Henrick Vartanian
Portugal’s pride in soccer Cristiano Ronaldo and Russian model Irina Shayk are dubbed by the press as “The New Beckhams” and today you can see Irina’s seductive layout for yourself in the new issue of GQ, on stands today! Irina grew up in a small Russian village that was so small, she says, “We didn’t even have fashion magazines.” But in a larger village, her mother saw an ad at a bus stop, and responded to it making it the catalyst to her daughter’s big modeling career, which so far included spreads for Guess? and Sports Illustrated.
She now calls New York City her home. Cristiano and Irina are said to have met through a modeling campaigns for Armani Exchange, during which they both stripped down to their underwear. Talk about an icebreaker.
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