Was named the new face for Lakme cosmetics in 2001, replacing its
former model Lisa Ray
Besides her native Czech language, she can also speak Spanish,
Japanese, English, and a little Hindi and Urdu.
Replaced Bipasha Basu in the movie Dum (2003) as the item number girl for the
song 'Bijli Giri', which turned her into a star in the Bollywood film
industry.
Was a player the second season of a show called 'Khatron Ke Khiladi', an Indian version of Fear Factor. Yana was eliminated in episode 7 and then reinstated in episode 8, and eliminated again in episode 14 (Jetski and Helicopter).
Is the first Western Caucasian woman to successfully crossover into the
Indian film industry.
Has been taking dance lessons since she was fourteen years old.