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Of the likes of fellow awe-captivating Eastern European ladies in fashion, Anastasia herself came into the world in the town of Belgorod, found on the Servesky Donets river, near the Ukrainian border. On into young adulthood with aspirations in heart, fate brought her to an open casting call in Moscow which well openly presented the doors to her to the world of high-end fashion modeling! In an impressive high-start, she arrived in Milan selected to walk for DSquared2, Emporio Armani, and Versace...
Top, Versace Spring-Summer 2013 ready-to-wear (RTW);
bottom, DSquared SS13 RTW and Emporio Armani SS13 RTW;
and haute couture Atelier Versace SS13.
After Ana's debut Spring-Summer 2013 collections fashion week season in fall 2012, Donatella Versace had her be a part - also featuring icon Stella Tennant, and recognized models Karlie Kloss and Joan Smalls among other talents - of presenting the house's Spring-Summer 2013 haute couture line, Atelier Versace, in Paris in January 2013 (unlike ready-to-wear previewed months in advance, haute couture is shown at the beginning of a collection's very fashion season). This highly intriguingly distinguishes Anastasia the second Abercrombie & Fitch Co. model ever with experience with haute couture - custom-and-time-honored made with the ultimate materials and craftsmanship; the highest expression of creation in fashion and steely protected and regulated by French law under the regulatory Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris - under her belt; the first, and prior-to only one, was now-supermodel Karlie (abercrombie kids spring 2007) who beginning 2009 was the leading darling of John Galliano's presentations for Dior Haute Couture and pret-a-porter (ready-to-wear) before his 2011 infamous departure from Dior (and Karlie, nevertheless ever more successful in the industry, was phased out from Dior by the arrival of Raf Simons in 2012). The A&F Models pantheon has some real goddess of fashion.
Her noteworthy kick-off in modeling even garnered a focus-on video by the popular FashionChannel, and you can have preview in greater scope of her Spring-Summer 2013 ready-to-wear runway appearances:
Her continuous strides in fashion have brought her career opportunities around the world as an internationally-signed model working across/via all of IMG Models' offices - New York, London, Paris, Milan, and Sydney. As an IMG model, Anastasia forms part of the agency's repertoire of women including A&F Co. Models Alumni Karlie, Rose Huntington-Whiteley (A&F), Hilary Rhoda (A&F), and Miranda Kerr (RUEHL No.925); the latest to join fashion's 'it girl' circle, Gigi Hadid; fashion icons Gisele Bündchen, Kate Moss, Sasha Pivovarova, Lily Donaldson, Lily Aldridge, Joan Smalls, Gemma Ward, Chanel Iman, and Georgia May Jagger to mention some; and current A&F modeling peer Amanda Norgaard.
In the Fall of 2014, Anastasia made her debut having been brought on to belong to a group of models representing Abercrombie & Fitch through the photography of fashion lensman Guy Aroch. Some of her hottest shots this year so far...
Discover Anastasia's distinguished profile at IMG Models (here)! Also, while she does have a Twitter account (@shushu_ana; only having joined in October 2014), she really only uses it being linked to her Instagram; it's her IG account she loves and has a strong following from her fans! So go ahead and follow her on her official Instagram at @anastasia_sushchenko (here)! #WELOVEANA
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