STEVEN KLEIN for ITALIAN VOGUE

Viktoriya Sasonkina by Steven Meisel

The Russian Wave

Sweeping across magazines and advertising are a wave of mesmerizing and hard working beauties that the blue chip clients just adore. The newest of them all, Anna Selezneva, scores the September Russian Vogue cover shot by Mario Testino/styled by Carine Roitfeld.

The top Russian/Eastern European models, according to Russian Vogue are currently:
Anna Selezneva
Diana Farkhullina
Sasha Pivovarova
Maryna Linchuk
Natasha Poly
Anna Gushina
Snejana Onopka
Olga Sherer
Vlada Roslyakova
Valentina Zeliaeva
Tanya Dziahileva
Irina Kulikova

Tyra Banks Show

Tyra Banks along with other models, including Jessica White, Noemie Lenoir and Veronica Webb, that she invited on the show take to the streets with black balloons to celebrate the success of Italian Vogue's "Black Issue." The magazine featured some of the great black models of our time and it was a huge success selling out worldwide. The show is set to air in September during NYC fashion week. Article and images from Justjared.com

Italian Vogue - Gemma Ward - By Paolo Roversi