This post is about a curious girl from Russia named Marina Orlova who has a website called hot for words. Despite some bias comments in this blog post about her I would give Marina and her blog and Youtube channel HotforWords two thumbs up. I think she promotes languages and gets people into language learning, I like it and her for her love of languages.
Who is Marina Orlova
Marina Orlova is a Russian girl who studied languages and English in Russia. She has a master’s degree and getting her PhD in the US she is 28, born December 10th 1980.
I respect this girl’s love for languages. I particularly love her etymological interests. This is one of my passions also.
What makes her so special? Nothing. She is in my opinion a normal looking (maybe below average) Russian girl. She is not that pretty in fact. I am an American living in Eastern Europe and all the girls look like that, well most of them. And even if not, what does it matter. Every girl no matter what she looks like is beautiful and a princess. I truly believe this. The difference is with Marina Orlova is she markets herself well.
People will say are you kidding Mark? Marina is an amazingly sensual Russian girl. I say not really, she is all marketing, like most stars. However, I live in Eastern Europe.
Marina Orlova created hotforwords
Marina Orlova and YouTube
Marina Orlova is a YouTube hit, I can not deny this. Her Youtube videos have 250 million views, and I am sure those views do not have an interest in languages.
I have some YouTube videos and none of them fly as high as hers, it is because of her looks.
She is one of the all time most popular Youtube actresses. Her focus is languages. She combines languages with looks. Hence the title of her website HotForWords. People like this combination of beauty and intelligence.
Марина Орлова has a program and makes a new video twice a week. I personally find it boring because it is too much cream not enough milk. However, in all fairness I think part of young and modern Russian culture is Russian girls like to show up and show off, however, not all of them. But Whether I am in Egypt or Greece I have observed Russian girls on the beach striking the pose like they are some super model.
My general view about Marina’s HotforWords
- Marina Orlova is too flashy for me. Too much make up and looks too artificial. I can not watch more than five minutes. Even a few minutes is painful for me to watch on my computer. I do not like girls who try to be tempting even if it is for show.
- I prefer simple, humble Russian girls from the countryside, not some post Soviet Moscow girl with fake hair and maybe other parts? Therefore, for me she is annoying because she is the opposite of what I think is sensual in a women.
- However, Hotforwords does spark one’s interest in the origin, and use of words. Further it is a form of art. Therefore is not all that bad and this is why I would give her and her video blog an other all positive rating.
However, this is me. You maybe different. I like humble and normal. She puts herself out there as some blonde symbol of Aphrodite. I understand it is business so I will not knock her. Further, she is not doing any hard but in fact promoting language learning.
The people have spoken and she is a hit on YouTube so I recommend you watch her videos and evaluate it for yourself. I would be curious about your feedback, so leave me a comment.
I think YouTube by the way is great entertainment but in now way a good way to learn a language, it is too showy and chaotic. Maybe if your a child its good exposure to languages but not for serious study.
How Marina Orlova and HotForWord got started
I would have imaged she got a student Visa to study in the US. However, she is running a rather large profitable website so I do not how she does it. The USA is not just giving out Visas or green cards or citizenships, just because you look good.
It appears she has organized a limited partnership called HotForWords, LLC in of all places Beverly Hills, CA. Therefore I think the is more to the story than some simple Russian girl who has a passion for words. I imagine she has a sponsor. Perhaps she start by her self but at this point there are people behind the operation and it is a well thought out well planned honey pot.
I imagine she meet someone who helped her out. However, I do not have this information. Her website is filled with professional contact information. She like a teacher is very well-organized.
Is Marina Orlova married?
I think no, I think she is single. If you have any further information on the subject let me know. I also at this juncture she is done with her University degree. I think she has many guys that will try to marry her, but in my opinion a girl like that will marry some dark hair business guy in a civil marriage. This is my prediction.
