Model Name Pronunciation

[Nemova]

^that's correct, it's 'Hyka'.

 

[littleragnarboy]

Also Liya Kebede. I know her first name is pronounced Lay-uh

i saw a video where she pronounced it lee-yah.

 

[Acid]

Tiiu says he name like this...........' T-you Kyouk'

 

[Meg]

see I always pronounced Liya's name like the name 'leah' pronounced lee-ah however Tom Ford in an interview pronounced it lay-uh so I figured he would know?

 

[jadedomega]

I've always pronounced Liya's name as "Lay-Ah"...I don't know why...

 

[jadedomega]

How does one pronounce Hana's last name?

Soukupova....So-U-Kuu-Poe-Va?

 

[eunka]

How does one pronounce Hana's last name?

Soukupova....So-U-Kuu-Poe-Va?

It's funny for me to see how you write pronounce of some foreign names. In Czech we read it as we see it. So Soukupova is S O U K U P O V A...

So-U-Kuu-Poe-Va we would read as SOUKŮPOUVA

 

[main_main_main2003]

Ah I didn't know that! They always write her name down like Kiuk. Funny.

Dewi Driegen =
Day-wee (like in Davy, just change the 'v' into a 'w') Dree-gen. Actually it's with the typical Dutch g-sound, but I have no idea how to explain that.

I know people called Dewi who pronounce there name like this.

But I heard her say her name on TV as "Dewy"

 

[tortoisie]

It's funny for me to see how you write pronounce of some foreign names. In Czech we read it as we see it. So Soukupova is S O U K U P O V A...

So-U-Kuu-Poe-Va we would read as SOUKŮPOUVA

I always pronounced Hana's last name as "Sue-ku-po-va". is that wrong?

I know people called Dewi who pronounce there name like this.

But I heard her say her name on TV as "Dewy"

I asked my dutch friend and she said Dewi is just dewi, but i'm not sure, like she's been to Australia for so long, and apparently dewi is also used to say goodbye in Dutch!?!?

But you know sometimes people get my name wrong too much, i'm so used to it, that i accept any kind of pronounciation, as long as i can recognize my own name, so i guess that must be the same case as models, i remember listening to a radio interview with Linda Evangelista about different pronounciations and variations of her last name. it's intersting! I think this was the interview!
http://www.kyleandjackieo.com/interviews.php

Anywayz, nice thread guys! thank you!

 

[eunka]

I always pronounced Hana's last name as "Sue-ku-po-va". is that wrong?

I don't know how to write it in English. It's like S - then OU read like the O letter - KU - PO - VA

 

[Mr. Lee]

I've always pronounced Liya's name as "Lay-Ah"...I don't know why...

I thought it was lie-ah...

 

[Mr. Lee]

I decided to start this thread because there are so many models out there whose names I most likely screw up and would like for that to cease! Anyway the one that right now bugs me the most is Erin Wasson. Her last name confuses me. Right now I pronounce it WA-sawn but I'm thinking maybe it's WA-sun. I have no idea! Also Liya Kebede. I know her first name is pronounced Lay-uh, but what about her last name? any help and further inquiries welcome!

Erin told me she was Welch so...

 

[littleragnarboy]

how do you say jeisa? i pronounce it like y-eisha, but i don't think it's right

 

[iperlchen]

I always say it like 'gee-shaa', but that's probably not correct

 

[yourbestfriend]

jay-za ?

 

[Nemova]

ge-ee-za. The 'j' is actually harder to pronounce, in Portuguese it's completely different from what it is English. It's something between 'sh' and 'dj'.

 

[Nemova]

What about Gemma? Do you guys say dje-mah or ghe-ma?

 

[littleragnarboy]

What about Gemma? Do you guys say dje-mah or ghe-ma?

dje-mah

 

[Nader]

jemma, i hope thats how you say it

 

[littleragnarboy]

jemma, i hope thats how you say it

yes