Irina Shayk is a Russian model and actress who received international recognition when she appeared as the first Russian model on the cover of the 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
She was born on 6 January 1986 in Yemanzhelinsk, Soviet Union, to a Volga Tatar father, Valery Shaykhlislamov, and a Russian mother, Olga. She is currently 35 years old. She has one sibling, a sister named Tatiana Pentenkova.
Her mother urged her to study music at an early age, but later due to family complications after her father died, Irina took on to beauty school. Eventually, she has made it big in her career with her stunning looks.
Irina Shayk's Rumor About Dating Kanye West
Rumors have been sparked about the two big stars in the entertainment industry, Irina Shayk and Kanye West, to be dating after they were spotted together.
In the recent photos published by The Daily Mail, Irina and Kanye can be seen taking in the beautiful countryside during a vacation in France while celebrating Kanye’s 44th birthday. They stayed at the luxe Villa La Coste, a 600-acre boutique hotel beloved by artists and celebrities which features an organic winery, spa, three restaurants, and an art center.
The eyewitness tells E! News that they looked “incredibly happy and relaxed” as they took pictures of each other and the sculptures with some of their friends. Another source says the duo spent three nights at the luxe hotel before heading back to New York on 9 June.
Throughout their getaway, the insider says, “Kanye photographed Irina any chance he could. She loved posing for him, and he got very into what he was creating with his photographs. She looks like his muse.”
Their relationship rumors surfaced when an unverified Instagram gossip site Deuxmoi posted in May 2021, which went viral. While their coupling rumors may have just hit the mainstream, they have a long working history. Their friendship goes back to 2010 when the model starred in West’s music video for the single Power.
A source tells PEOPLE about the invitation from Kanye to Irina for celebrating his 44th birthday in France, saying Irina “seems smitten. He invited her to France, and she happily accepted.” The source further adds, “They are not officially dating, but there is an interest from both sides.”
The news of the new romance comes several months after Kanye’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, filed a divorce from West in February after six years of marriage. Meanwhile, Shayk was last romantically linked to Bradley Cooper. Both of them appear to have bounced off their ex-relationships and romantically linked together, as several outlets confirm. However, we have yet to hear from the subjects of the topic themselves.
As the relationship speculations of Irina and Kanye surfaced, Kanye’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, is somewhat keeping up with those romance rumors. But, a source told E! News, while Kim knows about the gossip, she isn’t paying too much attention. “Kim has heard the rumors about Kanye and Irina Shayk, and she doesn’t mind at all,” the insider shared. “If it doesn’t impact her kids, then she doesn’t mind if Kanye dates.”
A separate insider agreed, telling E! News, “Irina and Kim don’t know each other, so it’s a non-factor for Kim. She doesn’t mind if Kanye is dating.”
Nonetheless, for her part, Kim wished a happy birthday for her estranged husband, Kanye, on 9 June, along with a sweet family photo of them. The post was captioned, "Happy Birthday Love U for Life!”
Irina Shayk Has Dated Bradley Copper
Prior to sparking romance rumors with Kanye West, Irina Shayk dated the father of her daughter Lea De Seine, Bradley Cooper.
Irina decided to end her relationship with Bradley during the year 2019 because she was reportedly fed up with his grueling work schedule. A source told Entertainment Tonight that the two were just on the verge of separating over the years, as Irina felt that Bradley was too into his professional work.
Although their split may have come in surprise to the fans, the sources close to them told that they “haven’t been getting along for quite some time,” and eventually, it led to their split.
The two started dating in the spring of 2015. They moved together seven months later and welcomed their daughter into the world in March 2017. An insider told PEOPLE that the pair are now said to be amicably working out how to share custody of their daughter at the time.
Irina is very protective of her daughter and has kept her out of the spotlight. However, though it may be cropped out, she shared a photo with an Instagram post of herself donning a cropped bra top, pencil skirt, and matching fur overcoat while holding hands with her daughter, Lea. Shayk also revealed that the image was taken by her ex-boyfriend and Lea’s father, Bradley. The post was shared in April 2021, captioning, “My dream for @ricardotisci17 @burberry. *insert camera icon by daddy”. The post gave a rare glimpse of Irina’s life insight, which seems to be a co-parenting situation between the ex-couple.
In an interview with Elle magazine in March 2021, the Russian beauty spoke about parenting with Bradley. “I never understood the term co-parenting,” she said, adding that she and her ex-boyfriend parent Lea equally. “When I’m with my daughter, I’m 100 percent a mother, and when she’s with her dad, he’s 100 percent her dad. So Co-parenting is parenting,” Irina added, while also calling Bradley “The most amazing dad.”
Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper with their daughter, Lea (©: harpersbazaar.com)
Irina and Bradley were also seen walking their daughter together in early June 2021. They seemed to be on a family outing as a part of their co-parenting of daughter Lea.
Irina Shayk Relationship With Cristiano Ronaldo
Irina Shayk also dated the prominent football personality Cristiano Ronaldo for about six years, from 2009 to 2015.
It was revealed in January 2015 that the pair had split over the Christmas season of 2014. Several outlets confirmed that Irina took the painful decision to suddenly end the relationship on New Year’s Eve at the couple’s home in Madrid after confronting the footballer.
A friend close to Irina said HELLO! It wasn’t a “decision she took lightly” and took it after serious consideration. The friend added, “She then left immediately and spent New Year’s Eve crying alone in the airport before flying to the Maldives, where she spent her birthday alone.”
Following her decision to split, Irina immediately unfollowed Ronaldo on Twitter and deleted all personal images of the couple on her Instagram account. Instead, she posted pictures of herself in the Maldives “to show the world she has moved alone.”
Speculation that the couple’s relationship was over first surfaced after Irina missed the footballer’s third Ballon d’Or win in Zurich on 12 January 2015.
