Natalia Vodianova - a Russian model Pictures

Natalia Mikhailovna Vodianova is a Russian model and philanthropist who now permanently resides in the United Kingdom. Born in Gorky, Soviet Union (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia), Natalia Vodianova grew up in a poor district of the city with her mother and two half sisters, one of whom has cerebral palsy. As a teenager, Vodianova helped her mother sell fruit on the street and later set up her own fruit stand with a friend to help her family out of poverty. Vodianova's father walked out on the family when she was a toddler, and she did not have any further contact with him until after she had become famous. Check out more 15 pictures of Natalia Vodianova below: (Click Pictures for Original Size)