Testimonials

 What our clients say about Elena's Models

14 November 2005

Dear Elena, 

Thank you very much for your help.
Because of your help I have found my great love. 
Our wedding was 4 November.
We are very happy.

The most wonderful for us is that it happened with us in the second part of our lives. We are very grateful for your help. It is frightening to think that we could have never met. We will always remember your site and that it helped us to find each other.

I am sending you our wedding photo.

Nadezhda (Russia) - on the photo with her husband Larry (USA)

12 October, 2005

My name is Ed, and I have just completed a trip to Kiev from 5-11 October.

I wanted to give extremely well deserved pats on the back for the service you are providing through your web site. I researched every angle and was comfortable that I was not being taken for a ride by anyone as a result of background checks by your staff.

Upon arrival in Kiev, Yuri was there to meet me along with my fiancé, Flora. From the moment that Flora and I met, it was a feeling that I have never felt before and everything just went fantastic from there on out. Everything that Yuri had mentioned to me along with his co workers was absolutely true. Anything that was needed, Yuri saw that it was provided and made sure everything was safe and reliable for all involved. If I could have stayed longer, I would have but upon my return, I have since retained the services of an immigration attorney and have the clock ticking for Flora's arrival.

I also want to to give extremely high marks for Erich at Travellenium, he made every aspect of my travel to and from Kiev as comfortable as possible by keeping me informed about all aspects of the trip. From the air trip to the hotel, Erich made sure everything was in place and arranged so when I arrived in Kiev, there would be no problems.

Erichs concerns led to the business manager at the hotel Lybid, talking with me daily asking me how everything was going and if there was anything I might need.

This is only the beginning, there is now the issue with the immigration attorney and bringing Flora to America which will happen after a period of time.

Thank you very much for the site that you have and the advice that you give, if followed, with a bit of common sense, you will be as successful as myself and Flora will be.

Bottom line though, it all comes down to matters of the heart and that is what these beautiful women are all about.

Thank you, I will be in touch with updates and God Bless, you have them all beat by a long shot.

Also, there were some new girls who were joining when Flora and I happened to be in the office with Yuri, and they had an opportunity to see how Flora and I were. I think it helped things a lot that they were able to see us together.

Again, thank you and God Bless.

Ed (Seattle, WA, United States)

4 October, 2005

Dear Elena’s Models, 

My story is very special to me and it is unusual. It is special because I have met and fallen in love with the most spectacular woman. Thank you to Elena’s Models for bringing us together. And it is unusual because she wrote to me as soon as I became a member.

I had been a member of an American dating site with little success. One day in the spring of this year I received an invitation from a Russian lady to correspond through this American site. I began to correspond but was suspicious if this person was for real. I began to do some research and was led to your site and the blacklist section after doing a search on the lady’s email address. After reading through the blacklist I determined that this person was a fraud.

By now my interest in possibly meeting a real Russian lady was sparked. This was in part to reading the testimonials and information on your site. Let me tell everyone out there that if I can do this you can too. I signed up and posted my profile to your site. Soon after I received a letter from a very special lady named Elena. I thank God for her every day, and this is not enough because she has been the biggest blessing in my life since the birth of my children. The unusual part is that she is the very first lady that I started correspondence with through your site. I feel that this could only have happened because of God. I pray that God will bless Elena’s Models staff for making this possible. I have fallen verrrry deeply in love with her. The feeling of love began even before I traveled to met her and since spending marvelous ten days with her my feelings and commitment to her are unending. She really is a dream come true. I have had many difficulties in my life and I told her about them and she has been very supportive and loving. I have felt more love from her then I can ever remember receiving from anybody. She is funny, intelligent, and a very deep thinker, we think very similar thoughts, sometimes even at the exact same moment, it is very special. In case any men out there are curious, she has real faith in God, and if you are looking for a lady like this they do exist in Russia. To make a long story shorter I have found my second part. Looking into Elena’s eyes is the most wonderful thing in the world.

We are very happy and plan to get married and start a family as soon as possible. Thanks again Elena’s models and may God truly bless you!

Sincerely,
David (USA)

30 September 2005

Hello,

I would just like to say I have had a wonderful experience in using you service. My fiancee Irina found me on your site and we have been writing since June. I just returned from Omsk, Russia from visiting her and she is the most wonderful woman I have ever met. We discussed marriage even before I went to see her and took an engagement ring with me. We got to know each other so well that she invited me to stay with her while I was there. My visit was from September 12, 2005 to September 22, 2005. We spent each day together and it was so wonderful to be with her. I took my laptop with me with translation software so that we could communicate with each other. I have been studying the Russian language for 2 months which helped and she also has been studying English which also helped us communicate with each other. All the people I met were just wonderful and so friendly. I met Irina's mother and brother and everybody was just so nice. I am so happy that I used your service to put my profile so that it was possible for Irina to write to me about her interest in me. 

When I wrote back to Irina for the first time I wrote to her about where I lived and that I lived next to my parents. She wrote back to me about her concern about being the hostess in our home and wished me good luck in my search. I wrote to other woman but could not get her out of my mind because she was so interesting to me. I eventually wrote back to her telling her about how my parents did not live with me which she thought and that there would be no problem in her being the hostess in our home. After she understood everything we wrote to each other each day and fell in love. It only took me about a month of writing to know that I loved her so much and that she felt the same way about me. I only went to see her and no other woman and it worked out just great because I confirmed my love for her and how much she really loves me. I am so happy that I met Irina and I took visa papers with me and she filled out so she can come to America. We plan to get married as soon as she gets to come to America. 

Irina is such a good woman and I could not be happier. I would like to thank Elena's Model site for making it possible for us to find each other and fall in love. We both had such a wonderful time with each other while I was there. We visited the agency in Omsk which has to do with Elena's and talked with each other with the help of an interpreter. With the help of the translation software we were able to communicate very well. 

Thank you so much again, 
Danny and Irina

27 September 2005

Thank you,
Thank you feels like such a very simple expression for something so wonderful as finding one's true love. I started on your site over a year ago and I emailed Emilia my first time out. We corresponded for almost one year when we decided we knew each other enough to meet in person. August 23 I few in to Kiev and Emilia and her whole family was there to greet me. We spent a 4 days in Kiev getting to know each other, discovering she was so much more then I had ever expected. By the end of the week I was just amazed by her. On our 7th day together I proposed to her in Yalta, Ukraine, she said yes. Then back to visit with her family to celebrate our engagement. Then we flew off to Turkey for 13 days. We celebrated our 1 year anniversary on September 15 together in Turkey. I stayed one month in Ukraine and Turkey with her. We just started out process for the K-1 Visa. 

So Emilia and I want to thank you for being out there to help two people meet and find that someone special who was missing in our lives. She is the most incredible woman. Your site gave us the chance to find what was missing in our lives. Never in my life have I met a more loving, funny, intelligent, and so much woman. I could write forever how she makes me feel but this is just a short note to say thank you and to tell you just a small part of our love story. I will keep you updated. I am sending a few photos of our adventures. 

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts,
Michael in Utah, USA & Emilia in Ukraine

26 September 2005

Greetings Elena and everyone at your agency;

I would like to say thank you. Back in early June of 2005 I posted a profile with your agency. As I started this process, I read much of the information on your site. I am grateful for all your advice and your book. As you had said to look for the certain girl and not just look to photos. With all this I am happy to say I have met my Svetlana. She is the most wonderful woman I could ever have hoped to meet. From the very beginning there was always something special about her. The more we corresponded the more special she became. To make a long story short. We met in September. Not only was she everything I have always searched for but far more. On September 15, 2005 we were engaged and are now in process of her visa. As of today I do not have photos to send you but I will keep you posted on our progress. I do wish to say to all the wonderful women searching through your agency, I hope you will find the happiness you seek. It is all possible if you are sincere and believe. 

To all the men searching. Read Elena's book, it is invaluable!!! Take her advice and be realistic and you will find the most incredible woman you have ever thought possible. Again, thank you so much. 

Jim in Michigan U.S.A.

22 September 2005

Dear Elena,

Svetlana and I thank you for your help in finding each other. Right from the beginning of our correspondence we knew we were true soulmates. We wrote to each other every day and our feelings towards each other grew day by day. A feeling we both never had experienced before. We kept on writing, exchanging pictures and our desire to meet each other in real life was endless. The day we finally met is a day we never forget. Our dreams became true from the first minute we saw each other and our hearts have become one. We got married in Novosibirsk and we now started immigration procedure to spend our lives in love and happiness together. We are both human beings, in love and happily married, but we can not understand the difficult procure we have to go through to be together as husband and wife. 

We thank you once again for giving us the opportunity to meet each other and I am determined to donate your agency for all you have done for us and your good work for others looking for happy lives.

Rex & Svetlana (Netherlands)

22 September 2005

Dear Elena,
Thank you for your e.mail. I would like to let you know that I have been in contact with with a lovely Russian woman that I met on your website in November last year. I read her profile and took your advice that I read in your e.mails. I have just returned from spending 9 wonderful days in Prague with her and we have decided to spend the rest of our lives together. At the moment we are in the process of organizing all the documentation to achieve that result.

I would like to thank you and your staff, particularly Kate, for helping me meet such a wonderful woman and offer invaluable advice.

P.S. Since I sent this e.mail 01/07/05, I have been to Europe again and met with Elena in Moscow and then travelled to Samara where we were married on 03/09/05. I am enclosing some pictures of our wedding. Thanks so much again.

Yours sincerely,
Darryl (Australia)

12 September 2005

I recently spent my vacation in Romania with Alina, the most extraordinary woman I have ever met and, I hope, my future wife.

I could say my time with Alina was a roaring success, a wonderful, life-altering, life-affirming experience -- but these are terrible understatements that fall far short of what happened between us. I could try to describe her, but she is beyond description. I'll simply say: in our time together in Romania and our 4+ hours per day communicating with each other through Yahoo Messenger and Skype (video, audio and text) before and since my trip -- we each found our other half.

I've had many dreams over the years that withered away with age -- battered by painful experience, eroded by cynicism, shattered by divorce. And then there are those dreams I lacked the imagination to conceive. Almost all have been revived. Almost all have come true, and -- G*d willing -- so will the rest. :)

I am forever indebted to you.

I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to visit Bacau and say "thank you" face-to-face -- a gesture of appreciation that would have, in any case, fallen far short of my profound gratitude.

In any case, I hope to stop by on a future trip to Romania. You're doing such good work, bringing soulmates across borders together -- people who truly love each other, people willing to give their all to each other and enrich each other's lives in countless ways. It's so wonderful that frustrated and disenchanted American men here and frustrated and disenchanted Russian and Eastern European women over there are able to find that special someone that we've been unable to find in our own lands. Thank you for bringing us all together.

I will speak highly of your service to others and wish the very best to all of you.

--Perry, 39 (USA)

31 August 2005

Well it only took one look and bang it hit me! I wasn't looking for a woman as young as I found, but she made the first contact, had I looked at her profile, I would have disregarded it because I thought at 17 years older she was too young for me. Anyhow out of respect I answered her, we got talking and found it easy to communicate with each other. I said I would come to see her in Russia. I don't think she believed me until I sent a scan of my plane tickets. I went to Russia, we get engaged in three weeks time in Turkey. Thanks to Elena's Models, my love came through your agency.

