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Place of Birth: Republic of Georgia
Ethnicity: Georgian-Ashkenazi Jewish
Irina Shabayeva is a Georgian fashion designer and philanthropist. She won season six of Project Runway.
She was born in Georgia, USSR, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Parsons School of Design in 2003, and then studied fur design in Denmark. She credits her heritage for a lot of her success in life.
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