Love Train was born March, 2009 and is maintained by Australian fan Lisa. The site name was decided upon as at Mariska’s official site she uses the term ‘Love Train’ to describe an ‘positive feeling and movement’. I wanted to give the site a name that was closely connected to Mariska and represented positivity. The set of the site was clear from the beginning, I wanted it to be both a fan site and a self help resource site. Catherine was a huge help in setting up the site. Love Train aims to bring fans daily news and media about Mariska’s public life, her career, charity and organisation work and plenty of helpful resources covering many areas, not focusing exclusively on sexual assault.

Position: Maintainer
Age: 26
Country: South Australia, Australia
Fan Since: February, 2005
Favourite Mariska Role: Olivia Benson and Cynthia Hooper
Favourite SVU Season/s: 2, 3, 4 & 5
Why are you a fan: In February, 2005 I was on a discussion forum and a member asked which lesser known actresses people liked. Somebody replied with Mariska Hargitay. I knew of her from SVU but something told me to Google her to learn more. I was surprised and impressed with what I learned. I had absolutely no idea that Mariska campaigned for more awareness to the issue of sexual abuse nor that she runs a non-profit organisation to help sex abuse victims and survivors.

I was soon in awe of this woman. Her genuine interest, knowledge and compassion in the matter really moved me. She chooses to bring light onto a topic that while common in society, isn’t openly discussed at large in the community. I adore her for that.

I also love that fact that she has such a glamorous family history. I respect the fact that Mariska has been determined her whole life to be known as her own person but also paying homage to her heritage.

Past Layouts:

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Banner made by: Catherine

Site Credits:
A big, big thank you goes out to Catherine whom helped me set up a lot of this site and for providing Love Train with the information for facts and quotes. Thank you so much!