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Photographed by Bruce Weber, Vogue, November 2002; Natalia Vodianova represented by DNA Model Management
As West Side Story’s Maria
This big-eyed Russian model’s trajectory—from fruit seller to fashion favorite—reads like a fairy tale, and positions her quite naturally in a starring role. There’s a narrative thread that connects **Natalia Vodianova’**s real life to that of her existence in Vogue, where she’s been cast variously as West Side Story’s Maria, a suburban housewife with Hitchcockian flare, a Jazz Age heiress, and, memorably, Lewis Carroll’s mischevious Alice. “Alice is my dream girl, and so is Natalia,” Creative Director Grace Coddington has said. “She’s a rare, rare model.” Here, on the occasion of the model’s second solo cover, a look at some of her most unforgettable appearances in Vogue.