Russian girls do want a family and love so at some level almost anyone could win her heart, but I think she is a post communist soviet girl who does not care too much about religion and fairy-tale ideals. This is why I think it is will be some American businessman.
Hot for words is Marina Orlova's idea
Hot for words and languages
I do not think you will really learn much from this site. But what this site does is get you interested in languages. Languages are fun. I like Marina think etymology is an important part of language learning. She has a book out. It is filled with phrase origins and suggestive puns.
It is not a serious book, just more for fun with a lot of pictures of herself. Can you learn anything from Hot for words? Yes I think so, but just basic random facts about the English language. It is very high schoolish. To activate your passive vocabulary you need to be more proactive than watching vocabulary and dictionary lessons from a philologist – teacher of English. Unless you want entertainment it is better to get a more serious book on English or etymology and then buy a calendar of beautiful Russian women.
Is Marina Orlova like Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk? Nothing similar. Marina is a showman or should I say show girl. Alexandra is a family girl who looks pretty and has lots of humility. Alexandra is a genius. She is a world chess champion. Alexandra really believes in the game. On the other hand, Marina just has books smarts and is marketing herself as a female geek from Moscow.
HotForWords and Marina is in the USA for the weather
This may be true or may be false. In Europe we have Crimea and the Greek Islands. Marina – Hot for words is in the USA to make a name for herself or maybe at least because it is fun for her. I love living in Europe as I am an American, she likes living in the USA because she is from Russia and it is fun for her to experience something new. So this is the reason she says she stayed in the USA, but I think half the world would like to stay in the USA, I think somehow there is information she is not telling us on hot for words.
My conclusion is it is worth looking at Marina’s language blog, at least for fun.
48 responses to Marina Orlova – Hot for words
This all sounds interesting. I cannot follow through because I am currently not able to view YouTube from where I am at. But I love learning languages and creative ways to learn a language. But I will also say that I don’t like suggestive sensuality advertising.
Someone posted a link to your article on the Hotforwords forum and on of her “assistants” answered as below:
hotforwords.com/2009/12/01/turkey/comment-page-1/?cid=161256
“I ran across that article on Nov 25 and I even talked about it with a friend of mine. I found your reaction to the article interesting, but I understand where you are coming from since I have read every one of your comments on this site as you know. (Struggle with the book, etc. )
Here is how I saw the article.
On my first read of the article, I had a similar reaction as yours. After I read it again, I actually appreciated that article. I don’t know how intellectual he is, but I can tell you that he was very honest, not only with himself, but in presenting the material. What I liked is that he clearly presented a personal opinion that neither denigrated Marina, nor did he apologize for his own opinion of her and he his stated in the end that it is worth looking at Marina’s language blog.
Now, you and I might disagree with some of his assumptions, but I’m sure that you and I make errors on our fist encounters with someone that we first meet and then later find out that our fist impression is in error.
In some parts of the article he is speculating about certain things about Marina which may or may not be true, and to which I would say that they are none of my business. In the end he thinks that somehow there is information that she is not telling us. I have no clue to what that means, and it is un-important, after all, he didn’t give me much information either about himself.
In some parts he is projecting his own values on Marina which I think just about everyone does. After all, the values we cherish are what we live by and most of us tend to project those values on to others.
I’m sure you understand not everybody appreciates you the same way that I do, or that your family and friends do. Why should that be any different for Marina? In fact, Marina is a lighting rod that causes reactions and stirs the emotions of people around the world in many different ways. That is a huge asset and an awesome power and responsibility to have. If she wasn’t such as lighting rod, you might never have heard of her.
I can appreciate your last comment where you said, “… he wrote somehow weirdly, although that thing infested my mind with many doubts.”
I didn’t find it weird at all as that is how he expressed himself in a way he knows best in context of see the HotForWords site.
