Overview
- At the Prague presentation, Shayk arrived in a dramatic black look with bleached eyebrows, describing the choice as a couture mood she executed in her hotel room.
- She reflected on early years of insecurity, saying she had to learn self-confidence long after classmates mocked her at school.
- Shayk credited her eight-year-old daughter, Lea, with fortifying her through blunt honesty, calling her “like my little best friend.”
- She learned she had been selected for the calendar while on a flight with Lea, who asked why she was so happy as Shayk explained the project’s significance.
- Photographed by Sølve Sundsbø, the 2026 edition casts eleven women as elemental figures; Shayk embodies Wind, which she interprets as freedom, change and unpredictability.