| Natalie Gal | |
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| Born | Natalia Ivanovna Galkina December 18, 1985 Bataysk, USSR |
| Other names | Natalia Hagler, Natalie Gal, Natasha Galkina, Allie M, Nata |
| Occupation | Fashion model/Actress |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Hair color | Blonde, Brown |
| Eye color | Green/Blue |
| Measurements | 86.5-61-86.5 cm, 34-24-34 in |
| Dress size | 4 (US), 34 (EU) |
| Shoe size | 8 (US), 40 (EU) |
| Agency | Beatrice Models, Red Model Management, Ace Models, Muse Models |
| Spouse | Stuart Hagler (m. 2004-2009) (divorced) |
| Website | |
| nataliegal.com | |
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 of America's Next Top Model.
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Natalia Ivanovna Galkina was born into 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.
Galkina was a contestant on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8, 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 in the bottom two for the third week. In the fourth week, her hard work finally received recognition and since the fifth week until the 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. 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.
She is represented by Fenton Moon in New York City and also has agencies in Moscow, London, Athens, Paris, and Germany. She has starred in different movie productions and modeled for different brands such as Levuk, Allison Parris, Pantene, Wella, Nexxus, Vivienne Tam, Rock and Republic, Diesel, and Cover Girl, worked for CWTV.
At the age of 18, Galkina married American citizen, Stuart Hagler, who was 22 years her senior, and returned to America with him. They later divorced in 2009. Their daughter, Angelina Hagler was born in 2005. Galkina now lives between her homes in Los Angeles and New York.
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