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Oxana Fedorova

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Oxana Gennadyevna Fedorova (Russian: Оксана Геннадьевна Фёдорова, Oksana Gennad'yevna Fyodorova (born December 17, 1977) is a Russian Miss Universe winner, police officer (retired), former university lecturer, television host, actress, singer, and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Fedorova became the first Miss Russia to win the Miss Universe contest. She began in theentertainment business as a model and became Miss St. Petersburg in 1999 and Miss Russia in 2001.

Early life

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Oxana Fedorova was born in Pskov, Russia, where she lived until she was 18. Fedorova is an only child, and she was brought up by her mother and maternal grandparents. According to Fedorova, her grandparents were very demanding of her.
Fedorova's parents divorced when she was three years old. She did not hear from her father since then. In 2005 Oxana tried to find her father, but discovered he had died.
Her father was a nuclear physicist, and her mother worked as a nurse at a psychiatric hospital (she is retired). At the police academy, Fedorova played the saxophone as a member of the brass band.

[edit]Cadet and Beauty Queen

After graduating from the police academy with a red diploma (i.e. with honours), Fedorova worked as an inspector in the Pskov militia for six months.
Following her time with the force, Fedorova moved to St. Petersburg to study at the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) University, where she worked as an investigator at the Pulkovo Transport Police whilst studying.
Fedorova also began to work as a model and started to participate in beauty pageants. She was named Miss St. Petersburg 1999, Miss Kalokagathia 1999, Miss Fitness, Miss Fortune, and Miss Russia 2001, but declined to go to the 2001 Miss Universe pageant in Puerto Rico, where her runner-up Oxana Kalandyrets would become a semifinalist.
Fedorova graduated from the MVD University with a gold medal in 2000. After that, she entered a post graduate course at the same university.
While Oxana wrote her dissertation on "Regulation of Private Detective and Security Activity in the Russian Federation," she taught Civil Lawto younger students. Fedorova's biggest fan base was among police colleagues.[citation needed]

[edit]Miss Universe 2002

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The 2002 Miss Universe contest was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Oxana won both the swimsuit and evening gown competitions by large margins over the other nine semi-finalists.
Upon being crowned Miss Universe 2002, Fedorova was showered with honors and gifts. Russian doll designerHelen Yarmak even dedicated a doll to her. Controversy soon loomed ahead for Fedorova, however, as she was later rumored to be pregnant.[1]
Fedorova denied the pregnancy rumors and stated that she voluntarily gave up her crown for personal reasons, mainly because she wanted to finish her law degree.[2] Officially, she was dethroned for failing to perform the numerous duties expected of a Miss Universe titleholder. At the time she stated in an interview that she had declined to perform her duties because she was so insulted by her treatment on The Howard Stern Show. She blamed the pageant organizers for not warning her of the frequently profane Stern commentary, of which she, as a foreigner, had no prior knowledge.[3] The crown was passed on to Panama's Justine Pasek, the first runner-up, who consequently became her country's first Miss Universe.
Fedorova was the first Miss Universe who officially did not finish her reign (although the very first Miss Universe,Armi Kuusela, gave up her title a month before her reign ended and Amparo Muñoz of Spain was "unofficially" dethroned in 1974).[citation needed]
Although the Miss Universe Organization refuses to recognize Fedorova as a former Miss Universe, she is generally regarded as one by the public.[4]

[edit]Police Officer

On December 27, 2002, Oxana Fedorova successfully defended her doctoral thesis. She officially obtained a Ph.D. in Civil Law from the Saint Petersburg University of the Ministry of Interior of Russia (MVD University) on May 16, 2003.[5]
She continued her career as a police officer and was promoted to the ranks of Captain in September 2002 and Major in 2005.[6]

