Photo: Conde Nast Russia / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Irina Shayk's story reads like a study in willpower. She came from Yemanzhelinsk, a small town in Russia's Chelyabinsk Oblast, and became the first Russian model on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2011, a door nobody had opened before her. What keeps me interested is the longevity: fashion devours faces in a single season, yet more than a decade later Models.com was naming her among the New Supers. That endurance suggests discipline and business intelligence behind the famous gaze. She also crossed into acting without embarrassing herself, which is rarer than it sounds. I rate her a survivor first, an icon second.
Overview
Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova (Russian: Ирина Валерьевна Шайхлисламова; Tatar: İrina Şəyxelislamova; born 6 January 1986), also known as Irina Shayk (), is a Russian fashion model and actress. She received international recognition when she appeared as the first Russian model on the cover of the 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In 2022, the website Models.com placed her on their list of the New Supers.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Irina Shayk
- Name (Japanese)
- イリーナ・シェイク
- Reading
- いりーな・しぇいく
- Born
- January 6, 1986 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Tiger
- Origin
- Yemanzhelinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- model / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Model — see all → · Actor — see all → · More people from Russia →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.