Valentina Zelyaeva Biography

Valentina Zelyaeva was born on October 11, 1982, in Moscow, Russia. She got her start as a model when she was just 15 years old, after a friend of hers handed her a business card from a modeling agency. Though she clearly possessed the looks to pursue a career within the fashion industry, Valentina Zelyaeva’s shyness prevented her from calling the phone number immediately, as she instead kept the card in a drawer for several months.

It wasn’t until her mother agreed to go with her that Valentina Zelyaeva finally took the trek to the agency where she dazzled the various figures there with her beauty, and she was instantly signed to a contract. Despite the fact that she was still in high school, Valentina Zelyaeva decided to take a chance and devoted herself full time to her work as a model. She was sent to modeling school to learn how to act and behave in front of the camera and on the catwalk, and it quickly became apparent that Valentina Zelyaeva possessed a natural inclination for the world of modeling.