Shayk started her career relatively late for a model, at the age of 19, when she went to Paris in 2005 to model. In 2007 she replaced Ana Beatriz Barros as the face of Intimissimi and in the same year debuted in the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, gaining international recognition as a “rookie”. Since 2007 she has appeared in every annual edition ever since, shooting in the most beautiful places such as St Petersburg, Naples, Grenada and Chile.
