Runway 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 (2006) 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. 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. In 2007,
Ad campaigns In spring 2006, Diagileva and
Agyness Deyn have featured in a campaign for Hugo by Hugo Boss that proved to be one of the brand's most popular campaigns. Later, Diagileva landed a major solo campaign when she became the face of
Yves Saint Laurent, photographed by
Jürgen Teller. Following the two successful campaigns, she became the face for the fashion house of
Jean-Paul Gaultier. In 2007,
Steven Meisel photographed Diagileva for the campaign for
Lanvin, and the next year
Patrick Demarchelier photographed her for the BCBG
Max Azria ad campaign. She has also landed many campaigns for brands such as
Lacoste,
Michael Kors,
Christian Dior,
DSquared²,
Hussein Chalayan,
Celine,
Nina Ricci,
Escada Sport, Mango,
Ralph Lauren, and
Calvin Klein. ==Notes==