![]() Natalia was married on Septemin St.Petersburg, to the Honourable Justin Trevor Berkeley Portman, a British real-estate heir and the half-brother to the 10th Viscount of Portman (making Justin an Aristocrat). Natalia has graced the covers of over 50 international magazines, has walked more than 175 runways and twice made Forbe’s list of the highest paid models between 2006-2007 she ranked fifth and was estimated at making $4.5 million (USD) and then seventh for 2007-2008, when she was estimated at $4.8 million (USD). ![]() Along with Viva, she is now signed with Why Not Model Agency, MY Model Management, and her mother agency, DNA Model Management. Two years later, in1999 Natalia moved to Paris and signed with Viva Management, and her career took off. At the age of 15 Natalia enrolled in a modeling academy and was told that in order to be successful she would need to learn English she learned the language in 3 months. She later moved into an apartment with her friend, and the two of them set up their own fruit stand, and used her money to help her family through poverty. As a young girl, she spent most of her time helping her mother sell fruit on the streets in Russia it was long work with little pay-off. ![]() Natalia grew up in a poor district of the city with her mother and two half sisters, one of which has cerebral palsy. Natalia Vodianova was born on February 28, 1982, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and her rags to riches story has made her one of the most intriguing and personable models to ever grace the runway.
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