Anja Rubik

In September 2018 she published a book called #SEXEDPL. Anja Rubik Talkes About Adolescence, Love and Sex. which became a huge success with over 100 thousand copies sold during first two months.

Since Vaccarello's appointment as Creative Director of Saint Laurent in 2016, Rubik has appeared as the face of the brand in campaigns and on the runway. The brand's designs and image are largely inspired by Rubik's punk-meets-feminine style.

In 2015, Rubik hosted and curated the Art & Fashion Forum, an open platform of inspiration and education. Art & Fashion Forum is the 9th edition of an event initiated by Grażyna Kulczyk, which is organized in Stary Browar in Poznań every year since 2007.

In 2014, Rubik unveiled her own debut fragrance entitled "Original by Anja Rubik" in which she was involved in every step of the creative process, including designing the bottle and campaign shot by Paola Kudacki.

In 2014, Rubik starred in a music video for the song Chleb by Mister D., a music project of the Polish author Dorota Masłowska. In 2015, she launched her own perfume brand Original by Anja Rubik.

Rubik has done capsule collections with Giuseppe Zanotti in 2013 and IRO in 2016.

In 2012, Rubik founded and created 25 magazine, for which she also serves as Editor-in-Chief. The publication is an annual collector's print exploring artists' views of sensuality. Contributors include Alex Prager, Araki, Daniel Arsham, Hedi Slimane, Isabel Marant, Inez and Vinoodh, Marina Abramović, and Woodkid. In September 2015, Rubik made her directorial debut by directing Issue 04's teaser film featuring Andreea Diaconu and themed around the five senses.

In addition to her seven-year period as the face of Chloé, Rubik has fronted campaigns for Gucci for four consecutive seasons, photographed by Mert and Marcus, and Fendi for four consecutive seasons, photographed by Karl Lagerfeld. The designer-photographer has also photographed Rubik for numerous magazine covers, Chanel, and the 2011 Pirelli Calendar. Lagerfeld has referred to Rubik as one of his favourite models.

Rubik met designer Anthony Vaccarello in 2011. She starred in his runway collection in 2012 and subsequently appeared in campaigns for his self-titled brand. She helped the emerging designer's career by wearing one of his mile-high slit gowns to the 2012 Met Gala. From 2012 to present, Rubik has become Vaccarello's main inspiration.

Rubik and her longtime boyfriend, Serbian model Sasha Knezevic, became engaged just before Christmas 2010 in Vienna. They married on 16 July 2011 in Deia, Majorca. In October 2015, Anja confirmed that they had separated and later divorced.

Vogue Paris declared Rubik one of the top 30 models of the aughts. In 2010 she was ranked as one of the top 25 Money Girls by models.com. By 2012, she was ranked as an Industry Icon.

Since 2010, she has appeared on Top Model. Zostań modelką, the Polish edition of America's Next Top Model. In 2014 she became the host and a judge of the Polish version of the reality show Project Runway TVN.

Rubik made her Victoria's Secret runway debut in its annual televised fashion show in 2009, going on to also appear in the 2010 and 2011 editions.

Rubik is featured in the 2009 fitness video game Yoga Wii for the Wii home console. She was also an inspiration for a character in the manga "The One" as the main character Cane Lele.

Rubik has been modeling in London, Milan, New York, and Paris throughout the 2000s. Rubik's select runway appearances include the Haute Couture collections of Atelier Versace, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and Valentino. She has walked the runway for the prêt-à-porter collections of Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang, Anthony Vaccarello, Balenciaga, Balmain, Burberry Prorsum, Chloé (5 seasons), Emanuel Ungaro, Emilio Pucci, Fendi (4 seasons), Gucci (4 seasons), Isabel Marant, Kanye West's DW Kanye West line, Michael Kors, Prada, and Tom Ford, among others.

Rubik was interested in modeling from a young age after watching George Michael's music video for "Too Funky" featuring famous 90s supermodels. She participated in a local modeling contest, where she was scouted by a Parisian agency. In 1999, she moved to Paris to begin her modeling career. While she finished her education, she modeled during school vacations only.

Rubik made her runway debut during the Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 1999 ready-to-wear collections. In 2000, Rubik signed with Next Management in Paris. In 2005, Rubik's modeling career started to take off after she landed her first campaign for Chloé photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. By the end of the year she was labeled fashion's rising star by Style.com. By 2009, Rubik was dubbed a “top model” by French Vogue. In 2011, the International Business Times hailed "supermodel" Rubik as the "world's most in-demand model".

Rubik was born in Rzeszów, Poland. In 1988, she and her veterinarian parents moved to Greece. They later moved to Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and to Umtata, South Africa. In 1992, they moved back to Poland after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Among the schools she attended was one in Częstochowa, Poland. Her family still lives in Poland where Anja also owns a home.

Anja Rubik (born Anna Rubik; 12 June 1983) is a Polish supermodel, activist, philanthropist, and businesswoman. She lives and works in New York.