natalia Mikhailovna Vodianova was born in Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
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Natalia Vodianova grew up in a district of the city with her mother, Larisa, and two younger half-sisters, Oksana and Kristina Kusakina.
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Natalia Vodianova was raised in a poor neighbourhood and has stated that she was often bullied for being too skinny and badly dressed.
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At the age of 11 Natalia Vodianova started helping her mother by selling fruit on the street.
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Natalia Vodianova revealed that she found her sister Jenna Burns, who had been given up for adoption, through a DNA test.
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At the age of 16, Natalia Vodianova enrolled in a modeling school.
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Natalia Vodianova has achieved success as a runway, editorial, and advertising campaign model.
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Natalia Vodianova has appeared in more than 200 runway shows for American and European-based designers' ready-to-wear and haute couture collections and has been featured in advertising campaigns for various fashion houses.
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Natalia Vodianova has worked with top fashion photographers such as Mario Testino, Annie Leibovitz.
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Natalia Vodianova then appeared as the solo cover subject of the July 2007 edition of the magazine.
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In May 2009, Natalia Vodianova was again featured on the cover of American Vogue as one of the "Model Faces of the Moment".
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In Spring 2009, Natalia Vodianova entered a three-year agreement to be a brand ambassador for the French lingerie company Etam and designed a lingerie collection each season during the term of the agreement.
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Natalia Vodianova has a contract with Guerlain, a French perfume house and cosmetics line, which was acquired in 1994 by the LVMH group, a multinational investment corporation specializing in luxury brands.
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Natalia Vodianova is a regular campaign and poster model for Stella McCartney.
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In 2014, Natalia Vodianova appeared on the cover of the September issue of Vanity Fair, shot by photographer Mario Testino.
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Natalia Vodianova was one of 50 models on the September 2014 cover of Italian Vogue, the magazine's fiftieth-anniversary issue.
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In 2015, Natalia Vodianova was photographed by Steven Meisel for the 2015 Pirelli Calendar; this was her fourth appearance in Pirelli since 2003.
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Natalia Vodianova returned as the face of Calvin Klein's Euphoria fragrance shot by Inez and Vinoodh, ten years since her first exclusive contract with Calvin Klein.
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Natalia Vodianova ranked No 5 on the 2015 Forbes list of highest earning models, earning an estimated $7 million.
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In 2016, Natalia Vodianova was selected and photographed by Annie Leibovitz as part of the 43rd Pirelli Calendar, which celebrated some of the world's most inspiring women, such as Tavi Gevinson, Serena Williams, Amy Schumer, Yoko Ono, Fran Lebowitz, Patti Smith, Kathleen Kennedy, Yao Chen, Mellody Hobson, Ava DuVernay, Agnes Gund, and Shirin Neshat.
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Natalia Vodianova returned as the campaign model for Italian denim wear brand Miss Sixty.
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Natalia Vodianova was ranked 14th in British television channel Five's 2005 television programme World's Greatest Supermodel.
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Natalia Vodianova was cast as Medusa in the 2010 film Clash of the Titans.
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Natalia Vodianova served as the narrator in a major broadcast of Swan Lake from the Mariinsky Theatre.
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In May 2009, Natalia Vodianova co-hosted the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow.
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Natalia Vodianova is a founder of the Naked Heart Foundation, a philanthropic organisation that strives to provide a safe and inspiring environment in which to play for every child living in urban Russia and to help support families raising children with disabilities.
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Natalia Vodianova drew attention to the problem of the rights of disabled people in Russia when her sister was asked to leave a cafe in Nizhny Novgorod because "she scares customers".
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Natalia Vodianova was inspired to found the charity by the Beslan tragedy.
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Natalia Vodianova's idea was to support children who survived the event by enjoying playing as a distraction from their psychological trauma.
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Natalia Vodianova lends her support to a number of other philanthropic causes, such as the RED campaign, an initiative to help eliminate AIDS in Africa.
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That same year, Natalia Vodianova became an ambassador for Hear the World, a global campaign that seeks to raise awareness of the topic of hearing and hearing loss and to promote the issue of good hearing all over the world.
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In 2015, together with Timon Afinsky, Natalia Vodianova co-founded the digital app Elbi, which allows people to donate money with a "Love Button", create content, send messages, and vote for charitable purposes.
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Natalia Vodianova is a member of the international board of directors for the Special Olympics and supported the 2014 European Games and the 2015 World Games.
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On 10 November 2014, Natalia Vodianova was one of the honored 2014 Glamour Woman of the Year for her contribution and philanthropy as The Voice for Children.
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In September 2002, over nine months after registering the marriage in the UK, they had a wedding ceremony in St Petersburg, where Natalia Vodianova wore a dress designed by Tom Ford.