Ivor (UK)

30 August 2005

Julia and I wish to thank Elena's Models for helping us find each other. I just returned from a wonderful and romantic 10-day trip to Ukraine to meet Julia. We are deeply in love and are engaged to be married. We are now working on Julia's fiancee visa. I am from USA and Julia is from Ukraine. In mid-June of 2005, I found Julia on your site. From our very first correspondence, I knew that Julia was special. We share the same values, goals, interests and sense of humor. Julia speaks English and I speak just a little Russian. We are both family-oriented. After exchanging numerous daily e-mail letters, Julia and I began speaking by telephone every day. With each letter and with each telephone conversation, we grew closer. I had a very strong feeling about Julia and made arrangements to meet her. In late July of 2005, I traveled to Ukraine to meet Julia. Julia was kind enough to meet me at the airport in her home city. She was even more beautiful in person than she was in her photos ... and she was quite beautiful in her photos! Our time together was perfect. I proposed to Julia after just one day! I knew she was the one for me. And, thankfully, Julia felt the same way about me and accepted. I met Julia's mom and sister, both of whom made me feel very welcome. Our time together in Ukraine, including a most romantic trip to Crimea on the Black Sea, was the most romantic time of my life. I treasure every minute, every second, I am with Julia. She is the woman of my dreams. We are true soul mates. We are so grateful to Elena's Models for helping us find each other. It must be destiny. Julia and I say to Elena's Models: Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! While our current separation is agonizing, Julia and I will be together soon. 

Steve (FL, USA)

20 May 2005

Again I want to Thank You for helping us find each other. I had no idea that with one letter a chain of events would happen that would lead to finding such a wonderful woman. Savina and I plan to marry on July 10 and have our honeymoon in Las Vegas. I have attached some pictures of the happy couple.

Thanks again,
Ronald 

04 May 2005

You will be pleased to know both Annie and I are very happy you enabled us to connect. 

I had received numerous responses to a personal ad, most of which were through other marriage agencies. In the course of communicating with a few women, it became very clear that the marriage agencies' primary goal was make money off of the men who wrote to their women. I'm happy to pay for a legitimate service, but it seemed as though some of those agencies did not desire the women to get married, but were only concerned with squeezing the men for every dollar or euro they could get. Additionally, I was prohibited from communicating with one woman directly and had to always go through the agency she used. She had signed a contract with them prohibiting direct contact. Several letters from her had the flavor of being written by someone at the agency and not the woman herself. With the other agencies, I also found that women who claimed to speak English a little may not speak it at all. In what may have been what sales people call "bait and switch", I received one very nice response to my ad from an attractive and smart woman a little younger than myself. She seemed perfect and I wrote back to her saying as much. Then I received a letter from her marriage agency stating that this particular woman was very temperamental and would not write me again, but they had many other women I was sure to be interested in and I could join their agency for a small fee. 

With Elena's Models, I communicated with women directly and could quickly ascertain if we were compatible. In a very short period I stumbled upon Annie and she and I developed an instant rapport. When I met her in Bulgaria, I discovered to my amazement that she and I got along better than I could have dreamed. She is like a dream come true, and I know she feels the same way about me. You have an excellent service. Keep up the good work!

David (Germany)

04 April 2005

Elena,

We corresponded a few times while I was searching for my future wife. The last letter I sent you said we were awaiting the K-1 approval. Now, I am sending some wedding pictures. Svetlana and I were married in Arizona on March 5th. It was a long process for us, as we both wanted to make sure this was the correct move before we tied the knot. After writing for almost one and a half years and visiting her four times (including one time in Jamaica) over that 18 month period, we finally sent in our application, received our approval, and had her come over in December. By March we had received visas for her family to come to the wedding, which made it so much nicer for her than if we were married shortly after she arrived but without her family. Thank you so much for your service. I hope you like the wedding pictures, and give you permission to use them as you wish for your site, if so desired.

John and Svetlana (Phoenix, AZ, USA)

23 February 2005

Dear Elena's Models,

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! With your help My wife and I found each other. 

After communicating for 7 months I went to Ufa, Russia to visit her. After 3 days I asked her to marry and she said yes! This was August 2003.

With September 11 the American government slowed down the visa process. I visited her again in January 2004, then we finally married in September 2004.

I took the advice of Elena. I wanted to rise above my potential competition, and her suggestions helped me to succeed.

I wanted to write more quickly but as you can imagine we have been very busy beginning our new life.

Thank you so much! We will be saying this for the rest of our lives.

We would be happy to be a reference for other potential clients.

Sincerely yours,
Mark and Maria Blanchard (USA)

09 February 2005

Hello Elena and everybody who works in your great agency!

My name is Svetlana Kovalenko and I was the member of your site. I am writing to you to share my happiness and thank you for helping me to find my soul mate.

Nick saw my profile on your website. We were corresponding for 6 months, and then he came to visit me in Russia for 1 month. When it was the time to say "Good bye" at the airport, we were both crying like kids and promised to each other that we will be together very soon. We did as we promised and already in 4 weeks I was in England. Nick is in army and serves here now. Never in my life I was so happy. Every day for me is like a wonderful fairy-tale, I go to sleep and get up with the smile on my face.

Yesterday we bought the wedding rings. We plan to get married in April later this year. 

Thank you very much, I will never forget who helped me to find my happiness. I recommend your agency to all my girlfriends. From the bottom of my heart, I wish you success in your business. Please continue bringing happiness to people.

With love,
Svetlana Kovalenko (England)

26 January 2005

Dear Elena,

I am writing to thank you for helping me find the love of my life. Elvira (# 10055) and I began to communicate via email and then by telephone in February of 2004. I flew to Vladivostok to meet her and her beautiful daughter and her parents in mid April and then flew back again in August and spent a month with them. She and her daughter landed in Houston on November  9th. and we were married in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 15, 2004. Thank you so very much. Attached are photograph of our wedding.

Ron and Elvira Hawkes

21 January 2005

Dear proprietor of Elena’s Models,

I first met my wife through your web-site, and we are both sublimely happy. Thank you very much. I owe you my life. I am an Australian man and my wife is a pretty Russian lady from Uzbekistan. Please find our wedding photos attached. We were married in Sydney on 8-Jan-2005.

The quality of the ladies listed on your web-site, from the point of view of being measured as a prospective wives, is vastly superior to the local available ladies. Thank you once again.

Faithfully,
Sean (Australia)

25 December 2005

Dear Elena's Models,

I just wanted to say thank you once again for your service! My fiancee' will arrive here in Houston on January 20, 2005. I cannot begin to tell you what an incredible journey this has been for both of us! I am truly the happiest man on the planet. Inna is my beautiful Russian princess and I am the luckiest man in America! We will get married in February 2005 and I have your service to thank for my bright future!

Sincerely,
Paul (Houston, Texas)

21 December 2004

I think Elena’s Models is the best organized and most reliable marriage agency on the Internet. I was surprised how many girls have their profiles posted there - all of them beautiful and smart and talented. And I must admit: the money I paid to obtain Ksenia’s address was nothing compared to the happiness and true love I found. It was the best investment of my life!

Steve and Ksenia (USA)

11 December 2004

Through the ad I took out in September I believe I have found the right lady and we are making arrangements for us to meet sometimes after the first of the year. If the meeting goes well and I know it will we will be getting married sometime towards the end of next year. Thank you I have found my dream lady that I could not find here in the USA.

Thank You
Robert (USA)

03 December 2004

We sent through an email with a picture saying thanks earlier this year... that was before we were married... I thought we would send you an email to let you know that we were married end of September 2004, in a castle in Wales..:-) ...here is a picture if you want to use it.

Mark and Zhenya

See the earlier story of Mark and Zhenya

30 November 2004

Privet, Elena!

My name is Robert and I am an American living in Florida. I advertised myself with you last year and received over 700 Emails and at least 60 by regular post. 

I started corresponding with a Russian girl from Yoshkar-Ola near Kazan. She was interesting but was not my Soul Mate. She tried to convince me to come to Russia with another American guy who was coming to see her best friend. I did not go to Russia then but she gave me his Email address anyway. I became friends with him and he referred me to a Russian guy who introduced me to my Fiance. I spent a whole month in Russia this past June and I love your country and it's people. We toured nine Russian cities. I made many new friends and look forward to going back again soon. I have been learning Russian with the hopes of carrying a longer conversation with my Fiance's Parents and family. They are excited at hearing me speak a little Russian.

My Fiance is on the train to Moscow now for her interview. I wanted to thank you for all of the information you provide on your web site, Elena. It was very helpful.  It takes a lot of courage to make the trip but it can change your life
forever... I am very very happy and look forward to being reunited with my
"LApushka" soon. We have been apart 5 months now but talk on the phone twice a day. My Fiance quit her job for me to study English full time. She has also taken car driving lessons, swim lessons, and even completed manicure lessons. She just gave up her apartment this week. I really admire her dedication and it makes me want to work that much harder to make her happy. 

I think having mutual respect, honesty, and admiration is a great way to start a marriage.

Thank you again for all of your help Elena.
You helped another couple find happiness.

Sincerely,
Robert (Orlando, Florida, USA)

29 November 2004

My name is Terry and I met 1 of the ladies listed on your site and after e-mailing a bit and talking on the telephone we met in her city. We are engaged and will be married when she receives her K-1 visa. Thank you for being there and making both of our dreams of finding someone and having a family together possible.

Terry (USA)

08 November 2004

Hello,

I used your service about 8 months ago and I would like to say I am very thankful of the quality on how your company operates. For every 10 girls that I wrote to that I have met through your service, about 7 have responded with interest back to me. Eventually, a couple hundred girls later, I finally found Ekaterina N. where we instantly “clicked”. We have a tremendous amount in common and have talked to each other by phone almost every day since the middle of last February. I traveled to St. Petersburg to meet with her at the end of March and fell in love with her there. 

I again want to thank you for your web site and because of it I will be a very happily married guy!!

God Bless,
Steve P.

P.S. Enclosed is a photo of when we were in St. Petersburg, Russia. We will be married by the court first this Wed. and then later on we will have a real ceremony. The court wedding is just so we can get the AOS going since this is a long process. Thus, our court wedding will be Nov 10, this Wed.

22 October 2004

You may add this to your growing list of accolades. Our story is a little different from others, in that I was exceedingly lucky to have been able to  meet Tanya in person while here in the US. We were able to avoid the whole process of visits there then visits here and the cumbersome visa process,  and had a surprisingly smooth ride through the process of marriage and  settling immigration status. Everyone should know that this is NOT the  norm. She is fluent in English, and the instant I met her I knew inside that "this is a keeper!" and insisted that she return to visit me, which she did. But I have to say a lot of this was sort of unusual, and the results really so unexpected we can call it sort of spontaneous, maybe --- who knows ---a miracle! First, she had the unique ability to travel freely to and from the USA, which MOST women from the former USSR do not. [This is a fact about which most people in this country appear to be completely oblivious; it is virtually impossible for a single woman from any country, these in particular, to obtain a tourist visa for reasons too complex to discuss here] Secondly, she as an attorney is extremely knowledgeable about both regulations and customs here and the suffocating regulatory apparatus there.

