Irina Shayk

“If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.”

“Every year is beautiful, and I try to appreciate each moment in my career, but 30 was definitely one of my best.”

“I started modelling quite late, at 20. In this industry, girls start when they're barely even 14 or 15.”

“I hate cardio; I hate to go for a run. I hate physical things. But Jiu Jitsu is fun because its self-defence and you get some good cardio.”

“I'm a model, but I love to eat.”

“I feel like woman was brought to this world to have family and kids.”

“What I've never understood is why some women use plastic surgery to make themselves more attractive to men. The most beautiful woman is someone who's happy and is always smiling.”

“I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.”

“I was noticed by a person from a local model agency, and he proposed that I participate in a beauty contest Miss Chelyabinsk.”

“While I can always use a break from the gym, I like to swim and dive to keep myself feeling good.”

“I spend time doing cardio because it makes me feel good.”

“You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.”

“Money is not important to me. What makes me feel successful is making the people I love happy.”

“Nothing is easy, and as far as my modelling career goes, the path to the top has been long and difficult, but that's what makes it special. I always look back to remind myself where I've come from.”

“A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they're wrong. There's a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you're aiming for.”

“I love seeing lingerie on the runway, but I personally think it's best to save it for the bedroom!”

“We will all be gone one day. Not as a negative thing - as a positive thing, too, you know, and we should leave something behind ourselves.”

“I would love to play a crazy Russian spy, run with a gun. That's something I would love to do.”

“I love honest men, and a I love a man who is loyal to women.”

“I hadn't planned to be a model. It just happened by pure chance. I went to a beauty school with my sister, and I got discovered pretty late. I was discovered when I was 20-21.”