Natalie Gal
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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
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8
America's Next Top Model Cycle 8 is the eighth cycle of America's Next Top Model and the second season of the series to be aired on The CW network, which aired from February 28, 2007, to May 16, 2007....

 of America's Next Top Model
America's Next Top Model
America's Next Top Model is a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry....

.

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
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8
America's Next Top Model Cycle 8 is the eighth cycle of America's Next Top Model and the second season of the series to be aired on The CW network, which aired from February 28, 2007, to May 16, 2007....

, 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
Jaslene Gonzalez
Jaslene Gonzalez is a Puerto Rican American model, television host, and winner of Cycle 8 of America's Next Top Model.-Biography:...

. 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
Los Ángeles
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, Fenton Media in New York City
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, Beatrice in Milan
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, also has agencies in Moscow
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, London
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, Athens
Athens
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, Paris
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, and Germany
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. 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
Pantene
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, Wella
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, Nexxus
Nexxus
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, Vivienne Tam
Vivienne Tam
Vivienne Tam is a fashion designer based in New York City. She was born in Guangzhou, China and moved to Hong Kong at the age of three. She attended Hong Kong Polytechnic University....

, Rock and Republic
Rock and Republic
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, Diesel, and Cover Girl
Cover girl
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, 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

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