I started at the outset as a lonely divorced man perusing websites, out of combination of curiosity and desire, and there are many. I was in fact in active correspondence with a young lady who turned out to be a complete scam, and I suppose it is sort of amusing that Tanya was initially helping me by remotely reviewing the correspondence and pointing out the now obvious missteps and misleads. At that point it never occurred to me that I would actually meet her and that she would turn out, happily, to be my wife now for almost two years. I want also to thank Elena Petrova, who, astonishingly, wrote me a personal letter and some Emails that helped to quickly give me the real perspective on this adventure; I cannot strongly enough recommend her guide which can be downloaded and printed out at minimal cost. It should be required reading, a prologue which every male surfing the web and thinking about finding a life-partner should encounter first. One of the things apparent to me living with Tanya is that above and beyond these websites there is an even larger "word-of-mouth" network of women seeking life partners, and they keep in touch with one another. There are many shocking and sad stories, which in my mind have more to do with the great liability undertaken by these women finding men here in the USA. While men here should be warned about the "dangers" of seeking women there, I wonder if it may be more important for women there to be warned about the more significant problems of seeking men here, some of whom make me feel absolutely ashamed in what they do, have done, and continue to do in treating these women. I feel I have been blessed, with exceedingly good luck and fortune in finding Tanya, who was listed on this website. All my fears of her adjusting to the differences in age, culture, language, and so many other little but important things, such as children from my former marriage, have been completely laid to rest, but then I wonder if this is something specially unique to her, not just her "Russian character" as strong and as good as that is. I am attaching some photos you may use as freely as this note as an effusive and grateful testimony that as strange and odd as this may seem, that sometimes it really does work; and, that as in most things in life, taking one big risky leap can sometimes yield results so spectacularly successful that you wake up, as I do now, wondering if something so good is really real and true. The happy fact for me is that indeed, it is. For me it has been a life changing experience.

Bill (USA)

11 October 2004

Hello John and Elena, I apologize for not getting back with you sooner. I have been intensely involved with a very real love affair with my Anastasia.

Yes, I have filed for the K-1 Visa. I used an attorney in Illinois through the internet after thorough investigation and questioning. I recently received confirmation with a case file number from the USCIS in Vermont. And the ride begins. I would like to thank you both for all the help before, during, and after my visit to the Ukraine. I would highly recommend to anyone that is serious about a relationship with a beautiful Russian Lady, that they consider only one special lady to spend time with. My time in Kiev with my Anastasia was intriguing, fascinating, intense, eye opening, and the most exciting experience of my life. If a man is really serious about finding the love of his life, it is impossible if you spend your time with more than one Lady. Anastasia and I first started our communications 3 months before our time in Ukraine. I thought I had grown to know her in this time frame. I was mistaken. The Lady that I spent the week with in the Ukraine was far more than I expected. Her profound inner beauty and pride far out weighed her outer beauty. I have never met a Lady quite like her and for this I am grateful. I knew this was the Lady I wanted to spend my life with. Since our time in Kiev we have become engaged and we communicate on a daily basis. I have collected all the required documents and filed for a K-1 Visa. We recently spent a very romantic and beautiful long weekend together in Jamaica. After this time together we knew that we must spend the rest of our lives together. I could go on and on but I will stop here. Words to the wise, if you are serious about finding your life partner, do not stereotype these Ladies. This will be the most beautiful and intense relationship you will ever experience.

Again, John and Elena, Thank you with all you help in finding the Lady of my Dreams. 

Frederick
United States

07 October 2004

Dear Elena and John: 

Upon my return from serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, I decided to pursue a relationship with a Russian woman. Based on extensive research, I decided to contract with your agency to achieve my goals. I booked a romance tour to Kiev with the hopes of meeting a woman of exceptional beauty and character. Shortly before my scheduled tour, I began correspondence with Marina, a woman from Samara, Russia. With your assistance, we arranged to meet in Kiev. The beauty and charm of the city of Kiev combined with the extraordinary beauty and innumerable charms of Marina produced days that were magical. I was captivated by the city as well as by this goddess of Russian femininity. Your staff went beyond merely friendly and professional. The quality of their services and assistance was exceptional. Marina and I were not simply treated as clients, but as valued friends. I, personally, felt like a "member" of their family. The experiences provided me were priceless. I look forward to a long and lasting relationship, not only with my beloved Marina, but with your agency and the people who manage it. Special praise to Yuri, Irina and "Ira". My heartfelt thanks for your time, your advice and your caring. I will be eternally grateful.

I remain, a devoted client. 
Terry A. McCooe

06 October 2004

On July 23rd 2003, two people from opposite sides of the world lives changed forever.

The story starts even earlier when Yarina who lives in the Ukraine listening to the words of a palm reader was told that she would meet a good man from a different country, fall in love and go to live with him there. 

At the same time Wayne from New Zealand was having a dream and in this dream he meet the most wonderful lady in the world from a far off land. Although he knew he was dreaming when he woke a sense of excitement and something powerful drew him to his computer and he opened an email from Elena's Models advising him of new ladies that had joined the agency. His heart beat so fast as he opened the page and in front of him was the lady that was in his dream that night smiling back at him. 

Without hesitation he wrote a letter that just flowed from his heart to this angel in red called Yarina. If he felt nervous when he hit the send button, his heart nearly stopped when he checked his computer the next day and found a reply from Yarina. 

From that moment on 2 people  from different worlds became so interested in learning everything they could about each other. Wayne recalls the first time he telephoned Yarina at her Grandmothers, "It was the sweetest voice I had ever heard, this is the lady I want to spend the rest of my life with". 

Yarina and Wayne meet in Odessa on September 14th 2004. The next 2 weeks were written directly from the pages of a beautiful romantic novel, proving that true romance is alive and not just for books or movies. On day 4 of their time together Wayne asked Yarina to join him forever in Marriage and Yarina said YES! Wayne met and instantly attached himself to Yarina's family and friends and them to him. Wayne and Yarina then toured the Ukraine together and shared in the history and beauty of this amazing country. When the day came for Wayne to return to New Zealand, Yarina and Wayne could not bear to look at each other as neither wanted the dream to end. 

Yarina will join Wayne in New Zealand as soon as the paper work is completed to start a wonderful life thanks to the services of Elena's Models. Their excitement has also flowed over to their families that now have an opportunity to be a part of cultures they would have otherwise never experienced. I am so pleased to be a part of this story...who am I? well I am the luckiest man in the World, engaged to Yarina, my name is Wayne :)  

could we also ask that Yarinas profile is taken off your database :)

Wayne (New Zealand)
P.S. I attach some photos of Yarina and myself, thank you for your wishes, we are so very happy.

05 October 2004

Dear Elena, I would like to share my joy with you: with your help, I found my happiness - 26 September [2004] we had our wedding (photos attached). In September last year I placed my profile on your site and already in November I met [my future husband] Marshall in Moscow (I am from Kazakhstan, Karaganda city). In April 2004 he visited me and 4 June [2004] the plane with my son and me on board landed in Chicago.  We had some misunderstandings; we are from different worlds and behave differently in the simplest situations. We also view things differently, even though I was learning American culture and English language at home for more than a year. But we managed to overcome all the problems, because we had that mutual desire to make our relationship work and the feeling that he (she) is that second half destined to you by Providence.

For already three months, people in my home city read my impressions about America (I am a journalist and send my articles and photos via Internet). Probably, one day I will compile them in a book where the most important idea will be: seek - and you shall find (your second half), knock - and doors shall open (try it, it will definitely work!!!), ask - and you shall receive (happiness that the women of my country really deserve!).

With my best wishes to your agency and its clients,

Mila Dvoretskaya/Lemme (USA)

23 September 2004

Hi there. My name is Gene W00ldridge. I am writing for Elena # 12461 and also copying her on her email. We were married on Sept 10th at 12N in Evpatoria, Crimea, Ukraine. Please update this information so she will discontinue receiving letters from others. Here is a small photo from our wedding.

Gene L W00ldridge

17 September 2004

Dear Elena: 
Thank you for posting my ad in all the men's magazines in Russia and Ukraine. I have had over 400 responses and I could no way ever answer them all, I answered about 30 and have narrowed it down to three very serious ones and one of them I believe strongly that we will be married within six months. 

I wish to thank you for all your help and advice you have given me.

Thank you,
Sincerely David (USA)

08 September 2004

Dear Elena's Models
Through your agency I have met a gentleman in UK and have spent the last few months living with him in England. We now want to make our relationship permanent.

Regards,
Iryna Gaiyer 

05 September 2004

Thank you for your wonderful service and help in bringing my wife and myself together. I first met Elena through your agency in September 2001. I then traveled to Elena's home town of Kiev where I met her lovely family. Elena migrated to Australia and we were married in August 2003 with her mother and sister coming to Australia for our wedding. My love for Elena grows stronger with every day we are together.

Without your service I would never have met my dearest Elena and our lives would not hold so much joy and happiness.

Your service is excellent and brings people together in a way that makes for a fascinating life journey. We are hoping that some of Elena's friends in Ukraine can also benefit from your service the way we have.

We have included a photo from our wedding.

Thank you once again. We are truly grateful for what you have done. Best wishes for the future and we hope to see you one day on the Gold Coast in Australia.

Love
Michael Taylor and Elena Taylor
(Sunshine Coast, Australia)

02 September 2004

Hello, dear Elena!
Indeed, the  agency  "Elena's  Models" helped me in looking-for my husband. Alberto found my profile at your site. We got married in August 6, 2004 in Russia in my native town Arseniev. Now we are  preparing  the documents which we need to go to home (Amsterdam). We are very happy  together at this moment and forever! I wish you prosperity of your business, happiness and successes in everything from the bottom of my heart!

Please, remove my profile from your site.
With respect,
Elena Sebellin

See testimonial of Alberto

26 July 2004

Dear EM,

I've got to say that I am pleasantly impressed with your program. This is after surfing through your website for a couple of hours. I have finally found an "ethical" matchmaking website. Here are the things I like about your website so far:

--Strong Anti-scam policy
--Complete biographical info on women
--Good search engine (I like how I can both specify MY preferred age range, and ALSO simultaneously search HER preferred age range...this is a REAL plus!)
--Up to 50 results per page (saves time)
--You can search various time horizons (last 7 days, 14 days, etc.)
--The women on your site seem to complete their bio information more completely than other sites
--Heights/Weights are in BOTH metric and imperial measures
--Postal address, email, and phone are available (not so in most other sites)
--You have "special category" searches available (like models and doctors, etc.)
--You display "NO LONGER AVAIL" when the lady is not available (sometimes heartbreaking, but really a good thing)

My basic conclusion: The good ones become "NO LONGER AVAILABLE" pretty quickly, so it's best to subscribe to the magazine/catalog and write the good ones as soon as possible. Then, be able to back it up quickly by going to see her in her country.

Anyway, I just wanted to say to all of you, "Good job, and keep up the good work." Also, thanks for being an ethical agency...it means a lot to me, and all the other guys out there trying to find a good wife. Believe me, your reputation will spread...

