Biography
Before the debut match of the wards Stanislav Cherchesov at Euro-2020 Sport.ru released the article "For Belgium, the skill, for Russia - beauty," who submitted to readers of the wives of athletes. Under the hot photo of the favorite of football players in swimsuits or underwear, a brief history of dating couples was walking. Thus, the meeting of Yuri Zhirkova and Inna Gracheva took place thanks to general friends, and Ekaterina Grigoriev and Anton Shunin reduced an application showing those who are right now.Childhood and youth
On September 15, 1988, in a closed military town of a high, aviation garrison near Olenegorsk, Sergey and Alla Grigoriev (in Majmisov's Maji) was born firstborn - Katya daughter. After 2 years, January 3, 1990, the spouses took congratulations on the appearance of Vali's daughter. Girls who grew up in the family of the military, from an early age were accustomed to discipline, obedience and respectful attitude towards adults.
From 9 years of age, a schoolgirl, since childhood, dreamed of a model's career, began to engage in ballroom dancing, often returning from competitions with awards and prizes.
However, after receiving the certificate of maturity with passion, the graduate had to say goodbye. She moved to Murmansk, where he entered the local Technical University with a specialty "Marketing". Later at the same university, but to the Economic Faculty, submitted documents and her younger sister.
Model Career
Having moved to Murmansk, the student took up the embodiment of the dream and diligently went to castings in modeling agencies. Thanks to external data (height 180 cm with weight 54 kg, body parameters 83-61-89) Green-eyed beauty received an invitation to work in Asia. But the trip broke because of the parents, insisted that the daughter first acquired a diploma of higher education.In 2010, Grigorieva, a year earlier, begging for the title "Beauty of the Poplarine,", took part in the beauty contest "Miss Russia", confessing after that he felt awkwardly. However, the girl did not manage to break through the final. After 2 years in the same competition, she dreaming about his own restaurant and worked by a cashier in an indoor fleet of children's attractions again tried his strength by entering the top 10.
In 2012, a couple with sister Katya conquered a realistic show "Top-model in Russian", which Irina Shayk led. The owner of the 2nd place has signed a contract with The Lions Model Management (New York) and Oui Management (Paris), opened the show of Donna Caran at Fashion Week in New York in 2014 and shone on Defile Elie Saab, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Oscar de la Renta, Givenchy, Gucci, Roberto Cavalli, Alexander McQueen, etc. Barbara Bui, Giambattista Valli, Isabel Marant, Ralph Lauren, Stella McCartney, Tory Burch, Vionnet, Emanuel Ungaro, Nina Ricci, Christian Dior were added to them.
At the end of the same year (and then in 2015, and in 2016), the beauty came to the final show Victoria's Secret, and after only 6 months, the gold composition of the "Angels" of the brand replenished:
"I did not have a firm intention to get to Victoria's Secret. I just worked, and a year after the start of my model career, I was invited to the brand. Probably, I was just lucky. Russian women have always been admitted to the most beautiful in the world. But we are still targeted and hardworking - without these qualities, we would hardly have achieved anything. "The photos of Catherine decorated the covers and pages of Russian, Spanish, German, Japanese, Mexican, Turkish Vogue, French Numéro, British Glamor and other popular magazines.
Personal life
In early August 2015, in St. Petersburg, the model married the beloved by the name Alexander - a military officer, at that time served in Severomorsk. In the questionnaire to participate in the "Top Models in Russian", Catherine pointed out that she had a 29-year-old boyfriend who opposed her stay on the project. However, the girl decided to risk relationships and not to give up a dream.
For the wedding celebration, the bride chose a long lace dress Zac Posen with a loop and a long veil, and the groom had a black tuxedo. Despite the seeming idyll, the marriage broke up six months. According to rumors, the head of the family, who dreamed of children, was the initiator of the divorce.
Grigoriev for a long time Corotal time alone - June 16, 2016, she first published a romantic photograph with Anton Shunin. The Dynamo goalkeeper and the Russian team player met back in 2015, thanks to the application showing those who are right now: he from Sheremetyevo flew to the match, and she is on the Victoria's Secret show.
On April 1, 2018, the athlete made the second half of the proposal of his hand and hearts, prescribing the script in advance and removing the video. But in the end, it was so bad that Katya would find a ring, waiting for his o'clock for a month that the cherished "go out for me" at home, being in shorts and a T-shirt. Later on a family dinner, a man asked Ekaterina's hands from her parents.
On July 3, the couple exchanged the Wedding Rings with GRAFF diamonds in the registry office, and after the ceremony in a narrow circle of friends and relatives went to the Moscow Region Restaurant on Rublevo-Uspensky Highway.
"I can say with complete confidence that we wanted such a wedding. On this day, I came with Katya with the most happy people in many ways because our relatives were near. Especially for the celebration from Germany, my grandmother flew off, which with his beloved performed the German Waltz for us, "the football player confessed in an interview.On May 22, 2020, joyful changes occurred in the personal lives of spouses. Daughter Sofia appeared on the world, whose face Mother showed in a personal instagram account only in a year.
Ekaterina Grigorieva now
In the 2021th, the top model, which is part of the Italian Monster Management, was on maternity leave, completely devoting himself to the maternal concerns and education of the smaller daughter. Her husband in the spring of the same year was the main goalkeeper of the Russian national team at the qualifying matches of the World Cup 2022 against Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in the summer - at Euro-2020.