Natalia Vodianova by Mario Testino for Vogue US March 2012

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Natalia Vodianova (Russian: Наталья Водянова, born 28 February 1982) is a Russian model and philanthropist who now permanently resides in the United Kingdom.

LOVE Magazine # 7 Spring/Summer 2012 by Mario Testino

Publication: LOVE Magazine
Issue: #7 Spring/Summer 2012
Title: 30 Years of Optimism
Photographer: Mario Testino
Models: Kate Moss, Lara Stone, Natalia Vodianova, Rosie Huntington Whiteley, Candice Swanepoel, Edie Campbell, Meli Stasiuk, Beyonce, Gweneth Paltrow, Carmen Kass, Lily Donaldson, Gisele Bundchen,
 
Styling: Panos Yiapanis

Natalia Vodianova - Etam Fall 2011 Lingerie Lookbook

Russian supermodel from Gorky (Russia)

Born in Gorky, USSR (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia), Natalia Vodianova grew up in a poor district of the city with her mother and two half sisters, one of whom has cerebral palsy. As a teenager, Vodianova helped her mother sell fruit on the street and later set up her own fruit stand with a friend to help her family out of poverty.
Vodianova's father walked out on the family when Natalia was a toddler, and she did not have any further contact with him until after she had become famous.
At the age of 15, Vodianova enrolled in a modelling academy, was told she would need to learn English to succeed, and mastered the language in three months. By the age of 17, Vodianova had moved to Paris, and signed with Viva Models.