Maryna Linchuk

Maryna is working hard to cling to her position on the slippery ladder of success in the fashion model world. Taking advantage of her hard work ethic and good fortune, Maryna is dedicated to using her earnings to provide a better life for her family. Maryna is known to her friends and associates as being a universally positive, upbeat person who is a pleasure to know and work with.

Maryna was born on September 4, 1987 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR in what was then the Soviet Union.

Maryna and her younger brother Vladimir grew up in a suburb of Minsk, now the capital of the Republic of Belarus.

Maryna's parents strictly enforced good performances in school for their children.

At age 13, Maryna accompanied a friend to a local talent agency and then enrolled full-time in a beauty school in Minsk.

At age 15, Maryna was selected to join the elite modeling agency IQ Models in Moscow, where she soon came to the attention of well-known fashion brands.

In 2002, at age 15, Maryna began working for IQ Models in Moscow, Russia.

Soon after moving to Tokyo, Japan, to begin her modeling career, Maryna posed in front of the lens of the legendary photographer Paul Zotov.

Maryna's photo session with Zotov soon drew the attention of such famous fashion brands as Versace, Donna Karan, Christian Dior, Giorgio Armani and others.

For the next two years, Maryna posed for Kenneth Cole, Gap, Escada, Max Mara and Dolce & Gabbana.

Maryna's career exploded and she was featured on the covers of Vogue, Glamour, Allure, Tatler, Harper's Bazaar, Allure, Numero and Tatler magazines.

Through hard work and dedication, Maryna Linchuk has leveraged her unearthly beauty to become one of the top supermodels on the planet, putting her in the elite fashion stratosphere alongside top models such as Gisele Bundchen and Natalia Vodianova.

Maryna has graced the covers of Russian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese and American fashion and lifestyle magazines and is currently a member of the Victoria's Secret Angels.