Irina Shabayeva
Birth Name:
Irina Shabayeva
Birthplace:
Republic of Georgia
Race or Ethnicity:
Georgian
The model was born in the former Soviet state of Georgia but grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Shabayeva graduated from Parson’s School of Design in 2003 and then went to study fur design in Denmark. She credits her heritage for a lot of her success in life.
Irina Shabayeva appears in the 6th season of the television show, “Project Runaway”.
Georgia is a Eurasian country bordering Russia, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Source:
http://irinashabayeva.com/
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Her surname is not Georgian as hell. So why the hell in this world her ethnicity is defined as Georgian? Just take a look at this page where it says bout the origin of the surname: http://www.onomastikon.ru/proishogdenie-familii-shabaev.htm