Now, here is what I find very interesting. Why would that article infest your mind with doubts? Was that article so powerful that you actually took those author’s words and perhaps those words are a reflection of how you really feel yourself? In other words, even though it appears you might be repelled by that article, I think I can see how you actually may have embraced it as if you had written it. I’m saying that in the context of knowing you from your previous comments.
In conclusion, I can say this with firm conviction. Marina, like all of us have a public life as well as a private life. Maybe not on that scale, but when you step out of your house into your workplace or local stores, you have a public face. Don’t be so hard on judging Marina or yourself or others. Get to know someone, and getting to know Marina as much as has been possible here on this site and elsewhere has been a blast and a fantastic journey.
If you want to erase your doubts, get to know Marina on a personal level via Twitter if you are not on it yet. Also, watch every video interview that Marina has ever done and then read every interview and I think you will have a very different view of Marina and the people that applaud and criticize her”.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
Thanks you very much, I will have to read further on her forum. Like I said, I do not think she is bad, in fact, I like that she promotes languages. However, she is just not my style, she is too much cream, not enough milk. However, recommend people check her site anyway.
I also think she’s not bad, but nothing special. But I also noticed that many of her fans from her site are a bit insane. They’re always defending her like bull terriers and even don’t see her faults. I can’t understand why they are so much obsessed with her. A few of them even help her with the site for free while she’s earning money, a lot of money. It’s shocking that an average, not stupid but also not brilliant post-soviet girl with IMHO a bit ugly face was able to obsess so many men, also Bill O’Reilly from Fox News, who started to promote her about one year ago (that’s one of the reasons for why she’s becoming famous). It’s a weird social phenomenon that I can’t explain to myself.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
Trying to Explain the Social Phenomenon
> It’s shocking that an average, not stupid but > also not brilliant
> post-soviet girl with IMHO a bit ugly face was > able to obsess so many
> men, also Bill O’Reilly from Fox News, who
> started to promote her
> about one year ago (that’s one of the reasons > for why she’s becoming
> famous). It’s a weird social phenomenon that I > can’t explain to myself.
I absolutely agree with you, but I wouldn’t call it “shocking”; it’s
just plain injustice. Concerning the “social phenomenon”, I think it’s
as simple as this: If the boobs are right, nothing is verified. As one
of the other commenters, Jerzy Stachowiak, has pointed out, she
obviously didn’t graduate from a university. Had anybody really
checked her “degrees”, she most likely wouldn’t be that famous now.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
Hello: For some reason, we all want to feel smart. Marina makes an humour of behavior and an environment mastering an oeuvre using words, and; is a “pretty plain-Jane”. Maybe we are children and with unconscious feelings play for fun. Grand presentation to the blogger and peace to all.-Leonard
Maria Orlova is fun, I am not knocking her at all, I think she is popular for a reason, that is does a nice job. I am just saying she is not my style, but should not be taken the wrong way. In fact in the words of Madonna, as long as they are talking about, this is all that counts.
I enjoy watching her on youtube and O’Reilly. She beats Ingram and Coltier hands down.
The whole truth about her:
youtube.com/watch?v=Zmt_JdUJAbA
Dear Sir,
I found something in your article offensive, and I respectfully wish to point this out to you as a woman.
I don’t have any problem with you referring to Orlova as a ‘girl’ in any part of your article until:
“Marina is a showman or should I say show girl.”
I think it would have been better to have said ‘show-woman’ since she is 28 and you would call a 28 year-old man a ‘showman.’
That’s just my humble opinion. Otherwise, great post!
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
Interesting comment, I will consider what you said. Girl I use a lot anyway in everyday speech. Not to be politically incorrect but to be complementary in some cases but also its sweet when an older lady says she has a boyfriend. Or a guy says my girlfriend even though she is 30 years old. I think it is sweet. I live in Poland and ladies will say when they are asked if they have anyone “I am walking with a boy”. Which means they could be 40 years old but they still say this. Its sweet and a convention of the language.
