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Today we will be talking about the three 90 day fiancé cast members
who submitted their application for Maxim Cover girl competition –
Julia, Natalie and Larissa.
We will review their submissions and provide some lesser-known facts and updates about those ladies.
Maxim is an international men’s magazine that is prominent for its photography of actresses, singers, and female models whose careers are at a current peak.
Launched in 2017 Cover Girl competition attracts many models, social media influencers and reality TV stars.
The description of the prize on Maxim’s website is the following:
Who will join previous Maxim Cover Girls and grace the cover of Maxim Magazine?
In addition to the $25,000 grand prize, the winner will enjoy a lavish photoshoot with legendary photographer Gilles Bensimon and receive worldwide recognition.
No wonder many women who strive for modeling career and the cash prize are entering this competition, including 90 day fiancé cast members.
According to Maxim, the aim of the contest was to elect a new cover girl via “democratic vote”.
However, users only get one free vote a day and for any additional votes one needs to pay – a dollar per vote.
So let’s take a look at 90 day fiancé cast members submissions for Maxim competition.
We’ll start with Julia.
A Russian cast member first appeared on 90 day fiancé season 8.
On that season she had to give up her big city lifestyle and become accustomed to working on a farm in Virginia.
Initially, Julia was liked among the majority of 90 day fiancé fans, who loved her attitude and sense of humor.
However, during the Tell All she was “all over the place” according to fans, which made a lot of them reconsider their fondness for her.
Julia was heavily criticized on social media for her comments about cosmetic surgery and laziness of obese people.
The Russian native tried to do damage control on her social media, saying it was her opinion that she is entitled to.
Additionally, she posted photos of her 55-year-old mom, saying she’s in a great shape after giving birth to three children, and doesn’t use any makeup,
implying that regardless of age and child-bearing, one can stay in shape with hard work.
Despite that, fans still bombarded Julia with comments along the lines of
“let’s see if your opinion changes after giving birth”, “how about people who have underlying mental or physical health conditions”, etcetera.
Then Julia also tried to say that she was not in fact telling almost 50-year-old Rebecca that she could’ve lost weight in the "gym club" instead of doing Sonobello procedure,
but her comment was directed to Zied who was seeking a quick fix without making any changes to his lifestyle.
According to Julia, this scene was edited by TLC.
Regardless of her explanation, the damage has been done with people arguing Julia shouldn’t have an opinion about other people appearances, as it does not concern her at all.
Some fans also defended Julia, saying she was so active during the Tell All to secure a spot on the upcoming season of 90 day fiancé.
Additionally, some fans defended Julia saying she couldn’t convey her thoughts properly due to the language barrier.
Julia is indeed in a good shape, as according to herself she works out a lot and has been precariously employed since the age of 13.
In an Instagram post, she revealed her first job was handing out advertisements during summer.
She also listed 15 jobs she held over the years:
A reddit user discovered a Russian article about Julia dating back to 2013, when she was successfully competing in male-dominated pull-up bar tournaments.
In the article Julia detailed how she became interested in doing pull-ups.
"My girlfriends can’t wrap their heads around my love for pull-up bar training.
They are more about dancing. My parents were bewildered as well.
My mom even wanted to forbid me from training."
But then her coach and she won fourth place out of sixteen at the championship as a duo, and her parents took a totally different stance.
After the competition Julia started getting a lot of messages on social media from girls, asking questions like:
“How can I get ripped?”, “Is working out difficult?”, etc.
Julia said: "This is very flattering. I tried to reply to all of them."
Besides that, Julia also was competing in fitness competitions for three years in a row.
It seems that her boyfriend at the time was also interested in fitness and body-building.
The young man looks like a completely different type from her now-husband, Brandon.
Julia also worked as a go-go dancer back in Russia.
28-year-old Julia’s cover girl submission for Maxim cover girl reads “I am from Russia, now I live in America. Im young, energetic, beautiful. I will be your model.”
In the competition, all the models need to answer two questions to attract more votes – their secret talent and what would they spend the grand prize of $25,000 on.
Julia responded the following
What is Julia's secret talent? I can hypnotize with a look
What would Julia do with the $25,000? I would spend money on travel for my parents and pay the first installment on my house in which I plan to make a small animal shelter
Julia’s profile features a couple of photos, most of them shot by Brandon.
Now let’s take a look at Natalie’s submission.
90 day fiancé’s Natalie has entered the competition under the last name of “Podiiakova”.
Many fans are confused as to what her legal name really is.
On Instagram her full name is Natalie Mordovtseva and her third husband’s last name is Youngquist.
It appears that Podiakova is her legal last name, as on the wedding license her name is Nataliia Podiakova.
Many fans are surprised that Natalie actually has two ex-husbands.
She only mentions one of them — her second — on 90 Day Fiancé.
Her second husband was a Ukrainian businessman who was always away on business trips.
The couple broke up because he didn’t want children.
Natalie’s first ex-husband, Zenon Pierides is from Cyprus.
