Anne Vyalitsyna
Born in Gorky, Russia on March 19th 1986, Anne Vyalitsyna, also sometimes billed as Anne V, is a Russian-American model and actress. Vyalitsnya stand 5’10’’, has blonde hair, green eyes and measures 34 Bust, 24 waist, 34 hips with a size 9 shoe and size 2 dress. [1]
The daughter of a sports doctor and a pediatrician, Vyalitsnya began her professional modeling career at the tender age of just fifteen years old after being scouted in Saint Petersburg by IMG Models following a talent search during MTV’s Fashionable Loud In Europe show. Vyalitsnya entered the competition and relocated to New York City after being crowned the season champion.
Following her reality show discovery, Vyalitsnya’s career really began to take off and within the first six months of her relocation to the United States she had undertaken work for high profile outfits including Sportmax, Anna Molinari and Chloe, as well as appearing on the covers of Glamour, Vogue and ELLE magazines.
One of the most enduring and impressive associations of Vyalitsnya’s career is her long lasting relationship with Sports Illustrated, having appeared in their much publicized swimsuit issue every single year from her debut in 2005 to the latest 2014 publication [2]. Vyalitsnya was also the subject of an interesting series of body painting works by renowned artist Joanne Gair in the 2005 edition of the magazine.
Aside from her print-modeling portfolio, Vyalitsnya has walked for a number of high profile fashion houses including Chanel, Prada, Dolce and Gabbana, Miu Miu and Louis Vuitton. She has also featured in Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in multiple years including 2008, 2010 and 2011. In 2011, Vyalitsnya was chosen to front the Dylan George & Co. and Abbot+Main clothing campaign alongside Hollywood actor Kellan Lutz.
A woman known for her entertainment interests outside of modeling, Vyalitsyna has also branched out into the world of acting with a number of appearance credits in both the music video industry and the film industry. She has been featured prominently in three high profile music videos, one being Alanis Morrisette’s ‘Out Is Through’, and the other two for ‘Misery’ and ‘Never Gonna Leave This Bed’ by her then boyfriend Adam Levine’s band Maroon 5. In terms of motion pictures, Vyalitsyna made an uncredited cameo appearance in the fifth Die Hard film, 2013’s A Good Day To Die Hard, and the same year she also played a small part in the American drama Lullaby.
Outside of modeling and acting, Vyalitsnya’s other interests include endurance running, philanthropy and very often combining the two. In 2009, for example, she ran and completed the New York City Marathon with the added involvement of volunteering to guide a disabled athlete along the entire length of the course. The challenge was undertaken for the Achilles International charity. [3]