[edit]Television career

Since the end of her reign, Oxana has become a household name in Russia by hosting the country's most popular children's television show,Spokoinoi Nochi, Malyshi ("Good Night, Children") since December 2002.[7]
In October 2003, Spokoinoi Nochi, Malyshi won the TEFI award for Best Children's Show. TEFI (Russian: ТЭФИ) is an annual award presented by the Russian Academy of Television.[8]
Oxana has co-hosted television channel Rossiya's popular Subbotnik show since September 2004.[9]
In 2009, Oxana began co-hosting the TV show Субботний вечер (Subbotniy Vecher) on channel Rossiya.[10][11]
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  • Oxana was a co-host for the reality television show Fort Boyard: Russia, in 2003 and 2004 on TV Channel Rossiya (Russia TV Channel).[12]
  • Fedorova became one of the judges for the reality television show ТЫ — СУПЕРМОДЕЛЬ-2 (You are a Supermodel-2) in 2004.[13]
  • Oxana co-hosted the New Year's 2005 TV Special, "Новогодний огонек на Шаболовке" (Novogodniy Ogonek Shabolovke)[14]
  • Fedorova returned to Fort Boyard: Russia in 2006 as a contestant.[15]
  • In 2006, Oxana made her acting debut, appearing in the top-rated Russian television sitcom Ne Rodis' Krasivoy (Be Not Born Beautiful).[16]
  • Fedorova appeared on the television show, Dancing With The Stars 2: Russian Version in 2006.[17]She made it to the Top 5.
  • Oxana hosted the Russian Junior Eurovision 2007 song contest on June 3, 2007. The competition was broadcast on Channel Rossiya.[18]
  • Fedorova was a judge at the Supermodel of the World-Russia 2007 competition on September 12, 2007.[19]
  • Oxana and Russian comedian Yevgeny Petrosyan sang a comedy duet at the New Year's 2008 TV Special "Голубой огонек на Шаболовке 2008" (Goluboy Ogonek Na Shabolovke 2008).[20]
  • Fedorova was a presenter at the "Золотой Орел" (Golden Eagle) awards for film and television excellence. The event took place on January 25, 2008 in Moscow and was broadcast on Channel Rossiya.[21]
  • Oxana co-hosted the Eurovision 2008 Russian Finals on March 8, 2008 on Channel Rossiya.[22]
  • She read out the results of the Russian televote during the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest held in Belgrade, Serbia.[23]
  • Oxana Fedorova and Eurovision 2008 winner, Dima Bilan, sang a Russian version duet of the song "Une Histoire d'Amour" ("Love Story") during the New Year's 2009 TV Special, "золотая рыбка" (Zolotaya Ribka) on Channel Rossiya.[24][25]
  • Oxana has co-hosted with Russian actor Oskar Kuchera the Junior Eurovision Russian finals in 2009 and 2010 on TV channel Rossiya.[26][27]
  • At the Премия Муз-ТВ 2009 (Muz-TV Music Awards 2009), Oxana was a presenter. The awards were broadcast on Russia's Muz-TVmusic channel in June 2009.[28]
  • Oxana Fedorova and Russian tenor Nikolay Baskov performed at an outdoor concert on Family Day, July 8, 2009 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The concert was aired on Petersburg - Channel 5.[29]
  • Oxana co-hosted the opening day concert of the "Славянский базар" (Slavic Bazaar) 2009 Music Festival. The festival took place between July 9–17, 2009 in Vitebsk, Belarus and was broadcast on Belarus' TV-First Channel.[30]Oxana and Nikolay Baskov performed at the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Slavic Bazaar Music Festival also held in Vitebsk, Belarus[31]
  • On July 28, 2009, Oxana and Russian singers Nikolay Baskov and Sergey Lazarev hosted MUZ-TV's "VIP ZONE" at the Новая Волна (New Wave) international music competition in Jūrmala, Latvia. The event was shown on Russia's music channel Muz-TV.[32]
  • Oxana Fedorova and Nikolay Baskov performed their duet "Prava Lyubov" at Nikolay's televised concert "Не только о любви" (Not only about love) on TV channel Rossiya. The concert was broadcast on October 16, 2009.[33]
  • On the Место встречи (Mesto Vstrechi) program on Ukrainian Inter TV channel in Kiev, Ukraine, Oxana and Nikolay Baskov gave a musical performance. "The show was broadcast in October 2009.[34]
  • Oxana Fedorova and singers Nikolay Baskov and Philipp Kirkorov performed a skit of the children's show "Spokoinoi Nochi, Malyshi" at the Новогодний парад звезд (New Year's Parade of Stars) on New Year's Eve 2010 on Channel Rossiya.[35]
  • Oxana and other Russian stars hosted the traditional "Голубой огонек" на Шаболовке (Goluboy Ogonek Na Shabolovke) New Year's 2010 TV special.[36][37]
  • Oxana Fedorova and Russian tenor Nikolay Baskov performed at the "ПЕСНЯ ГОДА 2009" (Song of the Year) concert at Moscow's Спортивный комплекс Олимпийский (Olympic Sports Complex). The concert was televised on January 1, 2010 on Telekanal Rossiya (Russia TV Channel).[38][39]
  • Oxana Fedorova and Dmitry Guberniev hosted the Russian National Final for Eurovision 2010 in March 2010.[40]
  • In March 2010, Oxana and Nikolay Baskov performed at the "Все звезды для любимой" (Vse Zvezdi dlya Lyubimoy) 2010 concert at ГЦКЗ "Россия" at Luzhniki Olympic Complex.[41]
  • Oxana Fedorova and Russian tenor Nikolay Baskov performed at Russian fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin's show. It was held at theState Kremlin Palace. Russia's first lady, Svetlana Medvedeva, was in attendance. TV channel Rossiya televised the show on March 8, 2010.[42]
  • In May 2010, Telekanal Rossiya broadcast the "Spokoinoi Nochi, Malyshi" concert "Взрослые и дети" в гостях у программы "Спокойной ночи, малыши!" to celebrate International Children's Day. Oxana Fedorova and Anna Mikhalkova hosted the event which had performances by many Russian stars. The concert took place in the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow.[43]
  • The Russian vote for Eurovision 2010 was announced by Fedorova on Telekanal Rossiya on May 29, 2010.[44]
  • Oxana Fedorova performed with Nikolay Baskov at the MUZ-TV gala concert "Мы умеем зажигать!" (We know how to rock!) at Moscow'sKrokus City Hall on October 2, 2010.[45]
  • On New Year's Day 2011, Oxana Fedorova was among the Russian stars that performed on TV channel Rossiya's "Новогодний Голубой огонек-2011" (New Year's Blue Light) TV Special.[46]

