Quotes from Irina Shayk

In Russia, we eat a lot of heavy food like potatoes and lots of meat. I can't eat one apple or a salad a day. You wouldn't want to come talk to me if I don't eat. I have to eat, or I am in a really bad mood.

I don't spend a lot of money on clothes, which is weird because I am a fashion model, but when it comes to the new collections coming out, I am just praying designers send it to me for free.

I'm just collecting gold presents, which is more fun, actually, than buying gold.

You can see designers and fashion people bringing in older girls to do their shows - I'm not even afraid to say 'older.'

Even if you have some extra kilos, you don't need to kill yourself for that; you just have to look at yourself as a positive.

It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.

Of course, nothing just falls into your lap - to get where I am now, I've worked hard.

My personal memories of the brand go way back to the time when I was a teenager. L'Oreal make-up felt like a real luxury for me, and I remember dreaming of purchasing a L'Oreal lipstick.

When I was a teenager, I experimented a lot with hair colour, and the result was just awful.

I was noticed by a person from a local model agency, and he proposed that I participate in a beauty contest Miss Chelyabinsk.

I love fast food, but you have to try to eat healthy.

My father used to be a fisherman, so it always makes me feel close to him when I am there on the water catching my dinner.

I hadn't planned to be a model. It just happened by pure chance. I went to a beauty school with my sister, and I got discovered pretty late. I was discovered when I was 20-21.

I started playing piano age six. I was also singing in the choir, so my mum put me into music school. I went to study there for seven years, but it was not my passion. I quit because I wanted to study marketing. But I can still play piano.

Use coconut oil; it is one of the best moisturizers. Use it right after the shower on wet skin and then wipe it off with a towel.

Stay away from the sun and remember the skin on a woman's neck, hands and face is sensitive and ages easily, so apply a high SPF sunscreen on those areas.

What I've never understood is why some women use plastic surgery to make themselves more attractive to men. The most beautiful woman is someone who's happy and is always smiling.

My ideal man is faithful, honest, and a gentleman who knows how to treat women.

All women have insecurities and bad times. What counts is how you overcome them.

When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.

I'm really grateful to my fans - to all the people who support me.

I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something.

I'm in hotel rooms most of the time, and it can be hard to find a hotel with a nice gym. It was important for me to have a workout I could do in my room.

I love honest men, and a I love a man who is loyal to women.