Natalya Vodyanova

Natalia Vodianova is a world famous model, the face of several legendary fashion houses. Recently, Natalia is better known as a benefactor. The girl actively supports children with physical and mental disabilities and fights for their rights.

The biography of Natalia Vodianova, a Cinderella from Nizhny Novgorod, really looks like a fairy tale. This is a story of a meteoric rise to transcendental heights from the very bottom, as they say.

Natalia Vodianova was born into a more than modest family. The girl does not remember father Mikhail Vodianov. Natasha's mother, Larisa Viktorovna Gromova, raised her three daughters herself. One of the girls has been disabled since childhood - Vodianova's sister Oksana was born with a severe form of autism and cerebral palsy.

This caused not only numerous material, but also psychological problems: at that time such diagnoses were not made public; families had to figure out practically empirically how to raise and communicate with special children. But such a life also greatly influenced the future philanthropist. It was communication with her sister that taught Natalia to appreciate life and encouraged her to help those in need. 

Natalia was not a saint, years later she confessed to the press that as a child, knowing nothing about Oksana's diagnosis, she naively envied her sister, who received all the care and attention. Natalia herself was forced to grow up quickly in order to help the family, and to fully feel what responsibility is, looking after her sick sister.

Mother had a very hard time, and Natalya helped her sell fruit at the bazaar, carrying 30-kilogram boxes of goods. Natalia did not even dream of new clothes then: she had to wear old ones. At the age of 15, the schoolgirl entered the Nizhny Novgorod Pedagogical College, and at 16, Vodianova was enrolled in the Evgenia model agency. When Natalia remembers her childhood, she admits that it was not easy. As the model admitted in an interview, she really began to smile only at the age of 17.

At one of the views, the girl was noticed by the scout of the Viva Model Management agency and was invited to the casting of the French agency in Moscow. The appearance of the Slavic beauty conquered the French, and then events developed according to the scenario of a real fairy tale. After several months, the girl went to Paris, where the modeling biography of Natalia Vodianova began.

In 1999, in Paris, at one of the competitions, Vodianova was noticed by Jean-Paul Gaultier himself. Immediately after the competition, the well-known couturier offered a job to the aspiring model of Russian nationality. The beginning of my career was not easy. The competition was incredible, and all the money earned went to food and rent.

The Russian Cinderella had her own Fairy Godmother. The Russian beauty was helped by a wealthy Frenchman, a doctor by profession. He sheltered her and solved many of her everyday problems. And also - helped Natalia to focus on learning English and work. He still remains a friend and later even became the godfather of Vodianova's child.

After the participation of the Russian model in the New York Fashion Week, Natalia Vodianova received offers. And soon she took part in the shows of Gucci, Ives Saint-Laurent, Calvin Klein. The model has appeared for the famous publications Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.

In 2001, Natalya first tried her hand at cinema. She played in the movie Agent Dragonfly. Later, the model's filmography was replenished with four more films, but Natalia did not have any really memorable roles. The catwalk brought her much more popularity than films.

In 2002, Vodianova became the most sought-after model at New York Fashion Week. There she performed for nineteen designers at once. At the same time, Natalia becomes the "face and body" of Calvin Klein, who signed a contract with the Russian model. In the same year, the girl opened and closed the shows of the Ives Saint-Laurent collections, which are considered the most prestigious in the fashion world.

But the shooting for the 2004 Pirelli calendar became a real triumph for the girl from the provinces. This honor falls only to the most beautiful women in the world. Natalia Vodianova, according to the Sunday Times, entered the third hundred wealthiest people in Great Britain. So, in 2003, the model earned more than 3.6 million pounds.

In 2007, it became known that Vodianova became the official face of the legendary French house Chanel. She attended fashion shows in Paris, but it is noteworthy that the fashion house itself did not comment on its choice. Natalia became the face of the autumn cosmetics collection.