[edit]Film and music career

[edit]Filmography

[edit]Music Videos

  • Oxana Fedorova appears, in animated form, in popular Russian singer Nikolay Baskov's animated video of his 2009 hit "Натуральный блондин" (Naturalniy Blondin).[51]
  • In August 2009, Oxana and Russian tenor Nikolay Baskov released the music video of their duet "Права Любовь" (Prava Lyubov).[52]
  • In July 2010, Oxana Fedorova released the music video to her single "На шаг один" (Na Shag Odin).[53]

[edit]Music Awards

  • Oxana Fedorova and Nikolay Baskov won the "Duet of the Year" award at the 2010 ZD (Звуковая дорожка) Awards for their duet "Prava Lyubov." The event was held at the Luzhniki Sports Palace in Moscow, Russia on April 15, 2010.[54][55][56]
  • Oxana Fedorova and Nikolay Baskov also received a "Золотой Граммофон" (Golden Gramophone) award for their duet "Права любовь" (Prava Lyubov). The Golden Gramophone awards are Russia's top music awards. The ceremony was held at the State Kremlin Palace on December 4, 2010.[57][58]

[edit]Debut Solo Album

  • Oxana Fedorova has announced that she is currently working on her debut solo album. The album is to be released in December 2010.[59]

[edit]Endorsements

  • Oxana became the face of Max Factor-Russia in 2007.[60]
  • In March 2007, Oxana signed an endorsement deal with the Russian company, LUSIN.[61]
  • During the EURO 2008 Football Championship, hosted by Austria and Switzerland, Oxana was an ambassador for Austrian tourism.[62]
  • In 2008 Oxana Fedorova became the face of the jewelry company Магия Золота (Magiya Zolota). She is also involved in jewelry design for the company.[63]
  • Oxana became the face of the Sony VAIO P series in Russia in April 2009. Due to her active and multifaceted lifestyle, she was considered an ideal match to promote the ultraportable computers.[64]
  • In October 2009, Oxana began to star in TV ads for the Golden Babylon Rostokino shopping and entertainment center in Moscow. Opening day was on November 18, 2009.[65] She also participated in the center's ribbon cutting ceremony.[66]
  • Oxana Fedorova and Russian tenor Nikolay Baskov appear together in a 2010 TV commercial for "Золотая Чаша" (Zolotaya Chasha)tea.[67]

[edit]Modeling career

Oxana Fedorova continues to model. She has walked the runway for top fashion designers like Tony Ward[68] and Yulia Yanina. At RomeFashion Week "Alta Roma Alta Moda," in Rome in January 2008, Oxana was radiant wearing an exquisite Yulia Yanina creation.[69]
In March 2008, Oxana modeled creations by Tasha Strogaya[70] and Natalia Valevskaya[71] at Fashion Week in Moscow Fall/Winter 2008-2009.
Oxana appeared on the catwalk at Russian Fashion Week in April 2008.[72]
She modeled a Tony Ward design at the Millionaire Fair 2008 in Moscow. [73]
Oxana and other Russian stars modeled at the Iceberg Spring/Summer 2009 Fashion Show.[74]
At Volvo Fashion Week in Moscow Fall/Winter 2009-2010, Oxana wore Ilya Shiyan and Yana Rudkovskaya creations.[75]
Oxana Fedorova modeled a wedding dress creation by Russian fashion designer Alexandra Serova at Volvo Fashion Week in Moscow Spring/Summer 2011.[76]

[edit]The Formula of Style Book

  • In October 2008, Oxana Fedorova released her first book, "Формула стиля." "The Formula of Style."
[77] The book contains tips and advice on style and beauty. Autobiographical information and photos of Oxana also appear in the book.

