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Yana Gupta
Date of Birth 23 April 1979, Brno, Czech Republic
Birth Name Yana Synkova
Height 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Generally people tend to misunderstand Yana as a person of
East Indian origin - she is actually European, a citizen
of the Czech Republic.
A Taurus, Yana was born on April 23rd, 1979 in Brno. She
has a natural beauty, enhanced by peaches and cream
complexion, drop-dead gorgeous looks, a stunning figure,
and a statuesque height of 5' 8" - ingredients that are
guaranteed to sweep men completely off their feet.
Hand-in-hand with her physical charms is unrivaled
intellect, and a knowledge of English, Czech, Hindi,
Spanish, and Japanese.
Yana started modeling in the mid-1990s and did rouse
considerable curiosity due to her unique last name, and
her European looks.
Mothwithstanding her current location, Yana has been to
almost every corner of the world including Milan, Paris
Vienna, Munich, Hamburg, Prague, Tokyo, just to name a
few.
She has modeled for high profiled clients such Calvin
Klein, Victoria's Secret, Toyota, Honda, Sony, and
cosmetic products such as Nivea, Rexona, Shuemura, &
Shisheido
After graduating in Park Architecture and Gardening, she
left for Japan, where she modeled for a considerable
period of time. Her restless spirit then took her to
India. She acquired her last name, when she fell in love
and married Satyakam Gupta, and re-located to Pune,
Maharashtra, India.
After her marriage, she continued her modeling stints in
Mumbai with Limca, MTV, Lakme, and made her entry into
Bollywood with an item in 'Dum'. Since then she has
appeared in two Telegu one Tamil one Kannad movie, and
another Bollywood movie 'Ek Ajnabee' opposite Arjun Rampal.
Amongst her interests and hobbies are playing the piano,
the flute, dancing, aerobics, health, fitness, and
computers. She is a vegetarian.
She is the TV Anchor of a musical countdown show on Zoom
TV, and was named as the Lakme new face of the year,
replacing model-actress, Lisa Ray. She has signed up with
Indiagames and will be featured in their future ventures,
which will include games, puzzles, etc..
Although she is now divorced, she does plan to remain in
India, where she will be launching her very own album in
English. After the completion of this project, Yana may
consider entering Bollywood movies.
Spouse Satyakam Gupta (2001 - 18 May 2005) (divorced)
Was named the new face for Lakme cosmetics in 2001,
replacing its former model Lisa Ray
Besides her native Czech language, she can also speak
Spanish, Japanese, English, and a little Hindi and Urdu.
Is a vegetarian.
Replaced Bipasha Basu in the movie Dum (2003) as the item
number girl for the song 'Bijli Giri', which turned her
into a star in the Bollywood film industry.
Is the first Western Caucasian woman to successfully
crossover into the Indian film industry.
Personal Quotes
"I have not strutted my stuff yet. If I start showing off
and try to look sexy, many actresses will not get a sound
sleep. Till now, whatever I did was just the tip of the
iceberg. The day I will show the whole iceberg, no one
will stand any competition against me." (March 2007) |
