Ukrainians are an East Slavic people. There are about 45 million Ukrainians in the world, making them the third largest Slavic people (after the Russians and Poles).

31st place: (born December 15, 1986, Severodonetsk, Lugansk region of Ukraine) - top model who has worked with the world's leading brands (Chanel, Prada, Dolce&Gabbana, Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Hugo Boss) and appeared on the covers of Vogue, Tatler, Harper's Bazaar magazines. Snezhana's height is 177 cm, figure measurements 84-59-85.

30th place: Nadezhda Ruchka(born April 16, 1981, Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine) - Russian singer, lead singer of the group "Brilliant".

29th place: Carolina Kuek(born September 27, 1978, Kitsman, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine), better known as Ani Lorak(name "Karolina", read backwards) - Ukrainian singer, People's Artist of Ukraine. Official website - anilorak.com

28th place: Oksana Gritsay(born March 5, 1986, Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine), better known as a Ukrainian singer and actress. Official website - http://mikanewton.com/

27th place: (born September 23, 1978, Yekaterinburg) - top model who appeared on the covers of Elle, Flair, Votre Beauté, Madame Figaro, Biba, Neo2, Surface magazines. Olga Malyuk's height is 172 cm, body measurements 85-58.5-87.5.

26th place: Lionella Skirda(according to the first husband - Pyryeva, according to the second - Strizhenova; genus. March 15, 1938, Odessa) - Soviet actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

25th place: Larisa Udovichenko(born April 29, 1955, Vienna, Austria) - Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, People's Artist Russia. From an interview with the actress: “On my father’s side, I am half Ukrainian. When I come to visit my relatives in Khmelnitsky, I ask them to speak to me in Ukrainian.”

24th place: Alexandra Nikolaenko(born July 3, 1981, Budapest, Hungary) - Ukrainian model, TV presenter and actress, Miss Ukraine 2001. She represented the country at Miss World 2001, where she entered the top 10, as well as at Miss Universe 2004. She is now the director of the national competition " Miss Ukraine-Universe".

23rd place: Lyudmila Gurchenko(November 12, 1935, Kharkov - March 30, 2011) - Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, singer, film director, People's Artist of the USSR.

22nd place: Lyubov Polishchuk(May 21, 1949, Omsk - November 28, 2006) - Soviet and Russian actress, People's Artist of Russia. From an interview with the actress: “My mother is Ukrainian, my father is a Don Cossack. Since childhood, we all spoke Ukrainian.”

21st place: (born April 28, 1987, New Kakhovka, Kherson region of Ukraine) - winner of the audience award at the Miss Ukraine 2009 competition, winner of the Miss Ukraine-Universe 2010 competition, third vice-Miss Universe 2010. Height 180 cm, weight 55 kg, body measurements 90-62-90. Official website - http://annaposlavskaya.com

20th place: Natalia Poryvay(born May 31, 1973, Kyiv), better known as a Russian singer, Honored Artist of Russia.

19th place: Anastasia Kamenskikh(born May 4, 1987, Kyiv) - Ukrainian singer, member of the duet "Potap and Nastya". Anastasia’s paternal surname is Zhmur, but her mother insisted that her daughter have her surname, and not dissonant surname father.

18th place: Natalia Bondarchuk(born May 10, 1950, Moscow) - Soviet and Russian actress, film director, screenwriter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Daughter folk artists USSR, director Sergei Bondarchuk and actress Inna Makarova. From an interview with Natalya Bondarchuk: “I am half Ukrainian, on my father’s side, and I love Ukraine very much.”

17th place: Anna Stan/Anna Sten ( real name - Fesak; December 3, 1908, Kyiv - November 12, 1993) - American actress Ukrainian origin. Her father is Ukrainian, her mother is Swedish.

16th place: Antonina Lefty(born May 30, 1945, Severinovka village, Moldova) - Soviet and Ukrainian actress, Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.

15th place: Natalia Yarovenko(born July 23, 1979, Odessa, Ukraine) - model and actress, known abroad as / Natasha Yarovenko. Yarovenko's most famous film work is the role of Natasha in the film by Spanish director Julio Medem "Room in Rome" (2010). In this film, Yarovenko appears naked more than once.

14th place: Natalya Naum(January 14, 1933, village of Stary Mizun, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine - March 22, 2004) - Soviet and Ukrainian actress, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR.

13th place: (born February 17, 1943, Malin, Zhytomyr region of Ukraine) - theater and film actress, People's Artist of Ukraine. Official website - http://nedashkivska.com.ua/

12th place: Oksana Nechitailo(born February 17, 1984, Tashkent, Uzbekistan), better known as a singer and actress. Sogdiana's parents are Ukrainians. Official website - http://sogdianamusic.ru

11th place: (born March 1, 1980, Moscow) - Russian figure skater, actress, TV presenter and singer, former soloist group "Brilliant". Anna Semenovich has said more than once that she is half Ukrainian. Semenovich official website - http://www.annasemenovich.ru/

10th place: (born April 13, 1975, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) - Russian figure skater, paired with Roman Kostomarov, she became the 2006 Olympic champion, two-time world champion, three-time European champion.

Tatyana Navka is also among the top most beautiful figure skaters.

