Natalie Gal

Natalie Gal
Born	Natalia Ivanovna Galkina December 18, 1985 (1985-12-18) (age 25) Bataysk, USSR
Other names	Natalie Gal, Natasha Galkina, Allie M, Nata
Occupation	fashion model
Height	5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Hair color	Blonde, Brown
Eye color	Green/Blue
Measurements	86.5-61-86.5 cm, 34-22-34 in
Dress size	4 (US), 34 (EU)
Shoe size	8 (US), 40 (EU)
Agency	Beatrice Models Red Model Management, Ace Models, Muse Models
Spouse	Stuart Halger (m. 2004-2009) (divorced)

Natalia Ivanovna Galkina (rus. Наталья Ивановна Галкина; born December 18, 1985) is a Russian-born American fashion model and actress, who made her television debut as runner-up on the eighth series of America's Next Top Model.

Early life

Natalia Ivanovna Galkina was born in the family of an opera singer and a poet; she started studying ballet, arts, along with playing piano, singing, and performing in a theatre at the age of 6. She studied acting at the Moscow Art Theatre and New York University and speaks four languages fluently (Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish and English).

America's Next Top Model

Galkina was a contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8, where she went began going by the name Natasha. She started the show not very strong, received negative reviews for her first two photos and landed her in the bottom two for the third week. In the fourth week, her hard work finally getting recognition and since the fifth week until final she was always in the top three photos, and more impressively, for five weeks in a row (fifth until tenth week) she was always on the top two photos, and received two first-call outs. Natasha made it through to the final against Jaslene Gonzalez. The judges found the final deliberation very difficult, as both girls had achieved much throughout the competition, but it was announced that Jaslene was the winner, with Natasha finishing as the first runner-up.

Career

She is represented by Photogenics Media in Los Angeles, Fenton Media in New York City, Beatrice in Milan, also has agencies in Moscow, London, Athens, Paris, and Germany. In September 2010, she was chosen to be the chairman of People Power Progress. She has starred in different movie productions and modeled for different brands such as Levuk, Allison Parris, Pantene, Wella, Nexxus, Vivienne Tam, Rock and Republic, Diesel, and Cover Girl, worked for CWTV.

Personal life

She has a daughter, Angelina (b. 2005) with her ex-husband, Stuart Halger. Natasha now lives in New York City and is involved in several charities.

External links

• Official website
• Natalie Gal at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Galkina, Natasha
Alternative names	Natalie Gal
Short description	Fashion Model
Date of birth	December 18, 1985
Place of birth	Rostov-on-Dov, Russia
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