"I never thought I was that special..." confesses Inguna Butane. Quite a statement considering that her career included work with Valentino, Chanel, Dior, Galliano, Bottega Veneta, Oscar de la Renta, Michael Kors, Carolina Herrera, Fendi, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace and many more.

Discovered at the age of 16 in Latvia, she decided to finish first her degree of Interior Design. She went to Moscow, Russia, and then went to New York two years later, to start her model career.

That's where it all started for Inguna, where her career took off and where her life took a new turn.

All along her career, Inguna has worked with top photographers and iconic brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Escada, Bottega Veneta, L'Oréal Paris and Marc Jacobs just to name a few.

Her runway work includes - but not limited - Fendi, Alexander McQueen, Gucci, Versace and Oscar de la Renta. She also walked in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2005, 2007 and 2008.

In 2015, she returned on the runway for the like of Bottega Veneta in Milan.

Relationship between Bottega Veneta and her turned into something more through all these years working together: "We became like a family, I am very happy to keep working with such amazing teams" confessed Inguna.