Showman I will give thought but its a dictionary word that refers to both genders since 1734. So I have to think about it. But great comment.
Oh and I do not know if it is true but Maria Orlova might not even had any education. Watch the video in the comment section. I do not know if it is true or not but she could be really a showwoman in every sense of the word. I have to research this more and say no until I have more evidence.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
She is not pretty???!!! I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.. I think she did a pretty neat video about the Kalishnikov rifle, which I found entertaining.
In my eyes she is not pretty, but it all depends what you think is beautiful. So I guess your right beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Mark, I support your opinion. In my eyes she also is not pretty at all, I think she she has very plain face (in my not politically correct opinion: just a bit ugly) that she tries to hide under a thick layer of make-up. I can’t understand why so many men think she’s “hot”.
The whole strip club issue mentioned in this gossip show in NTV might be complete rubbish (I know it from the source that I’m not allowed to disclose but probably also uncertain), plus she can’t dance at all and is physically to weak for dancing at the pole, but the fact is that she lied about places of her education. Now she tells journalists a different, but probably more real version of her biography, e.g. here:
nnov.kp.ru/daily/24419/591008/
kp.ua/daily/190310/220061/
She probably graduated, but not from university in N. Novgorod, only from a pedagogical institute in Arzamas in Novgorodsky Oblast:
unn.runnet.ru/univers/arzpi.htm
In this institute, there was a subject “Russian and literature with specialization a foreign language”. It’s far from the real linguistics, it looks just like a vocational college for teachers. So her “two diplomas, one in Russian studies, another in English studies” might be just some kind of a “vocational diploma in Russian literature teaching with the elements of practical ESL teaching at the beginner to lower-intermediate level”. She obviously don’t want to tell the whole truth (probably because of her poor education) in the interviews, claiming something different in each one, so any information about her background seems to be uncertain.
Even in Poland no student of English Studies would pass his exam from Phonetics (as I’ve heard from my friend who graduated from this type of studies) if he talked with such an accent that Marina Orlova has a 3 years ago. She was never a teacher, she was unemployed, so went to the US as an au pair. The rest about her is probably true, but with many shady issues. For the first year of her Youtube appearance she was even introducing herself as Marina Rodina, not Orlova.
She is obviously not so well educated – he commits too many errors, even in spelling of the words displayed in her videos. She has not very good command of the English language. She published a book (how could HarperCollins release that?), but her writing style wasn’t good. Incorrect comma usage and improper sentence construction were the two most common mistakes. (For example:
“This god was, in the complex Greek system of deities, the fairest of them all”, “The name stuck, and later on, the Romans turned the Greek word…”). That’s not my opinion, but an opinion of a native speaker.
Her work is simply amateurish. She earns about $1mln a year (mostly from the YouTube partnership program), but she obviously don’t deserve even 1% of that. Now she is involved in more and more commercial programs and advertisements, putting her “love for words” aside – now she seems to be rather “hot for money” than “hot for words”. There are many men around her that do many things for her for completely free, including the maintenance of her website.
But yes, she’s very efficient in making cash.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
Jerzy, thanks for the comments. It is an interesting analysis. And yes with that accent I can not imagine her student in Phonetics would pass their exams. I live in Krakow and if I person studies English at a good University, they speak eons better English than Maria Orlova. She is a good study in lowest common denominator cash generation more than anything linguistic.
Sorry, I’ve committed too many errors in the comment above – I couldn’t sleep so I wrote something here, but writing at night wasn’t a very good idea.
Her story is an interesting one, but as you have discovered, it is completely fake. She most likely was a stripper (when you see her videos and see how much she likes to undress, it’s not hard to believe). She came to America and became a failed model under the name Marina Rodina, and she has also been in several phone s_x commercials.
youtube.com/watch?v=sjJuwjUK-a0
youtube.com/watch?v=OEEJQfJ_T4I
youtube.com/watch?v=HO2ZDEJNtAA
She has said before that she found YouTube and decided to start a channel because she saw other “sexy” girls getting lots of views, but she wanted to make it different and have people actually learn something. Once people started to catch on, she probably thought it was important to push the “teacher with two university degrees” agenda.