In early 2008, already in the status of a mother with many children, Natalia Vodianova announced her retirement from the modeling business. She decided to devote herself to family, children and charity. The appearance of Natalia at the fashion show of the Haute Couture Valentino collection was the last in the official career of a fashion model.

Nevertheless, Natalia from time to time returns to the catwalks and participates in some fashion shows as a guest star for very large fees.

In 2009, Natalya received a place as a co-host of the semi-final of the international music contest "Eurovision", held in Moscow. Andrey Malakhov became the second presenter.

Love for children affected all of Natalia's activities. In 2013, she became the new TV presenter of the popular children's show “Voice. Children ”and admitted to the press that she came to the program only because she loves children very much. Dmitry Nagiyev was the co-host of the model.

Natalia is an active participant in various major sporting events. So, in 2014, she took part in the presentation of Sochi-2014, which was held in Vancouver, and later became a participant in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sochi. Natalia Vodianova also became the host of the draw ceremony for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament. 

Popularity and large incomes allowed Natalya to think about the well-being of not only her own family, but also the world around her. Vodianova became an active philanthropist. Soon, charity became an integral and fairly large part of the model's life.

Poor and troubled childhood, the illness of Oksana's sister forever engraved in the memory of Vodianova. When fame and wealth brought her to the very top of Olympus, Natalia did not harden. In 2004, a world-famous successful model founded her own Naked Heart Foundation for the construction of playgrounds in Russia and abroad.

The Foundation is engaged not only in construction, it also has information and educational functions. Natalya recalls the information vacuum her family had to live in, and does not want other families, who are already having a hard time because of the child's illness, were also forced to go through it.

The press linked this foundation with Natalya's sick sister, but Vodianova said that it was not sympathy that motivated her to work with playgrounds, but her own past. My sister, due to her autism, did not feel so much isolation as little Natasha, who always walked with Oksana and felt a strong distance from other children. According to Vodianova, in childhood, no one wants to stand out, this is the prerogative of adolescents and adults, and in childhood, everyone wants to be together and the same, so Natalya started building places where all children can play together.

The logo for the foundation was designed and drawn by the first husband of Natalia Vodianova, Justin Portman. In a short period of time, the foundation has built over a hundred playgrounds and parks in 68 cities of Russia.

In 2011, Natalya opened another charitable program “Every Child Deserves a Family”, which deals with the problems of children with special needs, and whose main activity is aimed at changing the system that has developed in Russia, in which more and more families abandon children with disabilities.

In 2015, a scandal erupted. The sister of a famous model was insulted and kicked out of the park cafe. Due to her diagnosis, the girl has a specific appearance and behavior, which, according to the cafe's management, frightened other visitors. An unpleasant conflict broke out. Oksana's mother even called the police to punish the offenders. A case of insult to honor and dignity was even brought up against representatives of the cafe. Various stars and world media became interested in the conflict, supporting Vodianova and her sister.

According to representatives of the cafe, everything looked completely different. According to the press, the girl was thirsty and went behind the bar, and when they tried not to let her into the office building and sent her to the place intended for visitors, she began banging her head against the walls. After that Oksana was offered to call an ambulance and was asked to leave the cafe. The girl allegedly continued to bang her head, and then sat on the floor. Her escorts did not explain the situation in any way, and the waiters did not know how to react. 

According to the employees of the cafe, no one insulted Oksana, they offered to call an ambulance, because the girl behaved in a strange way, and no one was sure that she was not injured, and no one tried to force her out either.

The scandal caused a public outcry. Stars and journalists began to speak openly about the problems and difficulties of people with disabilities. Vodianova, as an activist and philanthropist, admitted that there were some advantages to her sister in an unpleasant situation.

The country was literally divided into two camps on this issue, and each had its own arguments and reasons. On the one hand, many people supported Vodianova, they believe that people with disabilities should receive the same services and the same attitude as the rest of the population. But there were also those who asked a reasonable question about the danger. After all, the behavior of the girl that caused the scandal was dangerous, at least for herself, and no one in the cafe knew if a child with mental disorders would suddenly become dangerous for other visitors.