Just about three months after their split rumors, Irina spoke about her relationship with Ronaldo with the pack of media. Shayk’s agent, Gael Marie, also had always claimed that Irina was already a well-established professional when she started dating Ronaldo.
Irina, during her appearance in front of the media in March 2015, told journalists that Ronaldo made her feel “ugly and insecure” until she realized that she was “with the wrong man,” adding, “If you are going to have a relationship then it has to be a good one, otherwise it is best to drop it. Relationships are tough, and you have to know what kind of man you want at your side and what his values are, which is the important thing in life. If you are with somebody, it is because you are both going in the same direction and looking for the same thing,” she concluded.
While their separation came to light, some reason for their split also surfaced. A source close to the couple told The Sun that the reason for their split was Shayk’s discovery of secret flirty text messages with “dozens of women” from all over the world on Ronaldo’s phone. When confronting the situation with Ronaldo, he eventually admitted his doings with little excuse. This has Shayk in shock, and she felt “devastated,” which led to the couple's separation.
The pair first met in early 2010 and fell in love with each other. In the same year, they began dating. After few months, the relationship took an unexpected turning point. Cristiano declared that he became a father, but not with Irina. The mother of the child was unnamed, as the baby was born in July 2010. The couple got engaged in July 2010, and Ronaldo named his son Cristiano Ronaldo Junior. In September 2014, Ronaldo announced in an interview that he wasn’t ready to marry Irina. Unfortunately, their marriage did not happen as they split in January 2015.
Irina Shayk Has A Long List Of Relationships
While talking about Irina Shayk's dating history, before rising to stardom, she dated Valerio Morabito. The two were spotted in public a few too many times. The couple got engaged and broke off the engagement soon after. They confirmed that it was due to various disagreements that the two amicably decided to part ways and moved on.
She was also alleged to be in a relationship with Linkin Park drummer Rob Bourdon. The pair was reached out for comments by Elite Daily, and they didn’t respond to the question on this topic. Though the information may be lacking, they seemed to have been in a romantic link for two years between 2007 and 2009.
Following her relationship with Bourdon, Shayk was rumored to have a fling with former FIFA president Sepp Blatter. While their relationship was never confirmed, they were rumored to have been seeing each other in 2009.
Shayk was also rumored to be dating Brazilian model Arthur Sales. Little is known about their romance, but they were rumored to be dating between February 2009 and November 2009.
Then, Irina found her four-and-a-half-year relationship with soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, which abruptly ended in 2015.
While it was never confirmed, it was rumored that Shayk briefly dated her co-star from the 2014 blockbuster Hercules, Dwayne Johnson. Still, their relationship was never officially confirmed, though they were soon posing on the red carpet together at the Hercules premiere.
In April 2015, Shayk started dating Bradley Cooper. They had a daughter together and eventually walked their separate ways. Nonetheless, they still remain on good terms for co-parenting their daughter.
And, as of now, Irina has sparked relationship rumors with her friend of many years, Kanye West.
Net Worth And Career Of Irina Shayk
With her talents and skills, Irina Shayk has been involved in a number of modeling projects over the years, which has earned her a fortune of wealth to her name. She has an estimated net worth of $25 million as of 2020.
While Shayk decided to attend the beauty school, she was immediately noticed by a person from a local modeling agency who was struck by her beauty. As a result, she participated in the Miss Chelyabinsk 2004 beauty contest, in which she won.
Shayk became the face of Intimissimi in 2007, and in the same year until 2015, she attended these annual editions, having photoshoots in places as Naples, Chile, St. Petersburg, and Grenada. In 2010, Shayk became the official ambassador of Intimissimi after being the company's face for almost three years. She has worked with campaigns like Beach Bunny Swimwear, the spring/summer 2009 season of Guess, Victoria’s Secret catalog, Cesari Paciotti, Lacoste, and Morellato. In the year 2009, she signed with the IMG Models modeling agency.
Shayk ranked first in the “50 Hottest Russian Woman” list by Complex Magazine. She was on the cover for the August issue of the fashion magazine Ocean Drive and GQ South Africa. She shifted from swimwear to high fashion and landed the cover of Elle Spain for their November 2010 issue. She was awarded “Best International Model of 2010” by Glamour Spain. Shayk was the cover model of the 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue for the first time and her fifth time being featured in the magazine, making her the first Russian model to be featured as the cover model.
Shayk has been a cover model to several magazines such as Cosmopolitan Spain, GQ Mexico, Tatler Russia, Glamour Spain, Twelv, Amica Italy, and the special edition for Christmas of Elle Spain. In brands, she has worked with Replay, Rampage, and XTI. Likely, she went on to cover Marie Claire Ukraine, GQ Germany, Esquire UK, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia and Ukraine, Glamour Russia, The Sunday Times Styles, and features in 14 Cosmopolitan spring covers worldwide in the year 2012.
She became the face of the brand La Clover and Avon’s super drama mascara. In November 2012, she presented the fourth season of the Russian reality television show, Top Model po-russki. In March 2013, she did the runway of the brand Givenchy during the Paris fashion week and featured in the Harper’s Bazaar US several times in that same year.
In years between 2016 and 2020, Shayk has walked the runways for Bottega Venatam Burberry, Givenchy, Moschino, Mango, Diane Von, Furstenberg, Giles Deacon, and Philipp Plein. In addition, she became the new L’Oreal Paris International Spokesperson in 2015. The following year, she walked in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show while she is 6 months pregnant with her baby girl.
In the year 2019, Shayk became the new face for the Scandal fragrance of Jean Paul Gaultier’s. She also made her acting debut in the 2014 film Hercules as Megara. She has also been on the cover for a total of 31 Vogue magazine issues over the years as a model.