Tanya Diagileva
Tatiana "Tanya" Vladimirovna Diagileva is a Belarusian model.
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Diagileva was discovered in 2002 at age 11 by Tigran Khachatrian of Noah Models. Khachatrian later sent Diagileva to Saint Petersburg to meet with scouts Jeni Rose and David Cunningham from IMG Models, who signed her to the agency in 2004. Their meeting was depicted in the French documentary film Searching Siberia by Emma Baus. Diagileva debuted in September 2005, during the Paris Fashion Week and Milan Fashion Week, landing an exclusive with Prada in Milan and booking top shows in Paris including Alexander McQueen, Chanel, and Chloé.Shortly after, Diagileva was announced as one of the season's most wanted models. She was selected as one of the top newcomers of the season by . During the spring 2008 season, she walked in 74 fashion shows opening the Versace show and closing four shows including Phillip Lim, Celine, and Valentino. In September 2008, Diagileva was featured in Women's Wear Daily (WWD) as an up-and-coming model to become a supermodel. Also known as Tanya D, she was named one of the most popular top models by Fashion TV. In 2007, she participated in nearly 150 fashion shows across the world. Since her first major season, Diagileva has walked the runway in ready-to-wear fashion shows and featured on the haute-couture catwalks for numerous world's top designers, including Chanel, Oscar de la Renta, Dior, Hermès, Alexander McQueen, Jean Paul Gaultier, Missoni, Versace, Prada, Donna Karan, and Calvin Klein.