She knows her looks are all she has going for her, they’re the only thing that keep people around, and that’s why she plays on them. She has said in an interview that she wants to continue doing videos well into her 60s, that she will get (more) plastic surgery and still make it sexy with the cleavage. Clearly, she is insecure and relies on her looks to get attention. The words are a mere afterthought.
Mark, I’m glad to know I’m not the only one that appreciates a humble, normal girl. When I see girls treat themselves the way Orlova does, I honestly feel sorry for them.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
I have seen those videos. I do not know if they are true or not, but if you listen to her English I would expect someone who studied English as their primary focus would speak better than she does.
> She came to America and became a failed model > under the name Marina
> Rodina
Do you have a reference for that?
> She has said in an interview that she wants to > continue doing videos
> well into her 60s, that she will get (more)
> plastic surgery and still
> make it sexy with the cleavage.
Which interview in particular? Have you got a link?
Got References (Links)???
@R Deltos
> She came to America and became a failed model > under the name Marina
> Rodina
Do you have a reference for that?
> She has said in an interview that she wants to > continue doing videos
> well into her 60s, that she will get (more)
> plastic surgery and still
> make it sexy with the cleavage.
Which interview in particular? Have you got a link?
omho Marina is a stunner, witty & very well educated, she emigrated from Russia with nothing, made herself a small fortune & now lives in Beverly Hills, any woman who can do that, however she did it i admire her
Point well taken. I do not know if she is smart or educated but she is sure is a marketing genius, and for that she deserves some respect.
That’s how she looked before she became totally fake:
twitpic.com/h98xm
twitpic.com/20fuu
The hair looked much healthier than now, probably she ruined it with constant dying. Even then she wore too much make-up, maybe because she has freckles. I saw also her photos as a child and she was very ugly. I suppose she had a complex about her look – that’s probably the reason why she always tried to improve her look, but she was doing it wrong. If not so fake, she would be probably a quite nice person.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
I do not like the fake look. If women over do their hair and skin etc, it is like they have a mask on, what is the point? All women can be beautiful if they know how to bring out their natural looks, rather than radically changed them. I guess it attracts some men like a fishing luring attracts fish, nice and shiny, but I prefer real. Marian Orlova would be better with a natural look.
Mark, I agree with you. Marina Orlova would be better with a natural look, although I’m sure I, personally, still wouldn’t find her attractive. (She just doesn’t have a pretty face to me.) But without the breast implants, heavy make-up, and fake hair, she would not get the same attention she gets now. She thrives on sexual attention, and that says a lot about her self esteem. It’s not the just the artificial looks that turn me off, it’s knowing how insecure she is.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
Zuzanna light is another Eastern European girl who has marketed well, but at least she promotes fitness and works out very hard.
Zuzanna Light worked formerly in the p__n industry under the nickname of Susana Spears what makes her totally repugnant for me.
Wow, it is amazing that people reinvent themselves. I do not find her attractive in that case.
Regarding the video in the comments, maybe she didn’t attend the university that she claims, but I don’t know how true the str_pper story is. The pictures of her by the pole aren’t her at all. It’s the same picture of her face superimposed on someone else’s body. I’ve even seen the DVD covers where that body comes from. If this TV station is going to pull a stunt like that, it makes you wonder about the credibility of this story. What I can’t understand is why they would humiliate her on TV like that. Whether it’s true or not, they shouldn’t have done this to her. That’s horrible.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
You might be right and it is very wrong to humiliate anyone.
