Anne Vyalitsyna
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Anne Vyalitsyna (born March 19, 1986, in Gorky
, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
), also known simply as Anne V, is a clothing and swimwear model. She is perhaps best known for her ongoing seven-consecutive-year run of appearances (2005–11) in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
.
(now Nizhny Novgorod
). Both of her parents are physician
s. Her father is a sports doctor
for a soccer
team and her mother is a pediatrician
. Anne started her professional modeling
career at the age of 15, after IMG Models
scouts saw her in Saint Petersburg
while looking for new faces for MTV
's Fashionably Loud Europe. She entered the contest and she won their modeling contest along with a contract with IMG Paris and, later, IMG New York.
and Sportmax. She has appeared on the covers of Vogue
, ELLE
, Glamour
and Gloss, in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
s and she is featured in the music video for 'Out Is Through
' by Alanis Morissette
, 'Misery
' and Never Gonna Leave This Bed
by Maroon 5
. Vyalitsyna has worked with acclaimed photographers Steven Meisel
, Terry Richardson
, Patrick Demarchelier
and Ellen von Unwerth
, among others, and is now signed with One Model Management. "I've wanted to be a model ever since I was little, playing with my Barbie
doll," she told The Age
. "It helped (for the catwalk) that I can dance
but everything is self-taught." She also had the honor to walk in the 2008, 2010, and 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
In addition to working with world class photographers on her Sports Illustrated
shoots, she was the object/subject of Joanne Gair
body painting
works in the 2005 edition. She was also in the Dylan George & Co. and Abbot+Main clothing campaign with Kellan Lutz in 2011.
In the Spring of 2010, she met Adam Levine
at the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue release party in Las Vegas where Maroon 5
performed, and the two have been dating ever since.
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
), also known simply as Anne V, is a clothing and swimwear model. She is perhaps best known for her ongoing seven-consecutive-year run of appearances (2005–11) in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is published annually by Sports Illustrated. It features fashion models wearing swimwear in exotic locales. According to some, the magazine is the arbiter of supermodel succession. In addition, the issue is a media nexus that in 2005 carried in advertising....
.
Early life and discovery
Anne Vyalitsyna was born in the Russian city of GorkyGorky
Gorky may refer to:People:*Maxim Gorky , Russian author and political activist, founder of socialist realism*Arshile Gorky , Armenian/American abstract expressionist painterInhabited localities:...
(now Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
). Both of her parents are physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
s. Her father is a sports doctor
Sports medicine
Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness, treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise...
for a soccer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team and her mother is a pediatrician
Pediatrics
Pediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
. Anne started her professional modeling
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
career at the age of 15, after IMG Models
IMG Models
IMG Models is one of the major international modeling agencies, currently representing only female models. Its mother office is in New York City, with branches in Paris, London, Milan and Hong Kong. It is a division of New York, NY-based IMG...
scouts saw her in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
while looking for new faces for MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Fashionably Loud Europe. She entered the contest and she won their modeling contest along with a contract with IMG Paris and, later, IMG New York.
Career
Within six months of her win, Vyalitsyna had appeared for Anna Molinari, ChloéChloé
Chloé is a French fashion house founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion. Its headquarters is in Paris.-History:Gaby Aghion was born in Alexandria, Egypt in the year 1921...
and Sportmax. She has appeared on the covers of Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
, ELLE
Elle
Elle may refer to:*Elle, Central African Republic*Elle , a fashion publication*Ellé, a river in France*Elle , a female given name*Elle , a Sri Lankan game similar to baseball*Ælle of Sussex, a Saxon king...
, Glamour
Glamour (magazine)
Glamour is a women's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Founded in 1939 in the United States, it was originally called Glamour of Hollywood....
and Gloss, in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is published annually by Sports Illustrated. It features fashion models wearing swimwear in exotic locales. According to some, the magazine is the arbiter of supermodel succession. In addition, the issue is a media nexus that in 2005 carried in advertising....
s and she is featured in the music video for 'Out Is Through
Out Is Through
"Out Is Through" is a pop rock song written by Alanis Morissette for her sixth studio album So Called Chaos. The song was released summer 2004 outside of the US.-Chart performance:...
' by Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...
, 'Misery
Misery (Maroon 5 song)
"Misery" is a song by American band Maroon 5. It was released on June 22, 2010 by A&M/Octone Records via the iTunes Store. The song was released in advance of the band's mid-2010 tour, and is the first single from their third studio album, Hands All Over, which was released on September 21,...
' and Never Gonna Leave This Bed
Never Gonna Leave This Bed
"Never Gonna Leave This Bed" is a song performed by the American pop/rock band Maroon 5, taken from their third studio album Hands All Over. The song is a ballad and was written by frontman Adam Levine and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange...
by Maroon 5
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers and released one album...
. Vyalitsyna has worked with acclaimed photographers Steven Meisel
Steven Meisel
Steven Meisel is an American photographer, who obtained popular acclaim with his work in US and Italian Vogue and his photographs of friend Madonna in her 1992 book Sex...
, Terry Richardson
Terry Richardson
Terrence "Terry" Richardson is an American fashion photographer.-Early life:Richardson was born in New York City, the son of Bob Richardson, a fashion photographer who struggled with schizophrenia and drug abuse...
, Patrick Demarchelier
Patrick Demarchelier
Patrick Demarchelier is a French fashion photographer.-Life:Born near Paris in 1943 to a modest family, he spent his childhood in Le Havre with his mother and four brothers. For his seventeenth birthday, his stepfather bought him his first Eastman Kodak camera...
and Ellen von Unwerth
Ellen von Unwerth
Ellen von Unwerth is a photographer and director, specializing in erotic femininity. She worked as a fashion model for ten years herself before moving behind the camera, and now makes fashion, editorial, and advertising photographs.Ellen von Unwerth found fame when she first photographed Claudia...
, among others, and is now signed with One Model Management. "I've wanted to be a model ever since I was little, playing with my Barbie
Barbie
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration....
doll," she told The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
. "It helped (for the catwalk) that I can dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
but everything is self-taught." She also had the honor to walk in the 2008, 2010, and 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
In addition to working with world class photographers on her Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
shoots, she was the object/subject of Joanne Gair
Joanne Gair
Joanne "Kiwi Jo" or "Kiwi Joe" Gair is a New Zealand-born and raised make-up artist and body painter whose body paintings have been featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue from 1999 to the 2011 edition...
body painting
Body painting
Body painting, or sometimes bodypainting, is a form of body art. Unlike tattoo and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, painted onto the human skin, and lasts for only several hours, or at most a couple of weeks. Body painting that is limited to the face is known as face painting...
works in the 2005 edition. She was also in the Dylan George & Co. and Abbot+Main clothing campaign with Kellan Lutz in 2011.
Personal life
In 2009, Vyalitsyna completed the ING New York City Marathon. She volunteered to guide a disabled athlete through the race for Achilles International and also Tweeted about the race in real-time.In the Spring of 2010, she met Adam Levine
Adam Levine
Adam Noah Levine is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front man and guitarist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. He is also a coach on the American talent show The Voice.-Early life:...
at the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue release party in Las Vegas where Maroon 5
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers and released one album...
performed, and the two have been dating ever since.