Kris Grikaite

Kristina Grikaite (Russian: Кристина Грикайте; born July 25, 2000) is a Russian model of Lithuanian descent.

Kris Grikaite
Grikaite in 2019
Born
Kristina Grikaite

(2000-07-25) 25 July 2000
Omsk, Omsk Oblast, Russia
NationalityRussian
Occupation
  • Model
Modeling information
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Hair colorLight brown
Eye colorBlue
Agency
  • The Lions (New York, Los Angeles)
  • Ford Models (Paris)
  • Premier Model Management (London)
  • Avant Models Agency (Moscow)[1]

Early life and career

Grikaite was born on July 25, 2000 in Omsk, Russia, to a Lithuanian mother and Russian father. She 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.[2]

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.[3] Since then, she has 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,[4] and is currently ranked as one of their Top 50 Models.[5]

References
  1. "Kris Grikaite - Model". models.com.
  2. "Who is Kris Grikaite, the new face discovered by Prada?". Vogue Paris.
  3. Kris Grikaite is the Cover Star of Vogue Russia May 2017 Issue "Kris Grikaite is the Cover Star of Vogue Russia May 2017". Designscene.net.
  4. "Top Newcomers F/W 2017: Industry Selects". models.com.
  5. "Top 50 Models". models.com.

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