The problem in not that she’s ugly, you can’t choose your face. The problem is that she pretends to be beautiful despite her face (maybe that’s brutal, but for me her face is not attractive) and she built her marketing strategy on her alleged beauty. No matter how much she tries to cover her face under a thick layer of makeup, her lack of beauty is obvious. I wonder how she managed to convince so much her viewers that she is pretty.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
I think she could be pretty if she totally went natural. No makeup, except lipstick, and let her hair grow really long and do not perm it or color it, and get in shape. Her skin needs to be improved via natural things like honey masks instead of tons of make up.
She needs to spend some time with self reflection maybe and I think her face would transform.
But as she is now, no I do not think she is attractive. She could be attractive, but Marina Orlova is not natural enough for me.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
She was a str_pper. That’s a definite. The pictures in the TV special were Photoshopped, but she was a str_pper. It’s easy to come to that conclusion when you learn that she was part of a Hollywood burlesque show called “Ladies in Lace”.
She’s probably neurotic all the time, trying to keep this information a secret. It will undoubtedly come out at some point, though. The thing is, I’m sure the men she attracts won’t mind. The kind of men who go after her, whether they admit it or not, are already into the str_pper/cheap girls. That’s how she presents herself, and that’s what they are going for. They say they admire her intelligence, but let’s get serious: nobody is watching her to learn anything. They’re just trying to impress her.
I think she’s cheap, and she needs to grow up. She’s 30 years old and still dresses like a teenager. Pathetic. She’s gone beyond the “sexy teacher” look and has moved into “slutty schoolgirl” territory.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
I participate often in discussion in the forum (or rather blog comment sections that actually play the role of a discussion forum) on the HotForWords site and I must tell you that I’m not a man who “is already into the str_pper/cheap girls”, as Wayne said. I do it mainly for the interesting discussions with people who are grouped around the site – many of them are really well educated, intelligent and unusual. One year ago some discussion threads under her videos embedded on her site consisted of about 1000 messages, which were written by dozens of people about exactly everything – they covered the whole variety of topics. Many people who write there are not fanatic fans of Marina Orlova, there is a lot of criticism in the site comments, but she neither deletes such messages nor gets offended. So it works as a kind of social networking site. Some participants are really witty and punny, and thanks to them I caught a lot of informal and unusual forms of language – as I am a non-native speaker.
Apropos the burlesque (if this info is reliable), I don’t think that burlesque is the same as a strip show. Burlesques and variety shows are forms of entertainment known since the 18th century and the burlesque performers rarely show off “everything”, unlike the strippers. Not every burlesque show is based primarily on the nudity.
When the gossip TV show from the Russian channel NTV about Marina was uploaded on YouTube and I mentioned it on the forum, she sent me quite a long e-mail where she told me why she didn’t want to reveal the paparazzis where she exactly had lived (among other things she didn’t want them bother her parents) and they sought her in Nizhny Novgorod while she had lived in Arzamas in Novgorod Oblast. The information in the gossip show were made up and she was not the first person that slanders about was spread in the same show in NTV (“Super Novye Russkie”), so it lacks of reliability.
As for the “slutty outfits”, in summer in streets of Polish towns I see lots of girls dressed more scantily than Marina in her vlogs, so it doesn’t shock or excite me much. When we compare the hotforwords YouTube channel with other channels of similar popularity, she at least provides some information. She’s not a rocket scientist, but I’ve seen her book and in my opinion it was well-written, so her intellect seems to be OK, she isn’t a “dumb blonde” from the jokes. As a self-taught marketing specialist – she is very clever. I don’t consider this trait bad. Almost everything in the today’s world is a sort of product and must be marketed efficiently to gain popularity.
Marina sometimes participated in discussions on forums and I had the impression that she was nice as a person and she didn’t act like she had any kind of inflated ego. So I think she’s a positive person, although of course she has many flaws.
I also know she goes to an accent reduction trainer to reduce her accent in the daily life, but in the YouTube show she wants to remain it, simply because this is the demand of the majority of viewers.
