Anne Vyalitsyna (Russian: Анна Вьялицына) (born March 19, 1986), also known simply as Anne V, is a Russian model. She is best known for her consecutive 5-year run in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Anne Vyalitsyna was born in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, formerly known as Gorky. Both her parents are doctors; her father is a sports doctor for a soccer team and her mother is a pediatrician. She started her professional modeling caree...
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Anne Vyalitsyna (Russian: Анна Вьялицына) (born March 19, 1986), also known simply as Anne V, is a Russian model. She is best known for her consecutive 5-year run in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
Anne Vyalitsyna was born in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, formerly known as Gorky. Both her parents are doctors; her father is a sports doctor for a soccer team and her mother is a pediatrician. She started her professional modeling career at the age of 15, after IMG scouts discovered her in Saint Petersburg while looking for new faces for MTV's Fashionably Loud Europe. She entered and ended up winning their modeling contest along with a contract with IMG Paris and, later, IMG New York.
Within six months of her win, Vyalitsyna had appeared for Anna Molinari, Chloé and Sportmax. She later landed shows with such high-profile designers as Alberta Ferretti, Alexander McQueen, Anna Sui, Calvin Klein, Christian Lacroix, Carolina Herrera, Dolce & Gabbana, Emanuel Ungaro, Fendi,...
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