Sincerely,
Steve (Florida, USA)

06 July 2004

Dear Elena, I am sitting here in Amsterdam waiting for my Russian Visa and then fly to Vladivostok and get married with my beautiful Russian future wife. I wish to thank you and all the girls from the agency in Vladivostok who helped me in keeping daily contacts with my future spouse.

Our relationship started last year and now almost a year later we have solid plans for our future. Your web site has brought to me this beautiful lady and her little daughter, they both mean a lot to me.

Elena (she has the same name as you) has been visiting me in Amsterdam, she enjoyed this experience and every single day spent together was a confirmation for both of us. We made the decision to live together in Amsterdam. However between what our earths feel and the regulations it can get a bit difficult to stay with the woman you would like to share your life, thus we made the decision to get married... in Russia, because it is easier and faster. Relatively easier and faster. Under this condition Elena will acquire the same rights and status which I have. This means she will join the European Union. 

Thank you so much, and keep up with this good work.

A.Sebellin (Netherlands)

03 July 2004

Elena,
You placed my ad in the papers and sites you said you would and I had a great response... !!! Actually, I have found my love..... and she saw my ad at your site......!!! Can we place my other ad on hold so that I stop getting emails.... over 50/week (average).

Thank you.
David R. (USA)

04 June 2004 

Hi -
Thanks to your site, I've met someone special...
I placed an ad with you last July, and after receiving quite a few emails (300+), I travelled to Russia in September 2003... went on a few dates in different cities and met some very nice ladies. In Ekaterinburg, I met Zhenya for a few hours and fell in love at first sight, although she was a little wary of me (as I found out a little later).

We didn't actually meet again until a couple of months later in November where she flew out to Sri Lanka for a few weeks of travelling to get to know each other... then again in December, after managing to get a UK visitor visa for 6 months... after returning back to Russia in January to finish her degree, we met up again in Australia and spent a couple months there, and then over to South Africa for a month of travelling there too... (OK, I love travelling and thankfully she does too)...

Now we are in the UK again for the next few weeks and heading to Europe and USA for the rest of the year... We are now engaged, although figuring out where to get married while travelling is a bit tough ... I am a bit of a cynic when it comes to online dating, and I placed the advert with you partly to see the response (curious by nature), and also I  had never travelled to Russia, so thought it might be nice to meet up with local people to show me the best parts of the cities I visited... I never thought I would meet someone I would want to marry... I've just turned 40 , never been married and never had children, so I didn't actually go there with that in mind... but now it has happened I am most grateful... :-)

So thanks once again, from Zhenya and myself...

Mark and Zhenya
perpetual world travellers
pictures enclosed... feel free to publish whichever you want...

02 June 2004

I now have a wonderful Ukrainian wife, we were married on May 22nd, thanks for the service!

Jonathan (USA)

09 May 2004

I would just like to say thank you... I've met some very special Russian girls... it may never come to anything, but the romance of the Russian character and spirit has made me forget about my ex girlfriend of 2 years ago. I get emails every day full of joy and honest words... fantastic. They are honest with me and I'm honest with them. Your website as brought me back to life and I'm amazed by the romance in the Russian character... just perfect... thank you so much.

Steve (USA)

30 April 2004

Hello Elena,
I just thought I would write to you and share my experience with all this and to give you a very sincere thanks. If your sales department already forwarded the following message then I hope you will bare with me again as I repeat some of it and expand on more.

This was the most overwhelming, tiring, sad and FINALLY happy experience that I have ever went through. Within the first day or two I could not keep up with all the letters and had to buy a bigger email box through Yahoo because of all the letters and pictures. I was not prepared for such an experience... I consider myself just a plain average looking guy and a quiet man socially when it comes to women. I know I am not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt, but I know that I am not unattractive as well, (somewhere in the middle).

I ended up writing to 3-4 ladies and two of them were excited to know me and after a couple letters one lady wanted me to come over in May or June to meet her and meet her parents. I bought and read your book and liked it very much, I felt I related to you very well. As I have been searching for 20 years for my soulmate. Anyway I let each of them know that I was writing to a couple ladies as well as them and any new lady that wanted to write to me and get to know me I made sure they knew this, some understood and some wished me luck and some never wrote anything in response.

Until I started writing Marina, I didn't think two people could get so serious in a relationship without meeting. This lady also has never placed an ad... she was just looking to see what kind of men use this sort of thing and then she saw me and wrote her letter. She was the one that said that "I should write to many ladies... you are the one doing all the work and would travel here or there".  A week before I canceled my ad (last week), I told Marina that this is serious enough for me to just write to you and get to know you better and she said no... keep writing the other ladies. Finally a few days ago, when our letters were getting very personal, (talking about sex and other things) and I could tell by the way we were opening up to each other; I said Marina, I am canceling my ad and since then we seem to be hitting on all points.  This almost seems like a fairy tale.

So if my fairy tale leads to marriage, I only have you to thank and you would get an invitation in the mail one day :)  Marina thinks we are going to have beautiful children and we are perfect for each other, (did I say she is a very confident woman :)

Your Friend
Gary

28 April 2004

Dear Ms. Elena
I placed my profile with your agency a few months ago. I must mention that I had success and am currently corresponding with a lady in St. Petersburg. I visited her once and was more than surprised at how comfortable she made me feel and the warmth of her comfortable home. She is only 44 years old and I am 66. I was very honest and made my disposition known. She has a daughter of 15. Her daughter was also very comfortable with my presence, and the chemistry was very good. I would much appreciate my profile being removed from the listings. I no longer wish to receive further communications.

Thank you,
Sincerely,
Leslie (USA)

02 April 2004

Dear Elena

Thanks to you I met my husband Jeffrey. He found me in your catalog in September 2002..... I even did not expect to have his letter ;-). I looked to his picture that he sent me and read his letter...... I liked what he wrote and his wonderful eyes... very kind, tender and smart. The first time we met in Moscow was in Feb.2003 and we spent nice two weeks together, visited my city and he met with my parents..... it was so touching how he asked my parents to marry me. We decided to marry and started the process in March, right away he came back to home. The process time was long... till Dec.2003 and finally I had my interview in Moscow on Jan,24-th.

But before we thought that my visa will be ready much earlier...as we counted on October, very close to my birthday... and we can spend it together.... but no :-(.

In July we spent wonderful vacation in Budva (Montenegro) and decided to try our chance to be parents soon. And Thanks to God it was happened !!! We both were so happy from that news...... but still waited my visa to come to our new home. To both of us it is our first child.

Jeffrey came again in November and than again to the interview to take care of me, to be my support and than to take me to our new home in USA then. My parents organized to us a wedding party in my city.... for us and our relatives..... it was wonderful.... Jeffrey very liked that :-). But it was not a legal married because it was impossible (we applied for K-1 visa). It was just a party but like a wedding with all Russian and Tatar traditions (because I am Tatar).

I had my visa finally on Jan.27-th in my hands !!! And we flight to USA on Jan.31-th. ( I was on 7-th month than ;-)).

Our wedding in USA was on Feb.14-th! For a while we decided to have a simply ceremony to be legal and have our daughter. But later we decided to have a nice ceremony with all things such as wedding dress, big party and so on..... because as I was on 7-th month it was a little hard for me. And also it will be nice to have my parents visiting us and their first granddaughter than to the wedding in fall..... also Leisana will grow a little ;-). Yes, we found her name very soon when known that we are expecting a baby!

Now we are waiting her arriving in a few days..... and very exciting to see her finally!!! We are happy together and with our little one.

Thank you again very much for your help and that we met each other. We are really in love and can not live without each other.

Thanks to your help from us both,
Jeffrey and Nailia Rector (MO, USA)

22 March 2004

Dear Elena,

My name is Dan Duncan, and I want to thank you for the service you 
provide through your company "Elena's Models". Specifically, I want to thank you for your business relationship with "Russian Pearls", in Barnaul. A year ago I expanded my search for the woman of my dreams from local to international, and wrote to several whose profiles were listed on your website.

Even though I'd written to several women, I knew the moment I saw my Elena's picture and profile that she was someone special and soon my intuition was verified. We began corresponding Last April, met over this past New Years and spent two heavenly weeks together in Siberia. We are now engaged and working on her fiance visa as I write to you. Serendipity has been an apt description of every step in our rapidly growing Love for each other, but we would not have enjoyed such a wonderful experience in our courtship without the exceptional assistance of Russian Pearls, Tatiana Kraznova, and her staff. I cannot speak highly enough of each them.

While Lena and I were together over Christmas break, I had the opportunity to meet Tatiana and her staff and I feel that each is more than a partner in finding the woman I've looked for all my life - I feel they are each friends.

Be assured that I would gladly recommend "Elena's Models" and "Russian Pearls" to anyone and, in fact, already have to more than a few men who asked me, "How did you find your 'From Russia with Love'?"

Best Regards,

Dan Duncan
Winfall, North Carolina, USA

18 March 2004

God bless your web site. I have found a very special woman that I talk with every day. She makes my heart melt. Oddly enough she was the first woman I contacted through you. Once again, thank you, thank you , thank you! for making this possible.

Dr. Cory A.

14 March 2004

Dear Elena,

I wanted to write to you and thank you for all of the help and consideration you have provided me through your agency.

I did indeed meet someone who has "sparked" my interest in a romantic way. I will be leaving for Tashkent, Uzbekistan the first of April to meet her and her family. Her name is Galina. She wrote to me in response to an ad I placed through you with one of your cooperative agencies. I received many letters and Galinas letter was the first. I did as you said and did not get in too much of a hurry. We have been corresponding several months and I am delighted at the emotional and spiritual depth Galina has.

It was a pleasant experience using your services. I met some wonderful and interesting women as a result of your having posted my ad. I did not encounter any woman who was looking for a huge financial portfolio. The women I had exchanges with were by all appearances honest and sincere. How refreshing that is!

Whatever the outcome is, I have had the adventure of a lifetime. I have met people I would never have met if not taking the first step and contacting you and your agency. I am hopeful that all will go well in Tashkent and at some point not too far off, Gala will come to join me here in Alaska as my wife. I am an incurable romantic afterall. :)

Wishing you well and the greatest of success.

Sincerely,
Francis Hartzell (USA)

15 February 2004

Hello!

My name is Valeria Timofeeva. Thanks for your service. I have met my special person with the help of your site. He lives in Australia and I live in Volzhsky. We met twice and soon we are going to apply for Fiancee Visa. I hope that everything will be fine and we will be together forever. I send you our photo; it was taken during my visit to Australia last year.

Thanks,
Valeria

2 February 2004

Dear Elena Petrova,

In the past two months I have had my hands full writing to all the women that have responded to my ad and the 50 that I ordered addresses for from you. Thank you so much! I want to marry them all and bring them here, but there is only one to a customer. Now, that sounds rather cavalier, but the truth is I have found four very special ones, and out of the four, one that is extra special and precious. This summer I will travel to Barnaul if all goes well.

Thank you so very much. A lot more to tell you but I know you and your staff are wonderfully busy. Write if you need more information please.

