Gold medalist eyes Hollywood 娱乐圈

Nastia Liukin talks about choosing endorsement deals and her next career moves.

Five golden medals in the Beijing Olympics , tieing a record with the very-well-known gymnast Mary Lou. Nastia Liukin, joins us now, uh, very successful. Congratulations on everything.

Thank you.

Let's talk about all of the endorsement deals following these medals. It's interesting because you told me. You had lot of these lined up, even before the Games, is that right?

Yeah, you know, that once I got after with Wheaties , I'm on the Wheaties Box now, and Herbal Essences ,and then Beacon Street Girls , which is like a website for , not younger kids up to teens.

Ok, well talk to us about the other deals ,that you had , I know one denim deal , and TV girl are all about jeans, right? So talk to us about that, until the other ones are lined-up.

Vanilla Star Jeans, and I, they became my sponsor a little bit before the Olympics Games, but now , after the Olympics Games, I'm going to be doing a signature line in Jeans hoodies and T-shirts. That'll be coming out for the holiday season. And of course, next year too, we'll gonna do another line coming out right before school, back to school time.

So Olympic champion and fashion designer, en-huh?

Yeah.

Is that in the bookstand wrote for you? I mean, what are the other things that you wanna pursue after that gymnastics?

You know, gymnastics has always been a huge part of my life and it always will be , so it will always be the center of my career, I think. But I would love to pursue a little bit in acting , modeling , fashion designing , but like I said, gymnastic will always be my life.

When you look at all the brands. They come after you, they want you name associated with them, for you personally, , a girl ,your age, what's important for you to be associated with?

Definitely, things that I like, and that are meaningful to my life style,cos I don't wanna represent something that I wouldn't ever eat, wear or drink ,so , with Wheaties, you know, it's really, it's a healthy choice . And, it's en, it's a good, you know, it's a good thing to be onto Wheaties' Box, and then ,uh, Cover girl, you know, every girl likes make-up, and stuff, so that's a great choice for me, too.

When you look down the road, uh, you know, you're endorsing all of these things now, four years until the next Games. What do you hope to accomplish between now the then, not only on the gymnastic side, but on the business side, for you, because now you're recognized around the world, that a lot of business is looking at you.

You know, gymnastic has never been about the money to me. I always love doing it, because I love this sport and winning a gold medal has definitely , uh, made me loving it even more and made me really realize what my dreams were. And I trained hard and I tried to achieve my dreams and I did so.

Can you talk to us a little bit finally about how you got into gymnastic, and in the world known as your father as well. So tell us a little bit about that story.

Yeah, my dad is my coach, and mom and dad were both gymnasts , so my dad competed at the 88' Olympic Games, and won two gold and two silver. My mom was the 87' World Champion , so, so it's been in my blood , you know, but, I, they never push me into gymnastics. They kind of want me not to do it. Cos they had been through it at their top level and you know, it's really hard to work with the injuries, and the struggles. But at an early age , they saw how much passion I had for it. And they didn't want to take that away from me.

Ok, Nastia Liukin, thanks for joining us, I appreciate it. You can catch us of course, on the Wheaties' Box.