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

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

descent.

Early life and career

Grikaite was born on July 25, 2000, in

Omsk Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk ...

, Russia. She began her modeling career with Avant Models in Moscow after tagging along with a friend to the agency and was signed immediately. Since S/S 2017, Kris has been an exclusive model for

Prada Prada S.p.A. (, ; ) is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1913 in Milan by Mario Prada. It specializes in leather handbags, travel accessories, shoes, ready-to-wear, and other fashion accessories. Prada licenses its name and branding t ...

'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. Kris has appeared in editorials for '' Vogue US, British Vogue, Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia, Vogue Russia, Vogue China,

Interview Magazine ''Interview'' is an American magazine founded in late 1969 by artist Andy Warhol and British journalist John Wilcock. The magazine, nicknamed "The Crystal Ball of Pop", features interviews with celebrities, artists, musicians, and creative thinke ...

, Self Service and Love Magazine'', photographed by David Mushegain,

Steven Meisel Steven Meisel (born June 5, 1954) is an American fashion photographer, who obtained popularity and critical acclaim with his work in ''Vogue'' and ''Vogue Italia'' as well as his photographs of friend Madonna in her 1992 book, ''Sex''. He is n ...

, Benjamin Huseby, Patrick Demarchelier,

David Sims David Sims is the name of: *David Sims (running back) (born 1955), former American football running back with the Seattle Seahawks * David Sims (safety) (born 1986), American football safety for the Indianapolis Colts *Dave Sims (born 1953), Seattl ...

, Mario Sorrenti, Amy Troost,

Paolo Roversi Paolo Roversi (born 1947) is an Italian-born fashion photographer who lives and works in Paris. Early life Born in Ravenna in 1947, Paolo Roversi's interest in photography was kindled as a teenager during a family vacation in Spain in 1964. Ba ...

, Christian MacDonald, Craig McDean, Daniel Jackson, Steven Klein and

Alasdair McLellan Alasdair McLellan (born 1974) is a British photographer. Life and work McLellan was born in 1974 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He has worked for the fashion press ''Vogue'' UK, ''Vogue Paris,'' '' i-D'', ''Love,'' ''Another Magazine,'' ''Anoth ...

. In May 2017, she appeared on the cover of ''

Vogue Russia Vogue may refer to: Business * ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine ** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine ** '' Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine ** '' Vogue Australia'', an Australian fashion magazine ** '' Vogue China ...

'', photographed by Ben Weller. She was included in the "Top Newcomers F/W 2017" Industry Selects list by British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful on Models.com, and was ranked as one of the "Top 50" models.

References

External links

Kris Grikaite
at Models.com.
Kris Grikaite
on

Instagram Instagram is a photo and video sharing social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. The app allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters and organized by hashtags and geographical tagging. Posts can ...

.
Kris Grikaite
in VK (personal page)
Kris Grikaite
Avant Models {{DEFAULTSORT:Grikaite, Kris 2000 births Living people Female models from Omsk Russian models Russian people of Lithuanian descent Ford Models models The Lions (agency) models