Bilingual/Multilingual Models

[billiejbob]

Hey guys

This is my first post ever...so wish me luck.

I love languages and models so I figured I'd make a thread for models who can speak several languages whether it's their mother tongue plus English or a third, fourth, fifth language. Hopefully there isn't a similar thread already...and if there is I apologise for doubling up.

Anyway, to get the ball rolling here are a few clips I've found of models speaking their native language or a second/third language.

Freja Beha speaking Danish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhxMFcKF7jE

Frida Gustavsson speaking Swedish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5RsDCl-ebY

Daria Werbowy speaking Ukrainian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDv6s3Zx6VM

Candice Swanepoel speaking Portuguese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0R4ptlximI

Coco Rocha speaking French
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ODhh5MOSPA

Gisele Bundchen speaking Spanish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BYWAo53GTk

And last but not least...

Model-turned-Actress Charlize Theron speaking Afrikaans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Q4ZMmw0bk

Sources: Youtube

 

[JessicaKarina]

I love this! I know that Andreea Diaconu can speak 5 languages. She speaks English, Romanian, French, Italian and a little bit of Mandarin.

 

[BoeingGuy82]

Eva Herzigova speaks 5:
Czech, English, French, Italian and Russian....and I'd assume she'd be able to converse in Slovakian too.

 

[billiejbob]

I just found two videos of Eva Herzigova speaking French and Italian...she's seriously talented!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ykHuYYbUTA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_RRjjq1C1g

 

[Elite13]

Languages and models! Two of my favourite things.

Anna Ewers can speak German and English and she went on a school exchange to Colombia so I'm guessing Spanish too.

 

[JessicaKarina]

Kinga Rajzak speaks English, Hungarian, and Slovak fluently.

 

[billiejbob]

I love when the Brazilian models speak Spanish...like Gisele and Adriana (below). It's basically Portuñol but still cute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_05s7GFqwn4

I know Candice and Behati speak Afrikaans fluently since it's their native language but I can't seem to find any videos of them speaking it.
Afrikaans is my favourite language to listen to.

Here's one of Natasha Poly speaking her native Russian (at 1:30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bop2FRf5nZ4

Magdalena speaking her native Polish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5o0sazFWdc

Anja Rubik speaking her native Polish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0oIsyJtM1M

Toni Garrn speaking her native German
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo0ENekKtKY

Milla Jovovich speaking Russian (I assume she speaks Ukrainian as well)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPoxKIlM-cs

Carmen Kass speaking Estonian (in an Estonian film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBWTUTzoFUk

iD also did a few short clips on models speaking their native languages:

Liu Wen speaking Chinese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKOpjRElEEM

Tao Okamoto speaking Japanese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0hVrjD5HcI

Barbara Palvin speaking Hungarian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08pt5jzyD9Y

Some of the models sound so different when you hear them speaking their native language or a second language! I love it!

Sources: YouTube

 

[sore]

I don't have a video, but Sophia Ahrens speaks her native German, English, and judging from her instagram she's pretty fluent in Italian, too.

 

[cocolette]

Issa Lish speaks Spanish, Japanese, English and French.

Ola Rudnicka speaks Polish, English and French fluently.

Caroline Schurch speaks French, German, Italian, English and Polish perfectly.

 

[MyNameIs]

Wouldn't like 99% of international models be at least bilingual? Really only American, Canadian, Australian and British ones can get by with just one language. The rest have to learn at least English as a second language.

 

[Elite13]

^ No.. Irish models speak fluent English. We are not the same as British models.

 

[ad091215]

great thread!
Harleth Kuusik and Alexandra Elizabeth Ljadov speaking Estonian http://etv.err.ee/v/elusaated/pealtnagija/pealtnagija_lood/76e21792-a2da-4df4-91df-ec9487166eb6 via yesitsdagny

 

[anonid]

Xiao Wen Ju speaking Mandarin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IClRA5ZR6P0

Jac Jagaciak speaking Polish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lViq6ll51lk

 

[billiejbob]

Here are a few more of models speaking their native or second language...

Karlie Kloss speaking French...she does pretty well!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnlGrE6yR-8

Caroline Winberg and Elsa Sylvan speaking their native Swedish...so sexy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zdSE2Y6Ka4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0F3lmQqN04

Doutzen speaking her native Dutch...interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hiaVkdaz6U

Bar Rafaeli speaking Hebrew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqlRAdi-3lA

 

[valisere]

Does any one have any clips of KK or Anne V. speaking their native languages? Because I don't think I've ever seen one.

 

[dsamg]

Every model who isn't a native English speaker pretty much..

 

[anonid]

Sasha Pivovarova speaking Russian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMEVx9dWUx0

Sasha Luss speaking Russian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSkpCYSdhKc

Snejana Onopka speaking Ukrainian (0:28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaI0Rvh7b_Y

Vlada Roslyakova speaking Russian (0:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXPiDDlH9_s

 

[valisere]

Does any one have any clips of KK or Anne V. speaking their native languages? Because I don't think I've ever seen one.

Never mind about KK. I just found one.
http://www.blesk.cz/clanek/celebrit...va-odrekla-kseft-za-miliony-kvuli-maxove.html

 

[rashutaarbl]

Emina Cunmulaj
Speaking Albanian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykGjq555WWo
Speaking Serbian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU1KPXXv0PM

 

[billiejbob]

Here's a clip of Doutzen speaking Frisian (which is different to Dutch but still similar).
You can hear the slight differences between the two languages when you watch this and then watch her speaking Dutch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXlPpKCN7i8