Irina Shayk

Shayk in 2012, photo by PR photos

Birth Name: Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova

Place of Birth: Yemanzhelinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)

Date of Birth: 6 January, 1986

Ethnicity:
*75% Russian
*25% Tatar

Irina Shayk is a Russian model and actress. She is known for her appearances in many Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues. She is 5′10″.

Irina is the daughter of Olga (likely Korenkova) and Valery Shaykhlislamov. Her paternal grandmother was of Tatar descent. The rest of her family is Russian. Irina has a daughter with her former partner, American actor and director Bradley Cooper.

Irina’s paternal grandmother is named Galiya/Galina Gaynislamovna Shaykhlislamova (the daughter of Gaynislam Shaykhlislamov).

Irina’s maternal grandfather is named Ilya (likely Korenkov).

Irina’s maternal grandmother is named Nina Fedorovna (the daughter of Fedor).

Sources: NY Post article that mentions Irina’s background – http://www.nypost.com

Genealogy of Irina Shayk (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com

Article about Irina’s paternal grandmother, Galiya/Galina Gaynislamovna Shaykhlislamova – http://www.dailymail.co.uk

129 Responses

  1. lenkastyle says:

    Irina is a white girl! Her father was half tatar. here his photo http://cs407321.userapi.com/v407321184/ee9/HYW4EvrKZpA.jpg . i think he was crimean tatar. he look like them. but Irina more look like shes mother. Her mother too have a full lips. http://top-antropos.com/images/11/Irina-Shayk/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%20%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%20%D0%B2%20%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5.jpg

  2. pixels says:

    cute white girl

    • fuzzybear44 says:

      not in that picture

      • nnnnn says:

        Hm. I hate that “white or not white”, but Tatars are really
        not white. This fact doesn’t make her less beautiful,
        but he awuful collagen lips

        • fuzzybear44 says:

          oh,you don’t think her lips are natural?

        • andrew says:

          it depends, Tatars can have both Caucasian or Mongoloid features, Irina is more on European side, Charles Bronson (half Tatar) looks partly Asian

        • andrew says:

          @ follers

          Bronson dad is an ethnic Tatar from Lithuania, it’s written in several sites

          • nnnnn says:

            Wow. That Walter had 11 children with 42 years.
            Polish catholic.

            Bronson looks like Günter Grass, who is partly
            polish from Danzig. They have sometimes a bit
            “asian” look

          • nnnnn says:

            andrew: even if you would be right, that “it’s written
            in several sites” makes me skeptic. It remains at
            website “jewornotjew”. There are enough stupid,
            ignorant or just nasty people, who spread wrong
            information

        • andrew says:

          @follers

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipka_Tatars

          “Charles Bronson was a descendant of the Lipka Tatars of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which caused many people to think that he looked like a Chicano or Mexican-American who was a Mestizo (mixture of Spanish and Amerindian ancestry). Thus, due to his looks, Bronson sometimes played characters who were Mexican or who were part-Indian”

          ok?

          • nnnnn says:

            No, “jewornotjew” isn’t reliable. Alone, the fact,
            that they believe, that Trier’s dad was a nazi, and
            not a jew. Some slander is there, too

        • Khazar says:

          Tatars are a pan-ethnicity, meaning that not all Tatars are non-white. It’s like saying that Mexicans are non-white, even though a few of them aren’t.

    • aaa says:

      She’s not white to me,she looks have a relevant arab genes

      • andrew says:

        she’s a Russian beauty. She’s “white” and there’s no “relevant arab genes” in her LOL.

        http://static.blogo.it/gossipblog/irina-shayk-comera-prima-come-adesso/000.jpg

        • aaa says:

          She is half russian and half tartar,she doesn’t look white at all. You should choose another white and russian beauty.

          • andrew says:

            She has Caucasian (*WHITE* ok?) features. She doesn’t reveal Mongoloid traits as Tatars can have. She’s 100% Russian by nationality since Tatars doesn’t have an own State, they’re just one of many ethnicities inside Russia. Russians can be many things

          • aaa says:

            Not all the ethnic groups inside Russia are of the white race.Her features are not like of other white women.

          • andrew says:

            go back to Stormfront with your “whiteness” obsession

          • nnnnn says:

            Her citisenship is russian, but I saw their passports:
            they always write besides of citisenship ethnic
            background: german, ukrainean, so tatar, too.
            I don’t know, if modern tatars are pure mongol.
            Maybe, they are mixed.

      • theropod says:

        Light skin (close to olive than brown), blue eyes, round face…she’s pretty much Caucasian.

        Arabs are Caucasian too, though not all of them are white (and not all of them are dark!).

        • ann says:

          nnnnn, in Russian passports don’t write ethnicity!!! What are you talking about?

        • fuzzybear44 says:

          @theropod

          (Arabs are Caucasian too, though not all of them are white (and not all of them are dark!).

          By U.S law Arabs are Caucasian,no matter what they are or look like.If wesley snipes was born in a Arab country,he would listed as Caucasian.

          • follers says:

            fuzzybear44, do you think Welsey Snipes is Ashkenazi or Sephardic?

          • fuzzybear44 says:

            @follers

            Ashkenazi is possible,but HIGHLY doubt it,Sephardic would be a better bet.Now if Wesley is jewish ,he doesn’t seem to know it.I actually don’t think we know much about his background.

          • follers says:

            I would have guessed Sephardic also!

            Wesley was actually a Muslim for a while, so he has been neglecting his Jewish faith.

          • fuzzybear44 says:

            @Follers

            Thank you,didn’t know that

          • andrew says:

            is Wesley still jailed?

      • Dexterous B says:

        She doesn’t look like a pure White (European) race at all . Her mix makes her looking more like a Middle-Eastern Lebanese or Irani with green eyes.

  3. escaleira says:

    What happened to her lips?

  4. me says:

    her skin looks naturally dark

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