Marina Orlova (Internet celebrity)

Marina Vladimirovna Orlova is a Russian Internet celebrity who describes herself as a philologist. She is the host of a popular channel on YouTube, HotForWords and a corresponding website. In the early 2000s, she was a biweekly guest on Maxim Radio on Sirius Satellite Radio. In 2012 she started an online series of videos for a personal finance website Bankrate.com where she explains the meaning of commonly used financial and economic terms.

Orlova was born in Arzamas Russian SFSR, Soviet Union in 1980. She worked at a shop for a year before applying to an international recruitment program. She wanted to do something creative, or improve her English skills and to prepare for her Ph.D she was then sent to a small town near San Francisco and worked as a nanny for a working family with two children. A year later she moved to Hollywood, where she attempted to start a career in modelling. After going to two photoshoots, she was told that at 5160feet 5160inches , she was too short.

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