IRINA SHAYK

This is my favorite area in New York - the West Village is the heart of New York. I could never move somewhere else.

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.

Boys never liked me at school. They made fun of me 'cos I had dark skin.

I couldn't speak any English when I first left Russia, and Intimissimi taught me everything. The team was like a family to me - they showed me how to model and how to stay in shape. They really believed in me.

I'm a model, but I love to eat.

I'm very smart, and I have a great team of people around me investing my money. I'm not buying gold - yet.

I don't care what people think about me. I really don't.

I am trying to concentrate on books. You know, I love Dostoevsky; he's my favourite writer.

When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.

Of course I want to have a family, but there's a right time for everything. When my time comes, it will happen.

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

I always had a short bob with bangs, and I hated it. My mum would always say, 'A short hair cut is always the way to go for you.' I had it for fourteen years!

For my body, I like high-waisted jeans because they make your leg look longer and hides this extra thing on my stomach. You can eat extra food with it because it hides, and I like to tuck in my t-shirts.

Mutual respect is very important in a relationship, and since my work is part of my life, he would have to respect it.

Stay away from the sun and remember the skin on a woman's neck, hands and face is sensitive and ages easily, so apply a high SPF sunscreen on those areas.

Both should share the same concept of what a relationship means and the same energy to believe in a monogamous relationship.

It doesn't matter if you're small, big, or fit: if you go in front of the camera and deliver and say, 'Oh my God, I look amazing,' and just be sure about yourself, everything will be perfect.

I hate wearing makeup because I am just too lazy to take it off at night.

I love high heels from the age of 10! Short skirts and then high heels. My classmates used to make fun of me. Like, 'Ooh, she's so skinny and she's wearing high heels.' But I just wore what I like, and I didn't care about people's opinions, the same as I don't care now.

You can't wear only one dress and be so safe. You have to risk; that's how you learn about yourself.

I love fast food, but you have to try to eat healthy.

In the morning, I always use a cube of ice on my face - it gives me a natural lift.

When I was growing up in Russia, my grandmothers would cook the best pancakes in the world, the best meatballs, the best dumplings.

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

In my business, you should be very strong in mind. You have to be sure about yourself and about your work and your career, and you have to be strong inside because so many people come around and try to say bad things about you.