- Born
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Pantaeva became the most successful indigenous Asian fashion model in the history of fashion. She was the first indigenous Asian model to cover Vogue, Elle and is known as one of the supermodels of the 1990's. Know internationally for her work for Christian Dior, Chanel, Fendi, Giorgio Armani, Thierry Mugler, Gianni Versace, Alexander McQueen, Kenzo, Valentino, Prada, Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, Missoni, and others, she became the first indigenous Asian model to be featured in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. As an Actress Irina Pantaeva appeared as Jade in Mortal Kombat , and has starred in sitcoms with John Lithgow, even appearing as herself in the Iconic film Zoolander directed by Ben Stiller.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Publicist
- SpouseRoland Levin(1994 - 2008) (divorced, 2 children)
- Her ethnic background is Buryat.
- Has two sons Ruslan, b. 1989 and Solongo b. December 21, 2003.
- She won the first-ever beauty contest in Buryatia, "Miss Ulan-Ude". Later that same year she went to Moscow to the audition for Vozvrashhenie Xodzhi Nasreddina movie, and filming afterwards. Then she joined Avant-garde Theatre of fashion run by designer Irina Molchanova.
- She moved to Paris to pursue her modeling career. She succeeded in getting an appointment with Karl Lagerfeld, that allowed her to join in his fashion show and the world of haute couture. Pantaeva signed a contract with "The Marilyn Agency".
- Pantaeva walked runways for renowned designers and fashion houses, such as: Christian Dior, Versace, Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler, Issey Miyake, John Galliano, Yves Saint Laurent, Anna Sui, Chloé, Kenzo, appeared in fashion campaigns for Calvin Klein, GAP, Kenzo, Missoni, Levi's Jeans, and was presented on covers of the fashion magazines: Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, etc. In the second half of the 1990s, she was one of the favorite models of English fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. In 1998, she wrote her autobiography Siberian Dream: A Memoir, and it was published by Avon/Bard.
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