SI Swimsuit 2015 Casting Call: Elena Melnik

SI Staff | Oct 27, 2014

NAME: Elena Melnik

AGE: 28

HOMETOWN: Ekaterinburg, Russia

CURRENT CITY: Ekaterinburg, Russia

YEARS MODELING: 8

INSTAGRAM: @elenamelnik1• PORTFOLIO: NEXT Models

​​YOU MAY KNOW ME FROM MY WORK WITH: Balmain, YSL, Dior, Calvin Klein, Vera Wang fragrances, Giorgio Armani Beauty, Isabel Marant, Louis Vuitton, Vogue (France, Spain, Germany), Numero TOKYO magazine

WHEN I TRAVEL I ALWAYS BRING . . . my computer

​THE CRAZIEST THING I'VE HAD TO DO ON A SHOOT IS . . . shoot with a python

​I AM BEST KNOWN FOR MY . . . eyes

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​WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I WAS . . . sporty

I FEEL SEXIEST WHEN . . . I shoot topless :)

MY PET IS A . . . cat named Masya

MY FRIENDS THINK I SPEND TOO MUCH TIME . . . on Facebook and Instagram

MY BIGGEST FEAR IS . . . heights

THE CELEBRITY I'D DO A KISSING SCENE WITH IS . . .Brad Pitt

THE BOOK EVERYONE SHOULD READ IS . . . anything Dostoyevsky in Russian

THE MOVIE EVERYONE SHOULD SEE IS . . . Titanic

IF I STARTED A CHARITY IT WOULD BE TO . . . build houses for the homeless

THE LOOK THAT BEST DESCRIBES MY STYLE IS . . .

1. Leather jacket and motorcycle boots
2. T-shirt, jeans and Converse
3. Chanel sunglasses and Louboutins
4. Maxi dress and sandals
5. Other​​: Leather jacket, jeans and high boots

I AM . . .a morning person • not a morning person

I AM AN . . . amazing cook • O.K cook • awful cook . . . 

AND THE BEST THING I MAKE IS . . . soups, chicken with potatoes

MY FAVORITE FOODS ARE . . . sweet • savory

I AM . . .  single • in a relationship • it's complicated • I'll never tell!

I AM . . . spontaneous • a planner

ANYTHING ELSE? . . . I ran track and cross country at university, I have an amazing Indian accent and I can do the worm

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