Yana Martelli

Yana Mikhailova Martelli (born Yana Sergeyevna Mikhailova; x|Ukrainian: Яна Сергіївна Михайлова, x|Russian: Яна Сергеевна Михайлова; on 20 August 1980) is a Ukrainian-American television personality and former model, best known for starring in the x|VH1 reality series Russian Girls.

Early life
Martelli was born in x|Kiev, Ukraine as Yana Sergeyevna Mikhailova. Her father, Sergey Mikhailov, worked for the Soviet government, while her mother, Maria Vorobyova, was a homemaker. Her native language is x|Russian, and she learned x|Ukrainian while in school.

Martelli grew up in a semi-affluent family, and has two older identical twin sisters: Natalia and Anna. She graduated from high school in 1998, and began studying x|English at x|Kyiv National Linguistic University. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2002. After graduating, Martelli moved to x|New York City to pursue a career as a model.

Career
After arriving in New York, Martelli was signed to a modeling agency and began doing runway and print work. She walked runways in New York, x|Los Angeles, x|London, x|Paris, x|Milan, and x|Moscow, in addition to appearing in several international fashion magazines and print campaigns. She retired from modeling in 2008.

Martelli later began a career as a television personality, being cast in the x|VH1 reality series Russian Girls.

Personal life
From 2002 to 2005, Martelli resided in x|Manhattan. In 2005, she married American attorney Joseph Martelli, and moved with him to x|Cove Neck, New York on x|Long Island. They have three children together; Alexandra Simone Martelli (born June 31, 2009), Kyle Eric Martelli (born December 1, 2010), and Henry Sergey Martelli (born August 4, 2012). All three of their children were raised bilingually in x|English and x|Russian.

Martelli became an American citizen in 2009. She can speak x|Russian, x|Ukrainian, x|English, and x|German fluently, in addition to being conversational in x|Belarusian and x|French.