[edit]Political Activity

Shortly after returning to her country, Fedorova decided to become active in Russian politics.[78] She ran as a party list candidate for theRussian Party of Life in December 2003 for the State Duma elections, but the party did not receive enough votes to win seats.[citation needed]
In March 2005, Fedorova again ran as a party list candidate for the Russian Party of Life, this time in the regional Voronezh, Dumaelections,.[79] but once again the party did not receive enough votes to win any seats.
In August 2005, several Russian newspapers, including Komsomolskaya Pravda, reported that they expected Fedorova would try to win a seat in the Federation Council, upper house, representing the Tula region.[80] However, Fedorova did not run, as she told news media that she had put her political career on hold.
It is also of note that Fedorova was an agent for Sergey Mironov, leader of the Russian Party of Life, and Speaker of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, during the 2004 presidential election.[81]
Oxana became co-chairman of the Energy of Life youth movement for the Russian Party of Life in 2003.[82]

[edit]Charity work

Oxana Fedorova established the children's charity fund Спешите делать добро! (Speshite Delat Dobro!) in October 2009. The Ministry of Defense of Russia and the Russian Club of Orthodox Maecenases assisted in organizing the project. It provides support to orphans andchildren who find themselves in difficult situations. Special attention is given to children whose parents were killed while serving the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the Russian Armed Forces. [83][84][85]
Oxana has been involved in the children's charity program, "МИР БЕЗ СЛЕЗ" (World Without Tears) since 2004. The program is sponsored by Russia's VTB Bank.[86]
Fedorova has been representing UNICEF in Russia since May 2006. She became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the Russian Federation on September 17, 2007.[87][88][89]
In her capacity as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Oxana Fedorova has participated in various missions, including the joint UNICEF-Pampers "1 Pack = 1 Vaccine" tetanus campaign to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in September 2008,[90][91] and to the country of Laos in December 2010.[92] She has also taken part in the UNICEF Peace and Tolerance program in Dagestan, Russian Federation in July 2008 and 2009.[93] At the July 2009 Peace and Tolerance summer camp in Dagestan, Oxana was accompanied by Vera Krasova (Miss Russia Universe 2008) and Sofia Rudyeva (Miss Russia 2009).[94]
The joint UNICEF-Amway 2009 project "Улыбка ребенка" (The Child's Smile) is still another area of UNICEF activities which has received Oxana's support. The project is scheduled to run for three years, and thanks to the project implementation, specially equipped play rooms and sensor rooms have been set up at social and medical facilities all over Russia. Children can visit such rooms where they can play, relax, learn something new and consult specialists in a comfortable environment conducive to easy-going communication.[95]
In May 2009, Oxana Fedorova and two other Russian models, Svetlana Koroleva (Miss Russia and Miss Europe 2002), and Vera Krasova(Miss Russia Universe 2008) joined forces to record the single "Этот мир для детей" (This World for Children) to raise funds for children's charities.[96]
Fedorova and other Miss Russia titleholders of recent years sang together at a concert to honor International Children's Day in Moscow on June 1, 2009. The other former Miss Russia winners who took part were: Svetlana Koroleva (Miss Russia 2002 and Miss Europe 2002), Diana Zaripova (Miss Russia 2004), Alexandra Ivanovskaya (Miss Russia 2005), Tatyana Kotova (Miss Russia 2006), Vera Krasova (Miss Russia Universe 2008), and Sofia Rudyeva (Miss Russia 2009).[97][98]
In 2009, Oxana Fedorova was among several Russian celebrities who took part in the charity school program "Перекрёсток-школам" 2009 (Perekrestok Shkolam). Now in its fifth year, the program aims to help improve the technical equipment of Russian schools. The program is sponsored by Russia's X5 Retail Group N.V. whose principal activities are the development and operation of grocery retail stores.[99][100]

[edit]Russian Club of Orthodox Maecenases

Oxana is the face of the project, "The Measured Icon: Its History and Its Present" whose goal is to revive the tradition of the Baptismal Icon. Oxana has opened Baptismal Icon exhibitions in several cities, including Pskov, Ufa and Saint Petersburg, Russia; Prague, Czech Republic;Tallinn, Estonia; Paris, France and Colombo, Sri Lanka. The exhibitions are organized by the Russian Club of Orthodox Maecenases.[101][102]

[edit]Protection of the Environment Campaign

The protection of the environment is important to Fedorova. In 2008, she participated in a campaign to promote nature friendly products. "The Eco Box" line was a collaborative effort of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Luxury Products, New York company. A part of the proceeds were directed to a program to protect and preserve the National parks of Russia.[103]

[edit]Editor in Chief MODA Topical Magazine

In 2010 Oxana Fedorova became Editor in Chief of Russia's MODA Topical Magazine.[104]

[edit]Personal life





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