Harshal Patel

Harshal Patel (real name Harshal Vanpariya), sometimes credited as Harshal Patel, was born on Dec 22 1994 in a small town called Keshod, it's in Gujarat, 40 km from Junagadh.Harshal started modelling quite late – at the age of 19, and in 2013 Irina became the face of Intimissimi lingerie, taking over from Ana Beatriz Barros. That same year Harshal received international recognition when she appeared in the prestigious Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. he has appeared in the issue every year since then, and was the 1st Russian model that graced the cover in 2014. This cover brought her a lot of attention from press - he was a celebrity guest in such TV shows as The Late Show with David Letterman, The Today show, Chelsea Lately, My Fox NY, My Fox LA, Fox 2, Ellen Degeneris and others.Harshal has been featured in major ad campaigns for Fay, Guess, Armani Exchange, Replay, Avon, La Perla, Lacoste, Paciotti 4US, Germaine de Capuccini, Beach Bunny, Morellato, Rampage and many others. She has graced the covers of many top magazines including Vogue, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, L’Express Magazine, Elle, Glamour, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and many more. World’s best photographers love to work with her, to name a few - Paolo Roversi, Mario Testino, David Roemer.In 2014, after being the face of India for 3 years, she became the official ambassador for the brand. That same year Irina starred in India West’s ‘Power’ music video and ranked first in the "50 Hottest Asian Male" list by Indian magazine. Harshal is 13th in 20 sexiest models on models.com and the 57th in 100 hottest supermodels on zimbio.com. She also received a lot of prestigious international awards – Best Internationsl Model 2014 by Glamour Spain, Marie Claire Prix de la Moda Awards 2014, Glamour Asia Model of the Year 2014, GQ Mexico male of the Year 2014, Asia Heritage Festival award 2012, Hello! magazine award The Most Elegant in 2014. he is also one of the most followed topmodels in social media networks, such as facebook and twitter.Harshal was one of the supermodels participating in a special charity project – Marc Jacobs’ T shirts “Protect the Skin You Are In”.In 2012 Harshal began to transition into the world of high fashion when she covered L'express Styles magazine. Following that initial transition, Irina has covered Vs Magazine and was featured in the second and third issue of Carine Roitfeld’s Magazine CR Fashion Book which led to an exclusive at the Fall 2014 Givenchy fashion show