SI Swimsuit 2015 Casting Call: Lada Kravchenko

Rebecca Shore | Jul 21, 2014

NAME: Lada Kravchenko

BUT MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY CALL ME: Fai

AGE: 24

HOMETOWN: Moscow

CURRENT CITY: NYC

YEARS MODELING: 6

INSTAGRAM: @lada_k_

PORTFOLIO: Women Direct

YOU MAY KNOW ME FROM MY WORK WITH: L'Oreal, True Religion, Mimi Holiday, La Perla runway show...

WHEN I TRAVEL I ALWAYS BRING MY . . . swimsuit (in case I'm lucky enough to get to the pool)

THE CRAZIEST THING I'VE HAD TO DO ON A SHOOT IS . . . go on an apparel shoot which turned out to be lingerie. It was an unexpected turn, especially when it's -22° F outside—a snowy Russian winter at midnight, somewhere in the forest

I AM BEST KNOWN FOR MY . . . legs and hair

WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I WAS . . . nerdy, super crazy about my books and lessons

MY FIRST SCREEN NAME WAS . . . Faiole (Roger Zelarky's book heroine)

I FEEL SEXIEST WHEN . . . I'm here, at the SI office, where the sexiest women in the world got their start

MY FRIENDS THINK I SPEND TOO MUCH TIME . . . reading

MY PET IS A . . . horse named Guido

MY BIGGEST FEAR IS . . . spiders

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THE BOOK EVERYONE SHOULD READ IS . . . Tais of Athensby Ivan Efremov

THE MOVIE EVERYONE SHOULD SEE IS . . . Head in the Clouds

MY FAVORITE MUSICAL ARTIST IS . . . Johnny Cash / Everlast / The Black Keys

MY MUSICAL GUILTY PLEASURE IS . . . listening to all the above-mentioned too loudly, 24 hours a day, every day

MY GO-TO KARAOKE SONG IS . . . "The Only One" by The Black Keys

THE CELEBRITY I'D DO A KISSING SCENE WITH IS . . . my boyfriend

IF I STARTED A CHARITY IT WOULD BE TO . . . help homeless, wild dogs in my native city

THE LOOK THAT BEST DESCRIBES MY STYLE IS . . .

Leather jacket and motorcycle boots
T-shirt, jeans and Converse
Chanel sunglasses and Louboutins
Maxi dress and sandals
Other

THE THREE ITEMS ON MY BUCKET LIST ARE . . .

Become an SI model
Visit India
Make girls around the world a bit happier and more self-confident

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 . . . a fish cake à la Milanese, a cauliflower pudding with marinated salmon and traditional chocolate-chunk cookies

MY FAVORITE FOODS ARE . . . sweet • savory

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

I AM . . . spontaneous • a planner

ONE OTHER THING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ME IS . . . I was really good at fencing; now I practice less because of the bruises [I'd get] all over

PREVIOUS CASTING CALLS

Alexandria M. • Alicia R. • Aline W. • Ana Carolina J. • Annie M. • April L. • Casie C. • Candice Lee J. • Clara A. • Daniela B. • Emma S. • Erin H. • Gabrielle K. • Georgie W. • Hailey C. • Heidy D. • Lauren B. • Jasmine S. • Jessica S. • Lindsay B. • Martha H. • Megan W. • Robyn L. • Samantha G. • Sharam D. • Stephanie RB. • Ashley Smith • Rachel Marie T. • Shane S. • Stephanie S. • Terese P. • Xenia D. • Yara

Published Jul 21, 2014

REBECCA SHORE