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Full Irina Lazareanu Biography
Irina Lazareanu (born 8 June 1982) is a Canadian supermodel. Romanian-born Lazareanu got her ‘big break’ through her acquaintance with supermodel Kate Moss.
Lazareanu grew up in Saint-Hubert, Quebec with her Romanian parents. At the age of 13 she moved to London to study ballet. She met Pete Doherty at the age of 15 and famously became a muse for the musician, whom she later dated briefly and is currently engaged to.
Moss personally hand picked Lazareanu to model for the December/January issue of Vogue: Paris, which she was a guest editor on. Lazareanu has since become an increasingly popular fashion model, breaking the record for most runway work in one season.
Lazareanu met musician Pete Doherty (whom she calls Peter) then a member of the Libertines, at a party in Shepherd's Bush while she was a ballet student. Doherty and Lazareanu bonded over their shared interest in artists such as Oscar Wilde and Nina Simone. Lazareanu became closely involved with Doherty's band Babyshambles and toured with them in 2004, although she has denied the widespread rumor that she served as their drummer.
Lazareanu reportedly helped Pete Doherty write the song "La Belle et la Bête" which featured Kate Moss on the Babyshambles' Down in Albion album.
She is currently recording a folk album, entitled Some Place Along the Way, which musician Sean Lennon is producer and collaborator on. They have recorded a duet called "Strange Places", which has not yet been released, however was previewed on a Fashion TV profile, which aired earlier in 2006. Her album was to be released in late 2006 however it has been delayed as a result of her demanding modelling career and is now due to be released in fall 2007. Lazareanu has said that "My music isn't commercial...I just want to learn from people and do the best I can do" and cites Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen and Joan Baez as her musical influences.
In February 2007 Lazareanu announced that she will collaborate with Sean Lennon and Pete Doherty on a cover of Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country".
In an interview during New York Spring 2008 Fashion Week, Lazareanu announced that she was working on a duet album with Sean Lennon.
Lazareanu announced during the Spring 2008 Fashion Week in Paris that she is engaged to musician Pete Doherty, the former love of Kate Moss. |
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