Lina Mari

**Lina Mari** (born 27 December 1982) is a Sodraxian fashion model, television presenter, and fashion designer.

Mari first established her career in the late-1990s as a teenager when she was signed to Natalia Model Management after being scouted while on a family vacation to Ubenmoor. She quickly made a name for herself in the fashion industry, walking in fashion weeks in Ubenmoor, Adoriam City, Vorshdek, Port of Lashardia, and others.

Mari has been cited as one of the highest-paid and most influential fashion models of all-time, with an annual income of over $16 million during the peak of her career. She retired from modeling in 2015, and later launched her own swimsuit and beachwear line.

## Life and career

### Early life

Mari was born on 27 December 1982 in Amelon, Sodrax. Her mother, Gina, was a optometrist, while her father, Neff, was a dermatologist. She has two older sisters, named Kalli and Krista, while the family was upper class.

Mari attended primary school in Amelon, where she wanted to be a doctor like her parents. When she was 13 years old, her mother signed her and her sisters up for after-school modeling courses at an Öga Karshölitelmonk Modeling Academy in Amelon. Mari despised the school, while her sisters loved it, and she quit after attending for two weeks.

After graduating from primary school in 1997, she began attending a mathematics and science based high school in Amelon, where she hoped to become a plastic surgeon. However, she later dropped out of school in 2000, shortly before graduating to pursue her modeling career. She earned a high school degree via online school in 2002.

### Career

While on a family vacation in Ubenmoor in 1999, Mari was scouted by a talent scout for Natalia Model Management while walking through the street with her mother. Originally uninterested in pursuing a modeling career due to her experiences at Öga Karshölitelmonk Modeling Academy, she rebuffed the offer, but her mother persuaded her to consider it. Soon enough, she accepted and was signed to the agency at the age of 16.

Mari booked small photoshoots in Amelon in late-1999 and early-2000, but in 2000 at the age of 17, she was persuaded by the label to drop out of school and move to Ubenmoor to pursue modeling professionally. Despite initially rejecting the offer, she eventually accepted after discovering the large support she received by her family and friends. After arriving in Ubenmoor, she began booking much large gigs including several covers of major international fashion magazines. She was dubbed by the media as "Sodrax's Sexiest Export" and "The Stunner from Sodrax", which caused some minor controversy due to her young age and overly sexualized image.

By the early 2000s, Mari had established herself as one of the most sought-after and highest-paid models in the industry. In 2006, she was called the highest-paid model and the fifth highest-paid female entertainer in Asmatys, with annual earnings over $16 million. In 2012, Mari began hosting *Natalia Model Search*, a reality competition to find new talent for Natalia Model Management. She retired from modeling in 2015 in order to focus on her family life, and other career pursuits. Mari later went on to release her debut swimsuit and beachwear line in spring 2015.

## Personal life

Mari married Lashardian footballer Henrik Gregölundak in summer 2010. The couple has two sons together; Lark, born in January 2012, and Raven, born in March 2015. The family resides permanently in Jorden, Ubenmoor but also owns property in Vorshdek, Sodrax.

While speaking about her religion, Mari has called herself a "secular Roman Catholic". She was raised speaking Sodraxian, but also speaks fluent English, Lashardian, Maximan, and Pesan. Her children were raised bilingually in Sodraxian and Lashardian.