Robert (CA, USA)

30 January 2004

I would like to thank you for introducing me to such an amazing person, Elena {08727}. We met in Moscow from Jan.13-21st of 2004. I believe I have found the women of my dreams. Now we are half a world apart and need away to meet again. The sooner the better. The fiancee visa may be one way or would me going to her home town to possibly marry be better. Please advise me of the proper route to use? I'll be waiting for your advice. 

Thanks,
Jerry Spooner (USA)

22 January 2004

Dear Elena and the staff of the agency Elena's Models,

I would like to express my gratitude for your help in finding my true love and changing my life. I am very happy. Even though we know each other a little longer than a year, and have been married for only a few months, I am confident that my husband is the person that I want to spend the rest of my life with, despite any problems that may happen in a marriage. My husband is an Englishman and I love his country as my own, though currently we live in the USA.

I wish all lonely women to find their happiness wherever it may be.

Wish my best wishes,
Anna K. (USA)

7 January 2004

Dear Elena,

I thought my letter of gratitude would be one of not too many on your site as I honestly believed that one should have special luck to have found a life-time partner with such an unreliable mediator as Internet is supposed to be. And I am absolutely happy to see that I was wrong and there are SO MANY stories with happy ends published on your site!! Well done, you are really doing a great job!

We were both close to despair (I mean myself and my husband Derek) after several months of wasted time on the on-line love search with other agencies. And then, on the day when I decided to withdraw my pictures from all the dating sites, I received a short letter with a picture of a man from England. (I lived in Canada with my son at that time). My first thought was: "Hmm, I would not mind marrying a man with such a nice smile!"

This is how it started almost 2 years ago. We might have broken the record of everyday on-line communication - some days we spent about 4 hours chatting on MSN! In a couple of months Derek came to see me to Canada, then I came to England.

To cut a long story short, on October 25, 2003 we got married in England and we both think that it has been just God's blessing to have met in such a wonderful, unbelievable way!

The advantage of this type of dating (at least in my understanding) is that it gives you enough time to find out who you are talking/corresponding with, to make friends first, to find if there are areas in common to be shared in the future. And this is the cement that helps us now on those rare moments when we have slight misunderstandings.

So, indeed, Elena has been doing a great job bringing souls together for love and life sharing!

Thanks from me and my husband Derek!!

Tanya Balashova (Hunt presently)
England

6 January 2004

Dear Elena's staff!

Thanks to your agency I got married 27 December [2003]. I'm very happy with my husband here, in America. Of course, I would like you to delete my profile from your Internet page.

Thank you again for your help in finding the man of my life.

With best wishes,
Vlada Tyler (USA)

11 December 2003

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I'm writing to thank you. A year ago I appeared in your catalogue and on
the 8th of November I married a man who responded to my advertisement. It all happened unbelievably quickly, as I read in one novel - it always happens  quickly if you meet a right person. It's a fortune that nowadays communication with people from all over the world became so easy! And one can find the right person even if they live 3000 kilometers away! 

I also want to thank you for a reliable service as you are the agency which  worked with personal information with the high respect, responded promptly  and is trustworthy - not so common feature in this sort of business. 

So again I would like to say thank you very much for your very human and helpful business, I wish you all the best in the future, success, development and more people who have found each other! 

Best regards,
Tamara Frolova

14 November 2003

Dear Sir or Madame:

First, let me congratulate you on your product and service. I had previously paid for a listing with another agency and received ONE letter in a month. In two days I have received almost one hundred letters after subscribing with you. It is a full time job to be polite and answer them all. You are one of the few businesses that delivers exactly what you promise. Congratulations! I do not have the time or energy to answer every one and I have already found a couple that I wish to correspond with. Therefore, could you please remove my ad and any other information you can remove from publication and circulation. 

Thank you very much. 
Sincerely, 
Mark (CA, USA)

12 November 2003

Dear Elena Petrova,

The time came to thank you for all the good changes in our lives. Marina and me get in touch the first time in January 2003, following our subscription in your website. We corresponded during 3 months by e-mail and letters till our first meeting in March. Marina has family in the UAE and we both met first time in Dubai. Now our lives changed like we always dreamed. We both settled in Dubai .Very soon we will get married and we will build a home full of love and children. Dear Elena, thanks to you Marina from Russia and Pedro from Portugal found each other. We are deeply thankful to you, to your service in the web and we will never forget you.

Pedro & Marina (Portugal)

9 November 2003

Thank you very much for your assistance to us!

My name is Gregory Fox and I obtained the profile of my fiance', Irina Aksyutenko, from your website in July of this year.

I have recently spent several weeks in Russia in her company, met her family and asked her to marry me. We are now engaged and very happy indeed and will be submitting her visa application this next week. 

I found your articles and 'question and answer' format to be very informative and helpful. I commend your service, very much. I originally corresponded with a number of women whose addresses I obtained from you. Many of these wrote back and by process of writing and speaking back and forth I determined that Irina was the person I needed to meet as soon as possible. 

I thank you again. 
Sincerely,
Gregory Fox (USA)

2 November 2003

Thank you for taking down Julia's address 04216. She and I are now engaged to be married. We are perfect for one another. I went to Minsk last month and really had a great time there. We have submitted the paperwork for the visa  process and are waiting on INS so I can bring her here.

Thank you,
Gene (Atlanta, GA)

1 November 2003

THANK YOU! I have found the love of my life, as you promised I would! Here are a few of photos in one of our trips to the Beautiful Yalta, I speak to my Olga in the evening & morning. There is a lot to do for me to bring her to the US ASAP, it could take up to 6 months, but we will be together, We are very happy, I am so humble to what is transpiring, of course our faith in God is first.

Sincerely
John (USA)

31 October 2003

Hello 
I want to thank you, because of your service I now have a fiancee.
I am 63 years old she is 50 years old, I just returned from a trip to Moscow to meet her. I went with a romance tour that held social's to meet women but the women they had come to the social's were all to young for me, so I was very glad I used your service to find ladies the right age for me. I got 50 addresses from you, I was very surprised at how many answered my email. It was hard to choose which ones I wanted to meet. I did choose three to meet me in Moscow, there is a down side to meeting more than one that you have been writing to, at least for me, it was very hard to tell the other women that I chose the one I did. I think I was in love with all three, you have a very good service, with very beautiful women and I like your search engine, you let us search by age, you have many beautiful women over 45 years of age. Again, I thank you.

Ralph (USA)

26 October 2003

Elena,

You can take my ad off of the internet. I have found a wonderful lady from Ukraine and we are writing many letters. We have many things in common, and I only have time to write to her. You can remove me from the 372 agencies that I am taken by a lady that is now in my life.

Thank your for your service. It was worth the money. It would have been worth thousands of dollars just to have this lady find me. You are doing a great job Elena with your website and services.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 

Larry (USA)

22 October 2003

Dear Sir/Madam,

Just to let you know, that thanks to your wonderful service I am getting married on 10th July next year in St Petersburg. I have met a wonderful English man. He is from England. We have now met three times in St Petersburg, been on holiday to Cyprus together and have both fallen totally in love. He also gets on very well with my son which was so important to me. Many thanks again. I will keep you informed of developments.

Yours Sincerley,
Ilona (Russia)

16 October 2003

Dear Elena's Models,

We are now married and have been since April 28th 2003 (photo attached). We met through your service almost a year ago and are eternally grateful to you.

With best regards,
Svetlana and Tim (UK)

15 October 2003

Dear  Elena,

First  of  all, I  would  like  to   take  a  moment  to  compliment  you  for  your  perfect  service, and  thank  you  very  much  for  your  wonderful  dating  agency! You  helped  me  to  find  my  soul-mate! THANK  YOU!!!!!!

And  now  I  would  like  to  ask  you   do  delete  my  data from  your  web-site, please.

Kind  regards,
Alyona (ID 09340)

10 October 2003

Dear Elena,

I am happy to inform you that your service works too well. I am receiving way more emails than I can respond to and this is unfair to the wonderful ladies who are taking the time to write to me. I am writing to ask that my profile be taken off of the sites that you had it listed on. I appreciate it very much. (It has only been 3 weeks and I have over 20 regular correspondences. Some of which are already very dear to me!!!)

Thank you 
Mark (USA)

6 October 2003

Dear Elena,

Thank you so much for your wonderful service. The response was more that I could have ever dreamed of. I have met many beautiful, intelligent, and wonderful ladies. The letters keep pouring in. My first response was as your ad said, on the same day as my information was posted, Monday. Thank you again. I hope that your business continues to grow and prosper. 

All of your services are very effective and you conduct you business with the utmost professionalism. Even your competition compares itself to you. All of my questions were answered quickly and completely. You are #1. I will suggest this service to anybody that is looking for a good woman. 

Mark (USA)

17 September 2003

Hi, I just ordered some addresses last week and sent off a couple of messages in the past few days. I was disappointed with some of the other sites and how they performed, so I thought I would try your site out. I am 55 years old and a quality guy, not someone who can't find a woman here in America. I am on your site by choice.

The #1 woman on my list of hopefuls, responded to me very quickly. She is incredible and a quality individual.... NO games. The phone # you provided worked right the first time and I spoke to her in the Ukraine for an hour. We seem to have hit it off and I am on 'cloud 9'. She speaks great English so there is minimal communications difficulty. If all goes the way I think, it will lead to a positive outcome for the both of us. I hope to be able to visit her in Odessa after the first of the new year.

I wanted you to know that you have delivered what I wanted. I appreciate not having to play anymore games.

Thank you, 
Roger (USA)

13 September 2003

Recently I submitted to you a photo and a profile to be placed with marriage agencies in Eastern Europe. First, I must thank you for your prompt and courteous service and report to you that I was overwhelmed with the number of responses that I received. Among the many letters and pictures, one shined like a diamond in the sand. I met a woman with both uncommon beauty and incredible eloquence. I never dreamed that I would find such a treasure, so again, I thank you. And now I need to kindly ask that you please remove my profile from the internet. Please notify all the marriage agencies that this man has found his kindred spirit.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely,
David (TX, USA)

12 September 2003

Dear Elena,

I want to say THANK YOU for your great service.
I had been a widow for seven years. But now thanks to you I have a fantastic marriage.

We really, really love each other. We both have respect and understand one another. People need to be open to one another. Real love is hard to find. We both know how blessed we are and we speak of it often.

I wish I could clone my husband because then many of my friends would be happy in their marriages. I truly lucked out with my husband. He is very patient and not afraid to be romantic and sensitive. He is always thinking of me. He takes very good care of my daughter (10) and son (11) also. My husband is a family oriented man. He is a great stepfather to my children. He loves to play with the kids, help them with their homework, and he gets very involved in their athletic activities. He also supports everything I do or want to do. He helps me a great deal with household chores, shopping. He likes cooking.

My husband always makes me feel special. The little things are a real turn-on. I like being touched and told I’m loved. Being thanked for things I do, and helped a lot, lets me know how much he cares. He accepts my strengths and my weakness.

We leave in Chicago now. Sometimes I can be homesick (I am from Ukraine). I miss my family, my friends so much. And in such moments I can have just a terrible behavior and I don’t envy my husband at all :-). But we never lose sight of each other and of what we have together. If there was ever any doubt about that, we couldn’t possibly have this much joy together.

Once again Elena THANKS for your work. I have never been happier in my life.

