The 25-year-old beauty hailsfrom Chelyabinsk, Russia, a town so small it’s often left off maps. Shayk foundout she was chosen for the cover over nine other models after participating in thetop 10 list on The Late Show withDavid Letterman.
Shayk is the girlfriend ofsoccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo
and has been featured in four previous SI
swimsuit editions and recently in Adam Sandler’s film
Just Go With It
.
