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Eos, I was always wondering about this video myself. Natalia is so enigmatic there and I love her gaze...

LOL, what are u talking about? You can forget native language if u left ur country when you were small, 3-11 years old. She left when she was 18 or about that. Or she has poor mamory. And it's not like she forgot her language,her speach is quite primitive. I finished linguistic university and i "kinda" know what i'm talking about. It's pretty hard for ME to express myself in English cause it's not my native language & my english sucks as you noticed. Anyway, Vodianova didn't forget the russian language,she simply can't "build" correct sentences. well, as you seem to be an absolute expert in EVERYTHING, I will not argue with you. I only speak for myself. I immigrated to USA from Russia when I was 23 and for a number of years could not afford to have a phone line to speak with my family in Russia. I can tell you that when I went home for a visit I sounded "косноязычно, топорно" (could not "build' my sentences for sure) and I have graduated with a language degree in Russia as well and most of my family is in hard science. So this is an example from my personal experience. I have to admit I was seeking improving my English in any way I could and did not hang out with any russian people in the US. This is the reason why I see parallels with Natalia's situation (that she probably encounters many more situations where English is spoken). However, Russian did come back to me but through a substantial effort at first and then much easier. Salute! есть такое понятие-начитанность. вот,про что я говорю. это не только знание,но и правильно поставленная речь. Водянова косноязычная. Она в школе не училась,не читала и общалась с такими же как она. Отсюда и выводы. пы.сы. и не хами,пож. (я про твое 1-ое предложение) я бы была очень признательна, если бы в ответ было тоже. Это я насчет хамства. Все твои заметки полны язвы и,кстати, все твои выводы говогрят больше о тебе, чем о Наталии. прочти это и постарайся подумать.

man, she is hilarious in this video and by the way she tells there why it's a bit awkward for her to explain herself in English! she is very sincere and touching, I think.

LOL, what are u talking about? You can forget native language if u left ur country when you were small, 3-11 years old. She left when she was 18 or about that. Or she has poor mamory. And it's not like she forgot her language,her speach is quite primitive. I finished linguistic university and i "kinda" know what i'm talking about. It's pretty hard for ME to express myself in English cause it's not my native language & my english sucks as you noticed. Anyway, Vodianova didn't forget the russian language,she simply can't "build" correct sentences. well, as you seem to be an absolute expert in EVERYTHING, I will not argue with you. I only speak for myself. I immigrated to USA from Russia when I was 23 and for a number of years could not afford to have a phone line to speak with my family in Russia. I can tell you that when I went home for a visit I sounded "косноязычно, топорно" (could not "build' my sentences for sure) and I have graduated with a language degree in Russia as well and most of my family is in hard science. So this is an example from my personal experience. I have to admit I was seeking improving my English in any way I could and did not hang out with any russian people in the US. This is the reason why I see parallels with Natalia's situation (that she probably encounters many more situations where English is spoken). However, Russian did come back to me but through a substantial effort at first and then much easier. Salute!

I totally agree with you, Eos! I believe she did mention in one of the interviews or articles, that she indeed was a bad student and yes, that was due to the fact that she was staying at home with her sister and working with mom. My opinion is that if she had a chance she'd ace in many classes (maybe not physics and math but many nevertheless!) These days it seems that whatever she does, she puts a lot of energy and concentration into it. Maybe she grew these habits later than majority of kids with stable families but she did! and did it so excellently. And yes, you are right, some credit should go to the people surrounding her - mainly Justin and his family, but most of the credit is hers as it is difficult to be self-educating in your 20s. as for the language - it is totally possible to start forgetting your mother tongue. Heck, I have experienced that myself

Wow, thank you! Natalia shines. She really looks happy at this event which is a nice change, in my view.

wow thanks for the video! she denied her romance with Andrei Boltenko, said that Andrei has a girlfriend and she hopes that this young woman is not upset by these rumors, she merely has a project with him. She has many guy friends and it is absurd to suggest that she has romance with whoever she is friends. However, she did not agree to comment on her divorce with Justin (confirm it or deny it) and said " this is very unpleasant and feelings of many people are involved. So please let's not talk about my personal life any more". She said she would not be returning to Russia to live because her kids go to school in England. My persona opinion now? yes, I think the divorce in imminent. I think she would have denied all rumors given this perfect opportunity.

she looks sweet.

Hurray! so happy that all turned out quite innocent. She does not look in love with him (from those pictures that surfaced before).

I don't mean to re-post. Has this been seen? it is from Vogue China 2010.

well, I personally do not care who is going to be first to be judged or how exactly the blame will be assigned. The entire prospect is horrible. But back to the blame - we do NOT know what's happening between them and who is to blame, do we?.. hey, which article are you all talking about? about Justin-alcoholism? has it been posted here and I missed?

can I ask why you think that?

Oh, I sympathize with your thinking, Eos. I feel the same. I do hope she does not divorce Justin, somehow there is this belief in me that he is a good man. After all, she chose to have three children with him (not just one, so it was not an accident). I also think that no matter what she does she will succeed because of who she is, people love her for the reasons and so she will be on top either in Britain or in Russia. But I will keep my fingers crossed that she won't need to have such drastic changes in her life (at least for the sake of her children - it will be difficult for kiddos)... anyways, sorry for my useless rumble.

wow, fashionmistake1234 - thank you so much! a few are new to me plus the entire last post with pix from Ochi Chernye is totally unseen before.

hmmm this article names Natalia's children as Lukas, Alexander and Neva. I thoght the 2nd boy's name was Viktor

the more I look closely at the profile, the more it is evident that it is not Natalia.

I have never seen it - clearly Natalia breastfed when she was photographed <_<

OMG, stunning! please post the article or images, if you could!!!

yes, she truly is a precious jewel of Nature. I also love her back and torso. Her torso is noticeably shorter than many models' torsos, which is unique and less giraffe-like. It's just very pretty sitting on her lean long legs.

Who are you calling that?

one more (from TFS). Natalia looks like goddess in Valentino. She always looked like that in Valentino, starting from that pale pink gown when she was pregnant with Neva...

yes, and then she looks like that - stunning!!!

Natalia is sweet. How perfectly she looks every time we see her at events - I personally do not care much for... It is her work and good deeds that count most for me. I wish I could say "her personality" but I don't know anything about her personality Given her beautiful figure and face she looks gorgeous almost always. I don't care if her face appears oily or her nails are not polished, as I remember some people noted. The only thing I would want to see in her different is more styles to her hair as it is perfect length for different styles and she could have fun with it. Oh, and I also wish she'd stop teasing her hair so much sometimes like here:

Love her ensemble and jewelry at Chanel! very chic. I think it'd be nice if Natalia wore her hair straight sometimes. She used to (in CK times) and it always looked so good.