Wishing you God's richest blessings,
Lena Huizenga.

P.S. Now I have only one little problem. I can't buy any lottery-tickets. It is hopeless to try my luck again :-). I'm sure I'd spent all my luck when I sent my ad to your agency and met My Love.

By the way, I had got my green-card in one week after we came in USA. Surely it’s happen because we were married in Ukraine. Perhaps this information can be interesting for your clients.

5 August 2003

Dear Elena,

Thank you so much for your cooperation and work. We met each other and found our happiness. We are one family, one team. We have mutual understanding and support that is very important in today's life. I cannot say it was easy, because I spoke German and did not know a word in English. I would like to give some advice to women: believe in your dream, learn English and work as hard as you can, be honest for yourself and with men. Dreams come true. It must be so.

Talking about me, I would be glad to connect with women who are married and ready to share news, experience and friendship. We live in California, in Sacramento area.

Good luck in your work,

Best regards,
Anna and Isidro de Fuente

31 July 2003 

Hi Elena,

I just wanted to say thanks to your great Elena Models site, I met the girl of my dreams, we corresponded for just over 6 months from late December til late June til I could go and visit her, and then we spent two weeks just with each other (well, and her parents :) ) in Almaty, and we definitely hit it off from the word go and made many plans for the future. Without you I would not have met such a wonderful, innocent and traditional girl, who even though she's only 18 is much more mature than her age might suggest.

Thank you again.
Sincerely
Peter Hunt

20 July 2003

Dear Elena

I want to thank you, less than two weeks ago you made me realize I was being scammed. I thought how could I ever trust anyone on the internet again, but I thought oh-well I just sent hundreds of dollars to someone I didn't even know, so what's a another $95.00, and I signed up for your weekly catalog. In less than a day I had my first issues, I was defiantly skeptic, because I had just been scammed, but I thought I just paid for these catalogs so I'm going to take a look with an open mind. I did just that and wrote to 3 of the ladies you had featured, I got a response form two of them right away. But it was very funny I don't know why I wrote to more than one, I knew the first one I wrote to was the one I wanted to write back and she was the first to reply. It has only been two weeks, but I have exchanged many letters with Olija as well as spoken with her on the phone. We have found that we have many things in common and I am currently planning a trip to her City to meet her. Thank You again for restoring my trust and I look forward to telling you more in the future. 

You may use my testimonial so other men can see that there are still some honest people out there and your service is worth far more than you ask. 

Thank You 
Terry in Canada 

8 July 2003 

Hello Elena 

I have an interesting story for you. As I am sure that you receive lots of email, I will keep this letter short and sweet. 

About a year and a half ago I signed up for your Starter Help Package. In the beginning, I received almost 100 responses from women in all regions of Russia/Ukraine. While there were several that caught my attention, most of the correspondence died out at a very early stage. Many of the women did not write back after 1 or 2 emails. To make a long story short, I put my efforts to find a Russian bride aside to address some other personal issues that had surfaced. 

Amazingly enough I received a response about 6 weeks ago through an online agency. They say that God works in strange and wonderers ways and for whatever reason, the girl who wrote (her name is Elena) and I have literally hit it off. I am very excited about the opportunity that has developed and she is equally excited. I found it amazing that my personal ad from over a year ago could result in my meeting a girl with great future potential. 

I've spent a great deal of time reviewing the information on your web site over the last several weeks. The information you have posted has proven very valuable. Late last week I mailed a large, hardcover book that describes the Phoenix, AZ area (where I live). It contains many pictures and information about the area so that Elena may get a general idea of the lifestyle that she may be taking on. I also included a card in the mailing. She lives in Cheboksary. 

We have sent 10 or 12 emails back and forth. She has been using a marriage agency to assist her with all correspondence (I know that this is a good sign thanks to your website). I have even corresponded with Elena Shemarova at the agency (e.Lena). She has been very helpful in getting things set up so that I may assist my "hopeful bride to be" with the costs associated with the agency. 

Our next goal is to speak on the phone. I have already researched time zone differences between AZ and the Moscow area and I have started to search for reasonable long distance rates. I am also starting to look into renewing my passport and researching travel options. 

I wrote this letter to thank you for posting all of your valuable information. I also thought you would find my story a bit interesting since so much time had passed since starting my "search" using your starter package. It certainly proves that such relationships are not only possible but potentially very rewarding. I will keep you informed on how things turn out. 

Regards, 

Dave 

6 June 2003

Dear Elena,

I want to say thank you for your service. Back at the end of January I subscribed to your Weekly Ladies catalog in hopes of finding my future wife. I did in your catalog number 157. Her name is Inessa and she is the most wonderful woman I could have ever met. You truly live up to your reputation.  Inessa and I are engaged and have started the K-1 visa process. We are currently in the dreaded wait period now. I can not even begin to thank you enough for the service you provide. I wish you all the best and the ladies you represent, I hope they find their true love as well.

Sincerely,
Brian (USA)

1 June 2003

Dear Elena,

I can not find the words to express the depth of gratitude that I owe you for changing my life. Prior to discovering your web-site I had been searching for a partner in Easter Europe for almost four years. During this time I wasted countless hours of my life communicating through dishonest agencies, wasted trips to Russia and scams amounting to thousands of dollars. I had also suffered some of the worst  heartbreaks of my life.

Having subscribed to your weekly catalogue through Elena's Models I was amazed to find so many beautiful, sincere and intelligent women. Throughout my journey I have had the opportunity to communicate and meet with some of the most wonderful women in my life. As a result of my subscription to your weekly catalogue I have finally found the women of my dreams. I met Anna in January of this year and we have been in contact every day since. We have met on several occasions in Novosibirsk, Thailand and Turkey and I am just about to embark on another trip to Novosibirsk to ask her to become my wife. Anna is the most wonderful women I have ever met in my life and is more than I could have ever imagined. We are both extremely happy together and are looking forward to spending the rest of our lives in happiness.

Your web-site and additional advice has exceeded all expectations and I shall be eternally grateful. Please keep up the excellent work.

Kind regards
Jonathan
North-West England.

12 March 2003

Hello Elena,
I just got back from an 11 day trip to Russia to visit a woman and have a nice vacation. It wound up being a trip that changed my life as I asked the woman to marry me. I used your site to put an ad in and am still getting responses more than six months later. You mentioned then that I was to become unavailable to please contact you and to let you know. Well, I can honestly say that I am now unavailable; happily so. And I have many thanks owed to you for your help in getting me here. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

George (Nevada, USA)
P.S. here's a picture of Natalia, her son, Ruslan, and myself...

5 March 2003

Dear Elena,

I want to thank you for all your help. I placed my add in February 2001, and in a month I began corresponding with Hugh Robinson from Christchurch, New  Zealand. Our letters were long and frequent; we knew each other more and more and found so many things in common. He was so far from me, in the other part of the Globe, but I always felt his care and support, as if he was
just close to me. In January 2002 he invited me to New Zealand by Visitor's Visa for a holiday. We discovered great chemistry, and those 3 weeks were the shortest and happiest in my life. Then Hugh asked me to marry him, and I gave him my YES answer in April, when I was already back in my native c city Samara. In October 2002 I arrived to New Zealand on Fiancee Visa with my 12-years-old daughter Mary, and we got married on November, 23. We are very happy, and still don't realize how it could have happened that we've found each other. It's such a gift form the Universe. I never knew that my real soul mate lives in the other part of the world. Now life is getting better and better every day. Thanks again, dear Elena.

Yours sincerely,
Svetlana Robinson (Bochkareva)

25 January 2003

Katya and I have now been in daily correspondence since the end of October 2002, and have both just returned from a wonderful first meeting in Antalya, Turkey. We have 'chosen' each other for further relations, her terminology :) and are now exploring our visa options. I would also like to convey our thanks to you Elena, for your wonderful service, that has allowed Katya and I to find each other. We will keep you posted as things develop!

Thanks Again!
Sincerely,
Dan (USA)

10 January 2003

Dear Elena,
We wrote to you in April 2002 about our pending marriage. Attached is a photo of us cutting the cake at our wedding which was 28th September 2002. Thank you for the happiness you have brought to our lives. You will note we had our cake made in the form of an Australian and Russian flag joined together.

Many thanks!

Richard & Lena
(Australia)

25 January 2002

Dear Elena!
It is your former client Sophia B. From Pyatigorsk of Northern Caucasus. Thank you very much for your agency! I have married a Belgian man. We love each other, and met about a year ago through your site. All my single friends now want to try to find a man abroad seeing how happy I am. Dear Elena, I wish you and your family happiness, love and let all your dreams come true!

Recpectfully,
Sophia

5 December 2002

Hello,
I wanted to tell you how happy I am with Elena's models. I sent a profile of myself to you six months ago and had many replies. I found one woman that I liked very much from Starokonstantinov, Ukraine. I corresponded with her for several months. I visited in her home town and we got married in October. She is a fine person, well educated and very attractive. I am arranging to bring her to live in America. Thanks again. 

Sincerely,
Rod (USA)

4 December 2002

Thank you for the services that you have provided. I became married to Anna on Nov 16th. I found her on your web site. I am asking that we both be removed from your web site. If either of us is there. Again thank you.

Kevin Gottlieb
Anna Gottlieb (Borzova)

2 December 2002

I Guess the only problem I have is I'm getting to much mail!
I have found what I'm looking for, please remove my ad from the internet.
Thank you for your help and service, I will definitely recommend your web
site. Happy Holidays and a prosperous new year.

Best wishes,
Clint Parker (USA)

21 November 2002

Hello
Please remove my name from your catalogue.
Thank you for your services. They were excellent and professional.

Blake Scott
(Canada)

14 November 2002

Dear Elena,
I want to thank you for providing such a wonderful website for men and women to meet and find their special someone. Through your website I have found my very special lady, Irina. Irina and I are very happy to have met each other and are in love with each other. We are committed to marry each other
as soon as the USA fiancee visa petition and application are approved. Without your website and services I would not have found my Irina.

Sincerely,
Kenneth (Sean) Chi
(USA)

23 October 2002

I would like to thank you... Today was the first day that my ad has run ... so far 10 replies! The ladies all wrote nice letters, all but two included pictures. I am a little overwhelmed. I will answer each letter!

Surprised that I had so many responses! I feel like a movie star...smiling

Respectfully
Randall Keepers
(Maryland, USA)

17 October 2002

The response from the few letters I sent out was fantastic, the ladies all are very intelligent, class act woman.

Thank you
Les (USA)

11 October 2002

Dear Elena,
In March I had placed my profile in your Online Gentlemen's Catalogue and the 295 Local Russian Dating Agencies. It is hard to believe that many months has come and gone. I visited Ukraine and Russia in September and now am in a wonderful relationship with a beautiful and wonderful woman in Dnipropetrovsk.

Thank you,
Andrew Yuen
(CO, USA)

10 October 2002

I must acknowledge that you have the most perfect post-sell service I've ever seen. Serious people!, and this is difficult to find. So I must congratulate you.

Jose Julio 
(Madrid, Spain)

2 September 2002

Dear Elena...

