Cristiano Ronaldo’s ex Irina Shayk uses huge Instagram following to help provide 70,000 meals for food bank
CRISTIANO RONALDO's ex-girlfriend Irina Shayk has used her considerable Instagram following to help feed children in New York City during the coronavirus outbreak.
The Russian model has a whopping 13.5million followers on the picture sharing site and has tried to use it to do good amid the pandemic.
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She posted a snap of a young family with a message written across the picture which said: "One in five NYC children relies on a soup kitchen or food pantry to eat."
And keen to urge her followers to contribute, she added a caption of her own that read: "Thank you all so much for your generous donations to @foodbank4nyc!
"Since you’ve started donating using the link in my bio this past week, we’ve provided 66,880 meals to families in NYC!
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"But the work doesn’t stop here.. to keep #FoodBank4NYC on the ground helping those in desperate need, they need our continued support. Every 1$ Donated = 5 meals.
"Click the link in bio or head to @foodbank4nyc to help now ❤️ Thank you #WeAreForNYC."
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Ronaldo and Shayk dated for five years until their split in 2015 but the 34-year-old's relationship with the football mega star saw her follower count rocket.
Shayk is no stranger to good causes having recently launched an eco-friendly underwear range.
She also dated Hollywood star Bradley Cooper after her split from Ronnie and was with him for four years until they also broke up last year.