Despite posing in just her underwear and a pair of bunny ears, model Natalia Vodianova insists that it is “almost impossible to make me look vampy”.
The rags-to-riches philanthropist, who was nicknamed Supernova by fashion photographer Mario Testino, posed as the Easter Bunny for Tatler magazine.
She signed her first modelling contract at 17 and has used her status to campaign for several good causes. She founded the Naked Heart Foundation for deprived Russian youngsters and will run the Paris marathon to raise money for it.
Vodianova, 29, who has three children with property heir husband Justin Portman, donned a bespoke pair of ears made by milliner Philip Treacy. She said: “I look so sweet, it’s almost impossible to make me look vampy.”
From the May issue of Tatler, out on Monday.
Rags to riches? A modern-day Cinderella? When people discuss Natalia Vodianova, these phrases get thrown around a lot. It is true that Natalia had a poor upbringing, but as she puts it, “I know some people would have wanted to kill themselves, but I thought my childhood was happy. My mother worked nearly 24 hours a day, and I realize things were difficult, but I managed to find a lot of light there. I had this weird knowledge that, one day, things would be good.”
