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Marina OrlovaPicturesBiography for Marina OrlovaMarina Orlova (Russian: Марина Орлова) (born 10 dec. 1980 (32 years ago)) is a Russian philologist, etymologist, and author who has become an Internet celebrity, hosting one of the most popular channels on YouTube, HotForWords, and a corresponding website. She also hosts a bi-weekly radio show on Maxim Radio on Sirius Satellite Radio.Early yearsOrlova was born in Arzamas (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) Russian SFSR, Soviet Union in 1980 (32 years ago). In an interview she claimed to work at a shop for a year before applying to an international recruitment program, she was then sent to a small town near San Francisco and worked as a nanny for a working family with two children.CareerOrlova initially aspired to become a model. She went to two photoshoots, but did not succeed—she was told that at 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m), she was too short to be a model.Hot for words websiteThe theme of Orlova's website and YouTube videos, which begin with the tagline "Intelligence is Sexy", is tracing the origins of English words. Some of her entries focus on everyday words such as irony and OK, while others address lengthy and rarely used tongue-twisters such as floccinaucinihilipilification and antidisestablishmentarianism. Some entries also address idioms, including "let the cat out of the bag", "dressed to the nines", and "three sheets to the wind", or new words like the verb "to google".The channel became active in Feb. 2007 (5 years ago), at a time when, Orlova said, "everybody was uploading cleavage". Orlova has since been voted "World's #1 Sexiest Geek" in Wired Magazine's "Sexy Geek of the Year Contest" contest. G4 TV has listed Orlova among its "Hot Women of the Net" on several occasions, and Cosmopolitan Magazine has identified her as the "most subscribed to YouTube guru". Orlova appeared on the cover of the Nov. 2009 (3 years ago) issue of Mutineer Magazine, applying her trademark word explanations to common beverage words. Orlova has appeared on a number of Fox shows including on The O'Reilly Factor, and was profiled on "The Medium", an Internet feature of The New York Times Magazine. In Jun. 2008 (4 years ago), Orlova and radio personality Danny Bonaduce signed endorsement deals with "coComment". She has two degrees in philology and taught English and world literature to high school students in Moscow before moving to the United States to pursue further education. In an interview, Orlova explained how she got viewers interested in words; "How else could I attract them to words?" "Everyone knows that sex sells." Personal lifeOrlova rents an apartment in Beverly Hills. She has said that her work takes up all of her time, and that she sometimes sits at the computer 12 to 14 hours at a time and has little time left for socializing. She is currently single.Bibliography (Books)
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