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 +====== Colette Pechekhonova ======
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 +~~socialite~~
 +Colette Stryjenova Peshekhonova is a fashion model from Russia. She was born in a city called Leningrad that is known in our days as Saint Petersburg. Her date of birth is March 12, 1980. She is known for her distinct blonde hair, long legs, and plump lips. She is the one who initiated the search for an agency while she was still studying.
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 +===== Modeling Management =====
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 +Colette Pechekhonova was in medical school when she decided to send one of her best picture to a modeling agency. She was only 18 when she was discovered by Cros Coitton. The latter is the owner of the Nathalie agency, who offered her a deal and helped her begin her career in modeling. She dropped the medical school and made her debut at the spring Fendi, Jil Sander and Prada shows in Milan, in September 1998. Since then, she had a very busy professional life for more than a decade.
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 +===== Career =====
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 +After Colette Pechekhonova began her modeling career in Milan, she went to Paris, where she walked for Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Yohji Yamamoto shows. In 1999, she switches to New York Models, the fact which quickly brings her an exclusive contract with Calvin Klein. During the same year, she is featured on the cover of i-D and appears in Harper’s Bazaar editorial. In year 2000, she becomes the face of BottegaVeneta, Valentino Jeans, and Missoni fall ad campaign. Among her magazine appearances is Vogue and German Vogue. One year later, in 2001, Colette Pechekhonova stars in fashion shows held in Paris for Chloé, Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfeld and Valentino. In addition, Louis Vuitton chooses her for the fall ad campaign. Photographer Karl Lagerfeld works with her in 2002 for Chanel couture, as well as Helmut Newton for Russian Vogue. Colette Pechekhonova goes back and forth from Paris to New York and back again because she is internationally known and many fashion designers want her to wear their clothes, namely Diane von Furstenberg, Kenneth Cole, Oscar de la Renta, Vera Wang and Louis Vuitton.
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 +2004 marks the year when this Russian model decides to retire, but she realizes that was not the best decision she took, so she signs with Nathalie in Paris. This turn of events doesn’t affect her career too much. She continues to open the spring for Chado Ralph Rucci, Givenchy, and Louis Vuitton shows. Four years later, she changes agencies again. This time, she collaborates with One Model Management from New York. 2008 and 2009 are busy years for her. She returns to Paris to star in presentations for Christian Dior and Givenchy couture. In New York, she is present in Erin Fetherston, Ohne Titel, and Chado Ralph Rucci shows. Among the photographers she worked with in 2008 and 2009 are Manuela Pavesi, Laurie Bartley, Todd Eberle, Aitken Jolly and Jem Mitchell. Each of them manages to capture different sides of Colette Pechekhonova’s beauty and highlight them according to each type of editorial.
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 +===== References =====
 +  * [[http://nymag.com/fashion/models/cpechekhonova/colettepechekhonova/]]
 +  * [[http://beautifulrus.com/colette-pechekhonova/]]
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 +  * [[http://www.city-data.com/forum/fashion-beauty/|Discuss Colette Pechekhonova on our popular forum]]
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 +~~socialite~~
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 +<WRAP fashionindex center centeralign 100%>**Index of Models:** [[Models A-C]] -  [[Models D-J]] -  [[Models K-M]] -  [[Models N-R]] -  [[Models S-Z]]</WRAP>
  
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