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Ksenia Sukhinova

クセーニャ・スヒノワ　/　くせーにゃ・すひのわ

Model from Russia

August 26, 1987 (age 38)　・　Nizhnevartovsk, Russia

model
television presenter
beauty pageant contestant

My Take

Ksenia Sukhinova fascinates me less as a pageant winner than as a self-made figure. Hailing from Nizhnevartovsk, a Siberian oil town, and trained at an industrial university, she layered serious smarts beneath the Miss World 2008 crown, becoming only the second Russian to win it. To me that combination of a technical education and global stagecraft signals someone who understood the game and played it on her own terms. The 178 cm presence helps, but it is the steel underneath that I admire. People raised in harsh climates often carry a warmth and resolve that no spotlight can manufacture.

Overview

Ksenia Vladimirovna Sukhinova (Russian: Ксе́ния Влади́мировна Сухи́нова; born 26 August 1987) is a Russian tv host, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2008. She was the second Russian woman to be crowned Miss World, and had previously been crowned Miss Russia 2007.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ksenia Sukhinova
Name (Japanese): クセーニャ・スヒノワ
Reading: くせーにゃ・すひのわ
Born: August 26, 1987 (age 38)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Rabbit
Origin: Nizhnevartovsk, Russia
Blood type: Private
Height: 178 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: model / television presenter / beauty pageant contestant

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Tyumen Industrial University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

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