Thank you for your wonderful service...
Through your service, I met a wonderful woman from Mogilev, Belarus, and we are engaged to be married, and so I would appreciate it very much if you could remove my profile from your men's catalogue. (I had ordered the mass placement of my photo and profile on several men's catalogues...)

Your service has been wonderful, and I will recommend it to anyone I know who is looking for the kind of service that your company provides. Thanks again, and good luck with everything,

K. Darvich
(Los Angeles, CA, USA)

26 August 2002

Dear Elena,
You can count me as a happy customer. Your site is by far the easiest
of those that I have used and allows quicker access to the ladies. Thank you.

J M
(CA, USA)

22 August 2002

Elena's Models is a service that surpasses all others. The quality and integrity of their service, in an industry that is fraught with fraud, is a beacon light to those who are genuinely interested in meeting people from around the world. I would recommend this service to everyone.

Andrew
(USA)

21 August 2002

I just wanted to tell you that I found my Larisa through your services.... You can read about my trip reports on RWGuide, for me your service worked perfectly. Every week I got profiles and pictures -- and, most importantly, e-mail addresses. I could write to as many or as few as I wanted. I have recommended your service to others and will continue to do so. I think you have a classy, professional service that charges a reasonable fee.

Randy
(USA)

17 August 2002

Hi Elena :-)

Over the last 3 weeks I have received 119 e-mails and letters from Russian women, and still getting more every day. I have to congratulate you with this HUGE success, which I have never dreamt about! I must confess that it is not very pleasant to write to all the women I have rejected, because they are all very nice women! Also it has taken a lot of time reading and answering all this mail. But I have chosen one, and will correspond only with one, which in my eyes is fair for the women and me!

So please stop advertising anymore, it will be a waist of money and time for these women. I hope that they will find what they are looking for elsewhere :-)

Thank you for a job well done, now it up to her and me to make it work!

Kind regards
Martin Godsk
(Denmark)

9 August 2002

Hello Elena,

Guess what? My lady and myself are now happily engaged after our vacation in Russia! I want to thank you for your excellent service which made it possible for an American guy to meet and fall in love with a wonderful Russian lady! We are engaged and working on our fiancee visa.

My heartfelt thanks and sincere wishes for you,

John Corban (USA)

7 August 2002

Hello Elena:

I thought you might like to know that since you placed my ad on Monday, I have had over 60 ladies write to me [for 4 days]. Per your request, I have written each lady back whether I have been interested or not. There are some very nice ladies and 3 or 4 possible matches so far.

Warm regards,

Bob Weis
(California, USA)

24 July 2002

Your service is awesome!! What a waste of time it was before discovering Elena's Models. I signed up for the total package but the response has been so unbelievable that I may have to remove my name. It has been less then two weeks. Thank you Elena is a understatement.

Sincerely,
Tom 
(Texas, USA)

18 July 2002

Dear Elena

I was going to write a personal letter to you - later, as time always seems scarce !!, But there is no time like the present and now is a good time as any.

I am an accountant with his own practice. So I have come across many businesses and have been involved with them in many different fields, from raising money for take-overs (so that small boys can play at being big boys) looking after their banking arrangements to fulfilling roles of being an accountant, brother, father, godfather!! Acting as go between father and son when they cannot agree - in other word the rich tapestry of family company business life. I give you this background just to give meaning behind the compliment I am going to pay you.

Also this is the first time I have given this kind of feed back even though I felt it many times before but never communicated which a times I have regretted. As you know its totally unsolicited and meant with genuine appreciation of someone. In my experience, yours has been the most refreshing honest, complete with much thought and professional operation I have encountered for a long time and it is with the utmost pleasure that I am using your services. There is much more that I can add but I believe you can guess most of it now. All the more credit to you for raising the business from obviously humble beginnings. It could not have been easy and all the more marked the achievement.

So I wish you every success and much happiness in what you do. I am sure that you will continue to find rewards which in my experience exist at every stage of a family company's growth. There is no denying the problems also increase but resolving them is half the fun, challenge and the prize. So good luck always.

If you are ever in London (UK) with your husband and family, and would have time for a cup of coffee it would be wonderful. Alternatively if you ever require any help in this country I would always be happy to assist in which ever way I can.. Please accept this in the spirit in which it is intended. (I have enough work!! but always enough time to help someone who is trying very hard). Its just nice to know other competent, happy business people and have the joy of seeing them grow.

Good luck and all good wishes always.

Bob Bartarya (London, UK)

18 July 2002

Hello Elena!
I want to tell you a great "Thank You" for your site and your agency. I am in the process of preparing documents for a fiancee visa, so I think it is time to ask you to remove my profile from your website. I hope John and I will send you our wedding photos.

God bless you,
Tanya Nikolaeva (Novosibirsk, Russia)

17 July 2002

I have great news! :-) I just returned from Russia where I met my lovely fiancee for the first time. She is absolutely wonderful and I am diligently working on the paperwork to bring her to my country!   I found her through your fantastic marriage agency. Thank you for providing such a valuable service! You make people happy! :-)

Marc Alexander (FL, USA)

10 July 2002

Hello Elena,

I am having the time of my life. I am so grateful for you and your service. I have meet so many wonderful lades by email. I am planning on going to Russia this winter. Do you have any info on the immigration process, the US fiancee visas? I am determined to marry my life's partner. She is in Russia waiting for me. Thank you so very much.

Tony Lehrhaupt (TX, USA)

8 July 2002

Dear Sir or Madam !
Thank for your help. Now I had change in my life. I am engaged. 
I hope that I have found the happiness.
I am very grateful to yours Elena's Models Internet Dating Agency.
I ask to remove my biographical data and photos.
All the best.

Sinserely
Ludmila Abrosimova 
(St. Petersburg, Russia)

3 July 2002

Hello Elena, 

We want to say thank you to you and your great service one more time!

Less than year ago I sent my letter to you with my form and photos. After 3 weeks I started to have letters. Second letter was from Michael.

His first letter was from 1 September [2001].

When I saw his photo in his next letter I thought that we had something in common. Like we are close friends to each other.

Very soon he wrote that he will be glad to visit me and my family and to know more about my life. I have a son, he is 7 y. o. now and he is quite an energetic boy.

Michael came to Yekaterinburg after 1.5 month of our correspondence. I met him at the airport and it was enough to see this tall, handsome man to fall in love to him! Especially that I knew him from his wonderful letters and then I talked with him, and I thought about his voice that it was so charming!

He is caring, attentive and adorable man. I enjoy our life together.

We spent 2 weeks together. We were in S. Petersburg and Moscow because he wanted to visit these cities. His grandma is from S. Petersburg. Now she is American.

He is American too.

I want to mention one fact. He visited me after the tragic events at his motherland. The terrorist act couldn't stop him from visiting his Russian beauty. It is how he calls me. He said - if my father, who was Estonian by nationality, knew you - he would be proud of me!

I am proud of him!

He is my great man about whom I dreamt!

And I love him!

I've only wanted for us to have a long life together and to be happy. Happiness it is so important for every person. May be American men are so tired from their real American women that they want to find their real Russian beauty so far away?

After 10 months we are married.

Our wedding was at 29 of June [2002].

May be our story will help your couple that is only in the beginning of their relationship?

I will send couple photos of me and Michael.

I did not save my photos but he said "When I started my search I fell in love with your incredible blue eyes that shined kindness and love!" He said to himself - "I must know this woman!"

Thank you Elena for your work!!!

Marina and Michael (USA)

May 31, 2002

Dear Elena

I write this letter to you today because I want to thank you for the way you operate your company Elena’s Models, it is without doubt well run and professionally operated.

I wish to advise you that I Recently Married Alla - a very Beautiful, Intelligent, kind and loving lady whom I met through your agency.

I write this letter to you today to give testament to the fact that Internet marriage agencies do work, and if you feel you would like to publish this letter I am more than happy for you to do so alone with my Email address as well.

I would like to tell you a story of how I became involved with your Agency so I will start about six months prior.

In about March 2001 I joined three Dating / Marriage agencies and although I did find some very beautiful ladies to whom I wrote and received replies back, it soon became quite obvious that by the time I had received my second or even third letter these ladies were asking for money.

These ladies would ask very suturally, like "Internet in Russia / Ukraine is very expensive and you really do seem like the man of my dreams but I am afraid that I will lose you because I can not afford the Internet and I do not want this to happen but if you could send me $50 or $100 US then I know that you are really serious about our relationship, I do hate to ask you of this but I do not want to lose you." I soon realized that this was some sort of scam because the number of ladies that asked this very same question in almost the very same way.

One other thing that soon became a concern to me was that I would receive similar written letters not from just two girls but from 5 or 6 ladies.

One day Elena I received an Email from a friend about Marriage / Dating fraud on the Internet and how it worked, so I opened and looked and to my horror in the very first file I opened was a photo of one the ladies I was writing to, Oleana. It turns out that the photo was in fact a Russian supermodel who had no idea her photo was being used, and that the letters were in fact written by a man called Alec and he had received thousands of dollars from men from all over the world but the most came from America. After I continued to read the files I soon found other ladies I had written to but let go along the way but they too were all scams.

I gave up on the internet Dating / Marriage scene as a joke and became very disappointed in the way many Agencies ran their Business, I think one reason is that so many agencies allow themselves to be abused by way of easy access by other people / Agencies.

I was given your agency web address in mid September but was still cautious and did not do anything until I received an Email from a Detective agency warning about Fraud and that when looking for an agency to look for one that is not easy to access from outsiders and one that makes it hard to join. There was a list of about 4 or 5 agencies that were recommended although they did say there were many more good agencies, just to be careful and check them out, which is what I did.

So now to Elena’s Models. On September 27th 2001 I joined your Agency. After paying the very small fee, in consideration to other agencies that I had paid, and then often they would have ongoing fees. Elena’s Models was inexpensive by comparison, I was also attracted to the fact that you requested to be informed about any lady asking for money from your agency.

As promised I received the files of many ladies to choose from, and it was soon quite clear I had more than enough Ladies to browse and write too.

I wrote to about 5 ladies that first day and I sent the letter in Russian to help impress the ladies I wrote too. I would like to thank you Elena for your Translation Service: every reply commented on a very professional and good Russian letter.

Out of the five letters I wrote I received 4 replies, 3 the very next day. After about 3 replies each I soon realized that one lady stood out above the rest, and that was Alla.

Alla was everything she wrote about in her profile, and we soon found a lot of good and deep common ground to share and work towards a relationship together.

After about two weeks I decided to telephone Alla and say hello. She was so taken back by the fact I was trying to establish a good rapport with her and from the very first word I heard from Alla I knew she was a Happy, Positive and Cheerful lady.

We both decided to meet and see where this relationship would go. We applied to get a visa for Alla to spend Christmas here in Australia with me but the visa was declined as the Australian Government were worried Alla would stay in Australia. So it was suggested that I go to Russia and meet with her there first but Winter in Russia did not appeal to me, so we spent 2 great weeks on neutral ground and had Christmas and New Year in Cairo Egypt. This proved to be a great move as we were both away from our own environments and this allowed us to concentrate on each other.

Upon my return to Australia I set the ball rolling and applied for the Immigration papers for Alla to live with me in Australia, the paper work and all details took about 3 months, held up on the most part by Alla's Ex-Husband not signing the release papers to allow Alla's 8 year old daughter to come to Australia. But if there is a will, there is a way, and we won.