It is unclear why Natalie never mentioned her first marriage on the show.
While Natalie stayed on Cyprus with him while they were married, 90DayTheMelanatedWay wrote about the 90 Day Fiancé star leaving him and moving back to Ukraine after he filed for bankruptcy.
Sequim resident Mike’s debt was a huge worry for him during season seven of 90 Day Fiancé.
However, the question of his finances hasn't been raised at all on season eight.
Natalie was more concerned with Mike being “low class” and having a lower IQ
In addition to her acting past, the now 36-year-old Ukrainian had a modeling experience before as well.
Natalie’s Maxim competition bio included a spoiler on 90 day fiancé and currently the bio isn’t the same now as when it was first submitted.
Skip to the time stamp on the screen to avoid spoilers for this season of Happily Ever After
Natalie’s bio on the voting site read, “Nataliia Podiakova. I’m an actress and reality TV star. 90 Day Fiancé Season 7 and 8, HEA, Single Life.”
Natalie’s mention of the 90 Day Fiancé spinoff The Single Life seemingly confirmed her split from Mike.
But later, Maxim's page was updated with no mention of the TLC show.
The rumors of Natalie and Mike's split were further fueled by her living in Florida, on the opposite side of the country to Washington state.
Previously, both uncle Beau and Andrew from season 8 of 90 day fiancé confirmed Mike and Natalie are in fact not together.
You can watch my videos on this topic, if you haven’t already, by clicking a link in the description.
Recently Natalie posted that she was praying for her procedure to go well.
She later revealed she had a Sonobello liposuction on her chin, belly, waist.
During her stay in south-eastern United States, she visited Tampa, New Orleans and Universal Studios, with a fellow 90 day fiancé cast member Varya.
To fans’ surprise, Varya is currently in the U.S.
She sold her apartment in Russia in order to travel and she has 2 months left on her tourist visa to stay in the U.S.
Russian radio-host and Geoffrey’s presumably ex-girlfriend currently lives in Northern Florida.
She is also going through some health issues, having to pay out of pocket for emergency hospital visits.
Rumor had that Varya was with Geoffrey during her stay in the U.S., however seeing he’s in Tennessee and she’s in Florida, it is unlikely they are a couple.
Going back to Natalie's Maxim submission
In her profile pic, Natalie is wearing white-colored off-shoulder corset with a matching skirt.
She paired the outfit with white stone low-hanging earrings and a signature necklace.
To complete this look, she wore tennis shoes.
Currently her bio says that she's an actress and a reality TV star and that she wrote a book about life in US.
Responding to questions, Natalie answered: what is Natalie's secret talent?
"I can feel for people with love and compassion- things that at e needed in this world.."
What would Natalie do with the $25,000?
"I would donate some of this money to the charity to organization for women with emotional and physical a_use. I believe all women are meant to be happy and beautiful at this earth!
Also, I would start a training company: “ The power of being yourself”, “How to make yourself look fresh and prosper” “Beauty tips from Natalie”."
According to my follower, Natalie has taken the idea of the training company from a famous Russian Model.
Natalie’s pictures on Maxim’s profile are her mostly old professional test shoots, as well as two pictures in a new corset look,
a picture with a skateboard and a picture in a red dress, complemented with an apparent photoshop fail.
Natalie asks her followers for support and votes in the competition.
Recently, she came back to Washington state and shot an Instagram reel in sequin red dress.
Lastly, we have Larissa’s submission.
We have recently talked about all the updates on her deportation, breaking up with Ericeee and her mental health – check out the video linked down in the description.
Therefore, let’s focus on her Maxim profile. Right of the bat, it is obvious that Larissa had tried the hardest for the competition,
among 90 day fiance cast members.
Larissa has arranged for a professional photoshoot, showcasing different looks in lingerie
The 34-year-old’s bio reads “Made in Brazil, I'm a former reality TV star and a huge fan of Maxim. I love to show my skin and there is no place I'd rather do it than [here]”.
Larissa's secret talent is that she can make anyone smile
If Larissa wins the $25,000 grand prize, she would invest it in treasury bonds
Despite having more than double the number of followers on Instagram than Natalie and Julia combined, unlike them who are in the first place in their groups, Larissa has third place in her group.
In other updates, Larissa also seems to have put her past conflicts behind her, even congratulating her ex-husband Colt’s new fiancée Vanessa with the engagement.
Some fans speculate that Vanessa is currently pregnant with Colt’s baby, however a source told me this is not true.
Curiously, the three ladies weren’t the only 90 day fiancé cast members to have participated in the Maxim competition.
In 2019, the 90 Day Fiance alum Darcey Silva asked her fans to vote for her so that she could grace the magazine's cover.
She was competing with thousands of other models and unfortunately didn't make the cover
Paola Mayfield, also tried to be the face of the magazine. She was looking forward to boosting her modeling career; she even won the first round. Unfortunately, she couldn't win the second round.
Do you think that any of 90 day fiancé cast member competing in Maxim cover girl competition stand a chance at winning?
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