This resonance unbalanced all parties to the conflict. When asked by journalists, the mother of Oksana and Natalya asked to leave her and the child alone. Employees of cafes and neighboring entertainment outlets and food outlets began to avoid the press, and the scandalous establishment itself was closed. After the loud story in the cafe, numerous checks were carried out, which revealed a huge number of violations. The management stated that they had no more violations than neighboring cafes, they simply fell under the distribution and became hostages of the situation.

Natalia herself urged the press not to demonize the cafe bosses. She met with her sister's offenders and tried to calmly talk about the situation. The parties understood each other. As the model told the press, these were not bad or cruel people, they acted this way simply out of surprise and unaccustomedness, because the entire Russian society is not adapted to communicate with disabled people and special people.

As befits a true Cinderella, a prince appeared in the personal life of Natalia Vodianova. In Paris, at one of the private parties, Natalya met the art collector and freelance artist Justin Portman. The 33-year-old English aristocrat and the Russian model didn't immediately like each other. Their acquaintance was marked by a loud quarrel. But on the second day, Portman called Vodianova, apologized and offered to meet. Since then, the couple has not been separated.

In early 2001, the model went to a photo shoot in Africa. An English aristocrat also traveled with his Russian chosen one. Natalia returned to Europe pregnant. Justin Portman at the time of the birth of his son was next to Natasha.

Their first child, Lucas, was born in London, and six weeks after his birth, Vodianova returned to the podium. Motherhood had no effect on the supermodel's appearance. The young mother continued to work hard, but now Justin and Lucas were with her everywhere.

Natalia Vodianova and Justin Portman played the wedding after the birth of their son. The marriage was registered on September 1, 2002 in St. Petersburg. The celebration was a success. They walked widely, in Russian, for three days, and a banquet for the guests of honor was organized in Peterhof. For the newlyweds and their guests, the Throne Room of the Grand Palace was rented and even fountains were turned on. The guests were entertained by the ballet dancers of the Mariinsky Theater. Soon the couple had a daughter, Neva, and in 2007, a son, Victor.

But every fairy tale has an end. The personal life of Natalia Vodianova and Justin Portman ended in divorce. Journalists believe that the reason for the divorce was the fact that Natalia met a new love. The French billionaire, the son of the owner of the LVMH concern, Antoine Arnault, and Natalia Vodianova met back in 2007, but the romantic relationship between them developed only in 2011. For the first time Natalia appeared with Arno, while still married to Portman.

In August 2013, the personal life of Natalia Vodianova went according to a new scenario: she accepted Antoine's offer to move from London to bustling Paris. On May 2, 2014, Natalia Vodianova and Antoine Arnault had a son, Maxim. And in June 2016, the son Roman was born in the family, who became the fifth child of Vodianova.

Vodianova constantly adheres to a diet and even put her children on it. With a height of 176 centimeters, she weighs from 45 to 50 kg, but Natalya does not at all require compliance with model standards from her own children. The mother chose diets for them soft and aimed at improving the body.

In an interview for British publications, Natalya explained her methods of education by the fact that it is important to monitor weight and eating habits from a young age, because the habit of what, how and when to eat, will remain with children for life. Vodianova does not require children to follow complex diets and does not starve them, she simply asks to adhere to a diet from which various harmful foods are excluded and the amount of sweets is reduced.

Now Natalia continues to work. She began to take part in the activities of the foundation, returned to the podium just three months after the birth of her youngest child and showed a magnificent figure. Natalya wrote about her decision to end her maternity leave ahead of schedule on her Instagram.

In 2017, Natalia Vodianova discovered a new direction of activism, she became the face of the ecological collection of the H&M brand. The girl posed in a light flying dress made of pleated fabric. But it was not the appearance of the clothes that was special at all, but its material. The dress, like the rest of the collection, is made from the new Bionic material, or, in other words, from recycled waste found in the oceans and coastal areas.

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