10 Photos of Irina Shayk in Colorful Bikinis in Madagascar
Irina Shayk is a legendary SI Swimsuit star. The Russian model made her brand debut in 2007, when she posed for Pamela Hanson in Arizona. Over the years, she’s traveled everywhere from Italy to Chile to Zambia with the brand and even landed the magazine’s cover in 2011 after her photo shoot in Hawai’i with photographer Bjorn Iooss. That year, she became the first Russian model to land on the magazine’s cover.
Outside of her work with the SI Swimsuit Issue, Shayk has walked the runway and posed in campaigns for notable brands like Marc Jacobs, Schiaparelli and Bottega Veneta. The Victoria’s Secret model has also landed covers of countless magazines, including Vogue, GQ and Glamour, to name a few. In addition to her work as a model and Instagram style icon, Shayk is a mom to daughter Lea, whom she shares with her ex, Bradley Cooper.
Shayk’s most recent SI Swimsuit feature was in 2016, when she celebrated 10 incredible years with the brand, a time period that she noted “flew by.”
“Today I woke up and I was like, ‘Wow this is my 10th year!’” she told Women’s Wear Daily at the time. “It’s kind of amazing. It changes every year—they take you to different locations every year. I feel like I grew up with them—they hired me back in 2007 and I didn’t really speak English back then. Not that long ago I went on YouTube and I was looking at my videos, like 2007 videos I did for Sports Illustrated, and it was hilarious. I was like, ‘Is this me?’ It’s embarrassing.”
Below are 10 of our favorite snapshots captured by Derek Kettela during Shayk’s 2014 photoshoot in Madagascar.