Marina Orlova, known to millions of YouTube fans around the world as a sexy master of language, is a 28-year-old Internet sensation. Hailing from Moscow, Marina has two degrees in philology, the study of linguistics and origin of words. Back in Russia, Marina taught English and World Literature to high schoolers. She came to the United States six years ago to improve her English skills and to prepare for her Ph.D., but she ended up staying in the U.S. simply because of the warmer weather.

Two and a half years ago, Marina burst on to the YouTube scene. Her initial goal was to reach more people with her language knowledge. Instead of a classroom of 20 back in Russia, she now has a virtual class of more than 238,000 subscribers. In each video, she takes word requests from YouTube users and discusses their meanings and origins. This is something that might at first seem boring, but when a buxom blonde with a Russian accent teaches you anything, it can be quite educational, proving that "intelligence is Sexy."

Marina's YouTube popularity has skyrocketed in the last few years. Her channel, HotForWords, has received more than 214 million video views on YouTube, is the 21st most-watched channel of all time on YouTube, and receives an additional 3.5 million video views each week.

Called the "Sexiest philologist in the world" by the New Yorker, Marina was voted the World's #1 Sexiest Geek by Wired.com, she's a regular on Fox Network's The O'Reilly Factor, she was voted the 5th hottest woman on the Net by G4 TV. She's been recommended by the New York Times Magazine, and was mentioned in Cosmopolitan as one of the top 3 channels on YouTube! Hot for Words: Answers to All Your Burning Questions About Words and Their Meanings is her first book.