I then personally took the documents to Moscow and this of course allowed me to visit Alla's Home Town and family as well as meet my new Daughter to be.

From the moment I handed the documents over to the Australian Embassy in Moscow to the day Alla received "OK" to come to Australia it only took 6 weeks. This blew me away after you hear stories of people waiting 6 to 9 months, so to all you people thinking of a Russian wife, I say you cannot go far wrong if you use Elena’s Models to obtain the woman of your dreams, and Russian women are every bit as good as their Reputation have the rest of the world believe.

I write this letter today not because I have been asked to do so and not because I have any involvement with Elena’s Models, because I do not in any way have any connection to them at all.

I write this letter for 2 reasons:

1. To thank Elena’s Models for an outstanding Agency and the way that they operate and conduct a very professionally run company and to say whenever I had a question to ask they always wrote back the next day.

2. The other reason I write this letter is to encourage anyone who is either thinking about or have been already bitten by other agencies to give Elena’s Models ago.

Once again Elena thanks for a truly great Organization. I would highly recommend this company to any one.

Please feel free to publish this letter and any photos you see fit and if you want to translate to Russian, this too is alright.

Many thanks and all the best.

Mike & Alla Barnes

May 26, 2002

First of all I just wish to thank you, since I placed my ad on May 13, I have received at least 100 letters from very beautiful and friendly women. This has been a very pleasant experience, I have taken the time to respond personally to everyone who has written me out of respect for the consideration they have shown me. I have been corresponding with a few and rather than being misleading to serious women, wondered may I temporarily suspend my ad while still within the parameters of the three month period? As I wish to be totally honest with everyone and I have no desire to dampen anyone's spirits about finding happiness in this way I really hope one of these few women may be the right one and will not mislead them either. I have returned many letters and was not contacted back which is fine I assume that I was not what these ladies were looking for when they heard more of my thoughts and I suppose that is the way it goes in this concept. I have no ill will about that. As a whole I can say this has been very pleasant and I sincerely hope that my ventures at this will prove successful. 

George (USA)

May 22, 2002

Dear Elena, first of all, thank you for your service, as when I place my profile on your site and you sent it to other sites, the responses has been amazing, and even today they still keep coming. As you said early on when I joined your site, answer each lady back even to say that I'm not interested, so they can move on, of which I have been doing. At times Elena, I cannot keep up with the responses, but I eventfully answer them all. One special Lady and I are really getting on quite well, and our letters to each other are amazing and I will visit her in the near future. I think me and her were are made for each other. My question Elena is, that I don't feel comfortable still receiving responses and I have other Lady friends profiles, besides that special Lady, so what do you recommend Elena?, I would personally like to just communicate with my special Lady, so I can focus just on her, rather than be confuse with others Ladies as well. Again Elena your help will be appreciated and as I said this special Lady is the one. Elena thank you. Take care.

WI Boynton (New Zealand)

May 21, 2002

Let me add that am impressed and delighted with your prompt and 
courteous service so far, it has been a pleasure doing business. Your 
site is the most informative and user friendly and Elena's Models will 
remain my first choice for all my future needs.

Sincerely
Dave Halverson
(USA)

May 15, 2002

Dear Elena

It is your recent client Elena Urbanovich. I want to express my appreciation and gratefulness to your agency. Your agency made me and my (now) husband very happy. We are now a family, and probably the happiest family in the world.

Thank you very much,

Martin and Elena Palmer
(WA, USA)

April 24, 2002

Dear Elena

I should have written some time ago.

Your service has made it possible for me to find an Elena of my own -- Lena for short. Lena is from Nizhny Novgorod and I am from Perth in Australia. Lena has been over to visit me in Australia. We are very much in love and are getting married. We are going through the Visa arrangements now.

I know she has written some time ago to cancel her advertisement and you asked her to send a copy of the wedding photo. This we will gladly do.

We are both forever grateful for your service because it has brought us together. When we are together again in Australia we will write you the full story. It is a beautiful story.

Many thanks
Richard Bosward

February 15, 2002

Hi Elena

Well where do I begin! I don't know what made me do it but I am glad I did. I subscribed to your weekly service in September 2001 and it was mind-blowing to realize how many women are out there who just wanted what I was looking for, a stable, happy, loving family. Well I chose six ladies and received three positive replies. After a few letters I decided on Sophia. She was divorced with a baby daughter. I think from the start we got on well and we always sent each other photos and stories about our lives at home. Our birthdays are just nine days apart! Well, I sent her roses on her birthday and she was so delighted. She had never received anything like it in her life. I also started communicating with her by telephone, as you suggested in your website. It was probably the best thing that I did as it made the relationship more real.

Well I could not wait and I planned my own trip to Russia and we met in January. We spent everyday together visiting different places in her town. I have never met a more loving, responsible, caring, family-orientated women. We fell in love with each other and although it is still early days we truly believe that this is the start of a lifelong relationship. We still have much to learn about each other but each day gets better and better. I've even started taking lessons in Russian.

I have never been happier in my life and we plan to see each other again in Russia around July and then she will come to Cape Town in Summer for a holiday. What I discovered was that she did not need some rich guy to come and rescue her from hardship. She was well-educated, from a loving family, self-sufficient, had her own car, computer. She did not need financial help and loves her home town. She just wanted a loving, caring, stable man. She is a beautiful women and it beats me that any man would not want her. Well, I am over the moon that I was able to attract such a fantastic woman and I want to say thank you for providing such an excellent service. I received answers from every woman I wrote to and did not experience any scams or gold-diggers.

What was also interesting is that a lot of her friends became interested in finding someone when they saw how happy she had become. I will recommend you site to anyone I know who is looking for a partner as I know the information you supply is honest and truthful and the websites are very informative and helpful.

Regards
Stephen R. (Cape Town, South Africa)

February 13, 2002

Hello Elena,
I just want to tell You that Your Agency is best on the Internet. Last year I was a member, and I have found my future Wife, her name is also Elena. I wish You that you stay in your Business with Your Agency for many years, and I will always recommend Your Agency, because now I am a satisfied man who has found the Wife of my dream!! Thank You so much!!

Zoran D. (Canada)

February 12, 2002

Dear Elena
My name is Alan and I want to thank you for your service. I am engaged to Julia B, one of your members. Once again THANK YOU ELENA!!!! 

Thanks
Alan (USA)

January 22, 2002

Hello Elena!
Thank you for your time and help and I'd like to say I have made some very good friendships from the ladies on your site and I'm working on taking further steps because these ladies are truly wonderful, kind, decent, and warm and caring people which is sometimes hard to find these days! Thank you very much! 

Sincerely,
Danny G. (KY, USA)

January 02, 2002

Dear Elena Petrova,
I wanted to thank you for your service. I have met a wonderful woman in Russia that I now write several times a day and we talk on the phone at least once a week. I am now planning a trip to Russia in late February to meet her in person. Please temporarily suspend my account and if all goes well in February I will write you again and have you cancel my subscription. 

Again Thank you very very much from both myself and for Elena B.

Respectfully,
Joseph M. (KY, USA)

December 21, 2001

Hello, I just returned from Odessa and a meeting with one of your ladies. She uses one of your partner agencies service and I had the opportunity to meet both the owner, Valeriy, and his wife, Raisa. He is a very stand up guy and genuinely cares for his ladies who are using his services. He helped me and Victoria with all our arrangements and made sure my son got emails while I was away from Seattle.

I will not be needing your services as I have become engaged to Victoria O. of Odessa.  She is a wonderful lady and much more than I could ever hope for.  It is true that there are really family oriented and intelligent ladies out there. Victoria is a classy lady and I am very happy and looking forward to a great future with her.

Daniel T. (WA, USA)

November 25, 2001

Dear Elena,

As I now prepare for my second trip to Europe in two months, I wanted to take a moment to thank you. This is actually a difficult letter to write, because I cannot find the words to properly describe how important you and your service have become to the future direction of my life.

I know you have many clients, so you probably cannot remember the full contribution you have made toward my meeting and developing a relationship with an extraordinary Russian woman.

My first contact with you was almost 8 months ago, when you translated a letter for me. This was the first of a number of introductory letters that you translated for me, all except one of which received a response. This "success' ratio was far higher than I had expected based on a number of factors-not the least including the fact that I was 49, writing to women all under 35! I believe it is due entirely to the quality of the translation. You made the letters so interesting and easy to read that the women felt compelled to respond. I wrote to one woman I had found on your website, who responded with the most beautiful letter, but told me that she had been corresponding with someone for several months. Because I was so interested in her, you encouraged me to keep writing her, just as a friend, which I did. She is the woman who I am now preparing to visit for the second time.

Since at first I did not expect anything to come of this, given her previous correspondence, I wrote to several women I had found on search engines on other sites. Although they all wrote back (except one) literally all of them were involved already with other men - and several of them were already engaged! That's when I subscribed to your weekly service. What an experience that was! Every week I would receive 75 to 100 pictures of very beautiful and interesting women - it took me hours to decide who to write to! I wrote at least one from every week, and every single one responded and was available. Every one - literally - complimented me on my letter. I began to feel guilty, since they were really complimenting you on your letter! From time to time I would need perspective on what they were saying to me, and you always were there with guidance and suggestions.

Throughout these letters, I continued to write my friendly letters to Galina - the lady who had first attracted my attention on your Elena's Models website. Although she spoke English, and we would send each other frequent chatty emails in English, I always had you translate these longer letters for me. I did so because I wanted this woman to really learn to know me, and I did not feel that she would be able to do this through the nuances of a foreign language. Most impressively, you not only would translate these letters for me, but you would also offer advice as to how a Russian woman would likely react to some of the things I would say, given the vast differences in culture. Galina always told me should waited for these letters as a breath of fresh air, and I know that your translation was what enabled that to be. Imagine my surprise when after several months of this friendly correspondence, Galina wrote me an email to tell me that she had advised her other correspondent that she had 'met' someone more suited for her, that she thought we should meet, and that she was going to call me that following Sunday to talk to me on the telephone for the first time! We met in October, she was more than I ever imagined a person could be, and now I am shopping for a warm coat for my December trip to Russia! I do not yet, of course, know the final outcome of my relationship with Galina, but it has been a genuine pleasure to this point. None of this could have happened without your assistance and advice.

Throughout this process you have treated me not as a client but rather as a friend, and your attitude has clearly been to help me in any way that you can. You have genuinely had my best interest at heart.

So what would be my advice to anyone interested in finding a spouse in Russia? Take the plunge, but do not do so without Elena's help. Even if you find a woman on another website, have Elena translate your letters. Not just the introductory letter, but every letter in which you have something important to say. The cost is small - less than it would cost you to take a date to dinner. subscribe to her weekly ladies catalog. You will be amazed at the women that you will find - and they will be available! To be blunt about this, if you pursue this process without Elena's help and guidance, you risk a very big and expensive mistake.

So Elena, I wish there were words that could somehow express the true level of my gratitude, but they do not exist. All I can say is thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support, advice and concern - and as I say that I know my words are inadequate.

Sincerely,
Dan (USA)