Maryna Linchuk is a Belarusian model.
Linchuk was scouted as a model when she was 12 years old. Soon after, she visited her agencies in Paris and London but struggled with growing accustomed to modeling. After a year later, she gave modeling another chance and tried her luck in Japan. Due to the work environment in Japan, she finally grew into modeling and stayed in Japan for a couple of years. She then returned back home and stayed there for another year before venturing out to New York's fashion scene. She got signed with one of the leading New York modeling agencies, DNA models, in 2006.
Along with Mat Gordon and Valeria Garcia, Linchuk was one of the faces of
Escada's Moon Sparkle
fragrance under the alias Simone.
[3] She was also the Fall/Winter 2008–2010 face of the
Miss Dior Cherie fragrance, directed by
Sofia Coppola.
[4]
She has appeared in advertisements for
Versace,
Donna Karan,
Dior,
Gap,
H&M,
Kenneth Cole,
Escada,
Dolce & Gabbana and
Max Mara. She walked in the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013
Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows, as well as for designers
Givenchy,
Gucci,
Michael Kors,
Prada,
Christian Lacroix, Dior,
Versace,
Balmain,
Louis Vuitton,
Valentino and many others.
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Linchuk has also been featured on the covers of other international
Vogue such as Italian, Russian, German, Japanese, Spanish, starred in Vogue US,
Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.
