Ksenia Sukhinova

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovna and the family name is Sukhinova.

Ksenia Vladimirovna Sukhinova (Russian: Ксе́ния Влади́мировна Сухи́нова; born 26 August 1987) is a Russian TV host, model and former beauty pageant titleholder 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.

Ksenia Sukhinova
Ксе́ния Сухи́нова
Born	Ksenia Vladimirovna Sukhinova (1987-08-26) 26 August 1987 (age 37) Nizhnevartovsk, Russian SFSR, USSR
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Children	1
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Tyumen 2007 Miss Russia 2007 Miss World 2008
Hair color	Blond
Eye color	Blue
Major competition(s)	Miss Russia 2007 (Winner) Miss World 2008 (Winner)

Ksenia Sukhinova during the coronation ceremony of Miss World.

Personal life

Sukhinova was born in Nizhnevartovsk, Russian SFSR.^[1]

Sukhinova's height is 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) and she has blonde hair and blue eyes. Her first name is often romanized as Ksenya or Kseniya.^[1] Her favorite book is The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.^[2] In 2022, her son, Artem, was born; the father was Yuri Shefler, her boyfriend, businessman and the owner of a large manufacturer of alcoholic beverages SPI Group.^[3]

Miss Tyumen

Before Ksenia Sukhinova become Miss Russia 2007 and Miss World 2008, she was entered in Miss Tyumen and won the title that made her the new Miss Tyumen to become representative in Miss Russia 2007.

Miss Russia 2007

Sukhinova won the 2007 Miss Russia pageant on 14 December 2007 in Moscow, where she represented Tyumen.^[4] She surpassed 50 other contestants from all over Russia. She was unable to represent Russia at Miss Universe 2008 due to her college work, so her 1st runner-up, Vera Krasova, replaced her in the pageant. Vera placed as the 3rd runner-up to Venezuela's Dayana Mendoza.^[5]

Miss World 2008

On 13 December 2008, Sukhinova was crowned the new Miss World at the finals in Johannesburg, South Africa after beating 108 contestants.^{[citation needed]}

In a press conference after her victory, she said: "I am very glad to have brought this crown to Russia. I am proud that it is Russia that got the crown and I devote my victory to the whole country and to its every citizen... and to my grandmother."^[2] She also said that she hoped to improve Russia's international image to show the world that a girl from Russia could personify kindness, beauty and happiness.^[2]