Foto's van Lexa Shevchenko

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Starting modeling professionally at the age of 15 after doing Moscow Fashion Week, Lexa was picked up by Women Management Paris and her first job was Chanel Cruise fashion show where she got to work with Karl Lagerfeld. After modeling for 3 years and trying herself in high fashion where she worked for such designers as JIl Sander, Calvin Klein, Jeremy Scott, Jill Stuart and others during New York, MIlan and Paris fashion weeks, she started working on a more commercial side of the business for such clients as Macy's, Nordstrom and Gilt.com. Lexa had a successful career as a fashion model for nearly 10 years and is now living in New York where she works with MUSE model management. She also has a blog for aspiring models and people interested in modeling, fashion and travel where she writes her modeling guide, shares work and travel experiences and beauty/skincare tips: www.modeljourney.com