Ksenia Kahnovich

Ksenia Kahnovich (Russian: Ксения Кахнович; born January 29, 1987) is a Russian former fashion model, who won the first cycle of the reality television show You are a Supermodel, the Russian adaptation of America's Next Top Model created by Tyra Banks.

Ksenia Kahnovich
Ksenia Kahnovich in the Badgley Mischka Spring 2009 fashion show.
Born	Ksenia Kahnovich (1987-01-29) January 29, 1987 (age 38)[1] Vladivostok, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Modeling information
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Hair color	Brown[2]
Eye color	Hazel[3]
Agency	IMG Models (New York, Paris, Milan, London) [4][5] Mega Model Agency (Hamburg) Satoru Japan Inc. (Tokyo) [6]

Career

You are a Supermodel, Cycle 1 was held in 2004 and was won by the then 16-year-old Kahnovich, who was born in Vladivostok, USSR. She refused the first prize, which was an agency contract with NEXT Model Management as she already received a more lucrative offer from IMG Models in the time between the show was taped and the final was aired. When her victory was officially announced, Kahnovich had already moved to Paris^[7]

In October 2015, Kahnovich was ranked by Cosmopolitan as one of the most successful contestants of the Top Model franchise.^[8]