When it comes to the visa issues that Mark asked about, she admitted once in the Bill O’Reilly’s show that she had a green card, so she is legally in the USA.
The “neurotic” thing is only Wayne’s speculation. But are neurotic people worse? I’m a neurotic person like many of us. Most of moderately neurotic people are sensitive and empathic, so neuroticism is not something that should prevent us from activity.
I was also among Marina Orlova’s critics through some time, but then I saw she’s not as bad as some people depict her.
I must admit I like also Mark Biernat’s blog as he has very interesting views on plenty of various issues.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
Nod. People often do not like people who succeed. One thing I noticed about success is you often get a lot of people who are resentful of you and dislike you. As long as you are morally sound and not hurting others, you should take this as a complement.
I need to revisit my ideas about Marina Orlova and look objectively. At the very least she is a marketing genius.
Further, I do not know if she is striving to reduce her accent for professional reasons or for personal reasons, but I would say her accent in English is less than my accent in Russian or Polish by a long shot.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
From what I can tell, Ladies in Lace is for girls who were in music videos. I would say most negative things being said about her are slanderous. People are resentful of her looks, success, all kinds of things. The good thing is that she keeps going and doesn’t let it bother her.
There are different stories but lets wish the best for her.
What you write may or may not be true, but who cares. If she is using her talents to change her life or do something creative and changed her past than more power to her. I would only ask that you critique her teaching English or style of teaching languages skill as a review form, and not focus on speculation about her past as it does no one good and is not appropriate.
Sorry part of my comment policy is not to attack anyone. And I will have to delete the whole post and comments if it gets too much in this direction.
The more I read about her the more I am beginning to think positive of her. The more I think it is a lady who uses her brain in a creative way and over the years has proven that her morals are good, despite speculation about her.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
Point well-taken. Just before I came back here, I was re-thinking my stance on her. She does use her brain in a positive way, and the only thing she is trying to do is make a living by promoting her love for languages. Is there any way you could delete my posts? I was being childish.
Wayne, I get the same way. This is the Internet and I have been in flames of war with many, but at this point I am trying to be more positive and even rewrite some of my posts when I come across any negativity.
I also like it when others succeed. I live in Eastern Europe and know how hard it is to come from here and try to do something.
In her latest video, she did a vlog about how she came to America. I think it’s an inspirational story. She said herself, she went from a poor girl living outside of Moscow to living in Hollywood, California. She was modest and left out the part about how she’s making a ton of money. I think she’s great. Even though I’m a girl, I watch her videos because she has a great, bubbly personality and gets people interested in learning. I had no interest in learning Russian before I started watching her videos, even though I’m married to a Russian man, so she’s doing something right.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
Thank you for the comment Abbey. I have really more respect for her more I read about her. She is doing something right. I really like to hear about people who use their creative talents in the in a way that entertains and educates others.
Amazing what chest implants and a youtube channel will get you these days.
I agree with what others have said. She looks completely fake. The thing is, she has shown pictures of herself with very little make-up, and she looks 100% better. I think if she wore minimal make-up, gained about 10 pounds, stopped dyeing her hair, and got smaller implants (or got rid of them altogether), she could be absolutely stunning. But as she is now, I don’t find her attractive. She looks like a generic blonde bombshell, which is extremely boring. I like girls who cultivate their own look. She is smart and she does have fun videos, but I don’t get the “s_xy teacher” part she’s selling, because I don’t find her look s_xy. As for the part about her background story possibly being a lie, it doesn’t matter. She’s a huge success now. The past is gone.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
Marina Orlova thank you
Thanks for the post Mark. It’s merely out of insecurity that you don’t see me without makeup that often. I guess I need to get over that.
As for the usual comment like “Amazing what chest implants and a youtube channel will get you these days.” Well.. there is a lot more that goes into having a successful channel than just looking a certain way…. you’d be hard pressed to find girls with “chest implants” that have hundreds of millions of views on YouTube.. they just don’t exist.. plus YouTube frowns upon them… so that type of comment is simplistic and just downright dumb.
