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Sasha Pivovarova Profile |
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Birth Date: January 21, 1985
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Birth Place: Moscow, Russia
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Birth Name: Sasha Pivovarova
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Sasha Pivovarova is a Russian
supermodel and artist.
Born in Moscow, Russia, Pivovarova was one of those girls
who never dreamed of becoming a model. By a chance meeting,
she began modeling after friend and now husband, Igor
Vishnyakov, introduced her to modeling agency IMG. He took
photos of her and knew then, that she was something special.
Before she took off, she was studying art history at Russian
University for the Humanities. Her first show was Prada, and
soon she went on to do the Fall 2005 campaign for the brand.
Pivovarova has been compared to Australian supermodel Gemma
Ward. She is close friends with fellow models Vlada
Roslyakova and Snejana Onopka. Pivovarova has modeled for
such brands such as Chanel, Valentino, Prada, Louis Vuitton
and Gucci.
More recently, Pivovarova has become the face of Prada. She
has made "fashion history" by being the face of Prada for 5
consecutive seasons (first model ever). She appeared in the
Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007 and Fall 2007
campaign.
In the May 2007 issue of American Vogue she was featured on
the cover with fellow models Doutzen Kroes, Caroline
Trentini, Raquel Zimmermann, Jessica Stam, Agyness Deyn,
Coco Rocha, Hilary Rhoda, Chanel Iman, and Lily Donaldson as
the new crop of supermodels. In her interview, she talked
about her love for art and reading. Her current project was
reading the book War and Peace. Recently, in August and
September of 2007, she was on another two covers of Vogue.
Russian Vogue and British Vogue, back to back.
When asked what her favorite part of the job is, she said
the photo shoots and traveling. She told CNN in an
interview, that she gets to meet people and see places that
she would never be able to meet or see, if it had not been
for modeling.
Before she was a model, she was an art student in Moscow.
Her current home in Brooklyn, New York doubles as an art
studio (in a recent issue of American Vogue magazine, they
photographed Sasha's Brooklyn loft). Pivovorova said in a
Teen Vogue interview, "I was playing with pencils while the
other girls were playing with dolls." In her free time,
Sasha loves to paint and draw. Her paintings are so good,
that they were actually shown at a gallery in Paris. French
Vogue also published some of Sasha's works. She often is
seen with stencils, paints, and other art tools in her bag
and is usually photographed backstage drawing something. She
said in an interview with CNN, that she uses anything as a
canvas; hotel papers, casting and that days itinerary
papers, and anything she can find basically. Recently, Sasha
was married to fiance and long-time friend, the photographer
Igor Vishnyakov. He calls Sasha his "best friend" and said
in an interview that "she still is the same shy person, as
when I first met her". |
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Other
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Hair color: Blonde (dyed)
Eye color: Blue
Measurements: 82-60-84 (EU)
Dress size: 34 (EU), 4 (US)
Shoe size: 38 (EU), 7 (US) |
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since January 2, 2008