Martina Klein Korin was born on December 7th, 1976, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The daughter of architects, Martina also has a brother, Tommy. In 1988, the family moved to Barcelona, Spain. But Martina, having grown up in Buenos Aires, has kept a special place in her heart for the city and her native Argentina. Indeed, the rest of her family still lives there, and Martina has stayed in touch with both family and friends.

In 1991, at age 15, Martina first began working as a model, and soon found herself increasingly swept up in the fashion world. While she was in high school, she went to all her castings accompanied by her mother Adriana, and modeling was only a part-time job. But once Martina graduated in 1994, she attended even more castings than