Irina Kulikova is a Russia

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n fashion model. She was discovered in a Moscow

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 restaurant by Ivan Bart of IMG Models

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 and actress Liv Tyler

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. She is now represented by IMG Models worldwide, and was named one of the top 10 models of 2007 by V

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During her first season in Fall/Winter 2007 she opened the shows of Prada

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 and Nina Ricci

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, closed the shows of Yves Saint Laurent

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 and Louis Vuitton

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, and was an exclusive for Calvin Klein

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 in New York, among others. She has since opened shows for Dior

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, Donna Karan

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, BCBG Max Azria, Marc Jacobs

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, John Galliano

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, Rue du Mail, and Sonia Rykiel

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, and closed shows for Peter Som

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, Alberta Ferretti

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, Proenza Schouler

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, Donna Karan

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, Moschino

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, Dries Van Noten

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, John Galliano

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, Sonia Rykiel

Sonia Rykiel

Sonia Rykiel née Flis is a French fashion designer.Ethnically a Polish-Romanian Jew, Sonia Rykiel was born in Neuilly a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, the eldest of five daughters of a Polish mother and a Romanian father. At the age of 17, she was employed to dress the window...

, Viktor & Rolf

Viktor & Rolf

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, and Vera Wang

Vera Wang

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. She also received her first crop of campaigns for Prada

Prada

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, Marc Jacobs

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' new fragrance "Daisy", Jil Sander

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, and Pringle of Scotland

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, while appearing regularly in editorials for W

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. She is known for being a favorite of Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

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 and John Galliano

John Galliano

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. Irina was chosen one out of seven girls who got to present Alexander McQueen

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's final collection. Kulikova is friends with fellow models including Kasia Struss

Kasia Struss

Kasia Struss is a Polish model.-Personal Life:Struss was discovered in 2005 by a local talent scout. She went on to finish high school in home town Ciechanów before signing with an agency two years after her initial discovery...

, Lara Stone

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, Lisa Cant, Suvi Koponen

Suvi Koponen

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, Alyona Osmanova, Catherine McNeil

Catherine McNeil

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, and Anabela Belikova

Anabela Belikova

-Career:Belikova signed with IMG in 2007. She began her modeling career walking as an exclusive for the Prada F/W 2007 runway show in Milan.Belikova has been the face of many top fashion brands including Prada, Balenciaga, Nina Ricci, Vera Wang, Blumarine, Jill Stuart cosmetics, M by Missoni, and...

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