Olympic Medalist Nastia Liukin Scores Spokesmodel Bonanza

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What’s an Olympics win without a few marketing deals following the win? Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Nastia Liukin won’t know because she’s already gearing up for a laundry list of spokesperson gigs. She’ll front Cover Girl ads, launch a line of jeans with Vanilla Star, appear on the Wheaties box and appear on Gossip Girl. Oh and she already has a deal with tween website Beaconstreetgorls.com.

Liukin has a positive outlook, saying, “Winning the Olympics can change your life, and nothing can prepare you for that. You can go with the flow and enjoy the ride.” A native of Plano Texas, Liukin was born in Moscow and moved to America with her parents, who competed in the Olympics for the former Soviet Union, when she was two and a half.

More marketing deals are likely to follow and she’ll be hanging with Maria Sharapova during fashion week in New York at Peter Som’s show.

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