Not sure how old this post is since there are no dates, even on the comments.. but I just noticed it and decided to pop over and say hi!
Marina
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
A Russian who has broken the language barrier
Marina, it is an old post and if you want I do not mind editing anything that is too negative. Just let me know.
If you took the time to reply than it is I who owe you a thank you.
Regarding the make up, I really do not think you should worry about this at all either way. If your fan base likes it they like it.
However, on a more personal level I think all women are attractive and they all no matter what level they are at, need more self confidence. I do not know why.
I observe in school that girls were always the smarter once and more mature at first and more confident. They when they become teens they lose confidence. I do not know why, maybe it is nature, so the guys can rescue them from their own self-made purgatories.
My general theory on what makes girls attractive someone who is natural and geeky. That is someone who is keeps in shape and uses very little accents to their looks. You for example could be a success just based on your geekiness. This is what guys like.
However, you are a public figure of sorts and you idea of marketing linguistics with a flair it understandable that you make yourself up in a more flashy way.
I mean in Poland there is a star named Doda. She without getting dressed up is a pretty normal and natural girl. But since she has put herself out there in show biz, she made modifications and guys seems to like it (I do not).
Me personally I prefer the natural look on people, but I am not in show biz.
Never ever let people get you down. Because you are in the public eye, you need to know that many people will respond negatively even if you do everything right.
With confidence and courage stick to your ideals and beliefs and you will continue to do live a rich life no matter how defined.
I have noted real improvement in your English. I speak Polish as a foreigner and I know how hard it is to bridge the English and Slavic language barrier.
If you do it at the level you are, hats off to you.
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
Do not Fret Marina Orlova
People saying you are not good looking, while munching on potato chips, drinking soda (obesity epidemic). People who may point to your incorrect comma placement or word misuse have endured this earth in one culture, have not encountered the variance or heartache of moving from one country to another. Yet they attempt to poke you in the eye for being successful. If you’re not that good looking…why are so many people enamored with you? Why are you so “Hot for Words”? Nothing here was given to you…you have earned it and deserve it. For those that say you aren’t ‘all that’ watch something else…as for me, I am waiting on the teacher
If anyone doesn’t like my comma placement or capitalization, grammar or punctuation – I am a former US Marine, I have nothing to prove – nor to impress. I have placed my life on the line to protect your freedoms…
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
\What is a marketing Genius
@Mark Biernat
> but she is sure is a marketing genius, and for > that she deserves some
> respect.
What precisely makes you think she’s a marketing genius?
I’d expect a marketing genius to understand complex economic contexts
instead of just being lucky (since the number of viewers for her
videos was by no means foreseeable), and once she became a YouTube
partner and the numbers of viewers/subscribers increased, she
basically automatically got invited to high society parties, got the
right contacts, etc. And, as has already been mentioned, there must be
many people working “behind the scenes”. And it also doesn’t take a
genius in order to have a marketing “strategy” like “sex sells”.
I’ve been working for 12 years as a technical IT lead in the
Linux/Unix and TCP/IP networking area and have also been programming
in C and Java, so I think I can judge how long it takes to build up
infrastructure.
So, to sum this up, she’s clearly not a marketing genius.
However, I consider her creative, funny, understanding (comment about
a user named pedanticKarl), cheerful, caring (concerning the autistic
child she’s taken care of when working as a nanny), diligent, and,
last but not least, also intelligent (even if she only graduated from
a pedagogical institute). Furthermore, I also agree with anybody
stating that a more natural appearance would suit her much better (I
would then also add “good looking” to my list).
I really highly appreciate her ability to be able to care for and communicate
with an autistic child. That’s by no means an easy task. (I just don’t
want to reduce her to her appearance only).
Marina Orlova – Hot for words
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