Kris Grikaite

Kris Grikaite
Born Kristina Grikaite
(2000-07-25) 25 July 2000
Omsk, Omsk Oblast, Russia
Nationality Russian
Occupation
  • Model
Years active 2016–present[1]
Modeling information
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[2]
Hair color Light brown
Eye color Blue
Agency Ford Models (New York, Paris, Los Angeles)
Premier Model Management (London)
Avant Models Agency (Moscow) [3]

Kristina "Kris" Grikaite (Russian: Кристина "Крис" Грикайте)[4]; born July 25, 2000) is a Russian model of Lithuanian descent.

Grikaite was born on July 25, 2000 in Omsk, Russia and began her modeling career in 2016, when she signed with Avant Models Agency. Since S/S 2017, Kris has been an exclusive model for Prada's runway shows. She walked at Prada's S/S 2017 (exclusive), F/W 2017 Menswear, F/W 2017 (opened), S/S 2018 (opened) fashion shows and appeared in Prada's S/S 2017, F/W 2017 and S/S 2018 advertisement campaigns, shot by Willy Vanderperre.[5]

Kris has appeared in editorials for Vogue US, British Vogue, Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia, Vogue Russia, Vogue China, Interview Magazine, Self Service and Love Magazine, photographed by David Mushegain, Benjamin Huseby, Patrick Demarchelier, David Sims, Mario Sorrenti, Amy Troost, Paolo Roversi, Christian MacDonald, Craig McDean, Daniel Jackson, Steven Klein and Alasdair McLellan. In May 2017, she appeared on the cover of Vogue Russia, photographed by Ben Weller.[6] She has, since then, appeared on the covers of Vogue China and Document Journal.

She was included in the "Top Newcomers F/W 2017" Industry Selects list by British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful on Models.com[7], and is currently ranked as one of their Top 50 Models.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Kris Grikaite - the Fashion Spot". forums.thefashionspot.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "DNA Models". www.dnamodels.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kris Grikaite - Model". models.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BC-cjKUmdjG/?hl=en
  5. ↑ Who is Kris Grikaite, the new face discovered by Prada? Archived 2017-04-11 at the Wayback Machine. Vogue.fr
  6. ↑ Kris Grikaite is the Cover Star of Vogue Russia May 2017 Issue Archived 2017-04-11 at the Wayback Machine. Designscene.net
  7. ↑ "Top Newcomes F/W 2017". Industry Selects Archived 2017-04-12 at the Wayback Machine. Models.com
  8. ↑ https://models.com/rankings/ui/Top50/25084#25084
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