9th place: Aida Nikolaychuk- Ukrainian singer, participant in the television project "X-Factor". VKontakte page -

And it’s hard to disagree with this, since many world-famous models and actresses have Ukrainian roots. There are real legends about their unique magnificence, and their grace and sexuality are recognized by men all over the world, many of whom deliberately try to marry women of this nationality. Who are they - the most beautiful Ukrainian women? What was their fate? And what role did appearance play in it?

Rumors, research and opinions

First, you need to figure out why Ukrainian women are considered one of the most beautiful women in the world. And is this really so? Sometimes it’s enough to look at girls and women from Ukraine to understand how much their appearance is valued in Europe, Asia and other countries. In addition, this is regularly discussed by the results of independent research, popular foreign publications, couturiers and other representatives of show business. For example, several years ago, one of the most popular publications in America, The Most Beautiful Women, published a book entitled “The Most Beautiful Women of Ukraine.”

Moreover, some researchers in this area have gone further. They managed to identify the city in which, in their opinion, the most beautiful Ukrainian women in the world live. According to preliminary data, this is Kyiv. This is where, according to experts, he lives greatest number beauties

According to other studies, Ukrainian women occupy a leading position in the modeling business, since most agents and representatives of couturiers go to this country in search of new faces. So what is the reason for the wild popularity of these “black-browed and white-faced”?

Causes, effects and opinions

According to many experts who believe that Ukrainian women are the most beautiful, the reason is related to the centuries-old history of the country. The fact is that Ukraine has a convenient geographical location relative to Asia and Europe.

That is why it often became an object for attack and capture by nomadic tribes and representatives of the most different nations. As a result of such raids, mixed families arose. Therefore, through the veins Ukrainian women a chaotic mixture of Tatar, Turkish, Mongolian, Greek, Polish, Persian and other blood flows.

Kindness, openness and sincerity

However, the most beautiful Ukrainian women are famous not only for their impeccable appearance, but also for their easy-going nature, goodwill, sincerity and openness. According to some representatives of modeling agencies, Ukrainian women have some special warmth. It is present everywhere in them: in their gaze, demeanor, gait and even gestures.

In addition, many representatives of this nationality put first place not their career and financial wealth, but family well-being. For the same reason, Ukrainian women are often desirable wives of foreign nationals. Of course, among women from Ukraine there are also those who can easily combine a well-paid job and family. We'll talk about them further.

The most beautiful Ukrainian women: top 50 (Marta Kholod)

Headwear designer Marta Kholod is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful and successful Ukrainian women. The native Kharkov resident dreamed of becoming a fashion designer since childhood. With the same thought, she entered art school. The director of this project managed to put an end to the girl’s future career. educational institution. By pure chance, the designer forgot the sketches at school, where the director saw them. It was he who saw in the fragile student a talented master of hats.

Today Marta is a sought-after and promising designer in Ukraine and in the world. She sews hats for domestic and foreign show business stars. Her hats are ordered by designers for their clothing lines and worn by models, TV presenters, businesswomen and politicians. Among Marta's celebrity clients you can find actor Andrei Danilko (the image of Verka Serduchka), Natasha Koroleva, Tina Karol, Alla Pugacheva, Lara Fabian, Svetlana Volnova, Barbara Brylska. There are other famous (beautiful) Ukrainian women among them.

Charming and imperturbable Nadezhda Vasina

The second most popular Ukrainian with a bright and memorable appearance is gymnast Nadezhda Vasina. She was born in July 1989 in glorious city Kyiv. From childhood I was fond of sports and led active image life. Yes, with three years old the girl was engaged in figure skating, dancing and swimming. While studying at school, I signed up for a gymnastics club.

When Nadezhda was 12 years old, she was invited to the national Ukrainian gymnastics team. And a year later she became an Honored Master of Sports of her country, and after a similar period of time she achieved the title of “Master of Sports of International Class.” Later, Vasina was lucky enough to perform at the European Championships, the World Universiade and Gymnasium, at the World Cup stages and other honorary championships and competitions. In more mature age she leaves sports, tries herself as an actress and is involved in organizing own shows. These are the most beautiful Ukrainian women.

Unsurpassed and charming Ani Lorak

The third Ukrainian beauty in our ranking is the popular pop singer, model, composer, TV presenter and actress Ani Lorak (Karolina Kuek). She was born into a poor family in a small provincial town Kitsman, located in the Chernivtsi region. She was brought up together with her brothers at the Sadgori boarding school. From an early age I dreamed of being a singer. And her dream came true in 1992, when she won the “Primrose” song competition, where she was noticed by producer Yuri Thalesa. Many years have passed since that moment. Today Carolina is a successful businesswoman, a famous Ukrainian singer, a loving wife and mother.

Uninhibited and daring Daria Astafieva

The fact that Ukrainian women are the most beautiful (the photo is a direct confirmation of this statement) is also evidenced by the unique appearance of the NikitA group member Daria Astafieva. This daring and sexy girl was born in August 1985. Her hometown is Ordzhonikidze, located in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

Immediately after school, Astafieva entered the directing department, where she realized that she was more interested in vocals. She began to engage in it professionally. A little later, Dasha decided to take part in local music competitions, where she not only managed to win several times top places, but also even make a promising acquaintance with producer Yuri Nikitin.

Even later, Astafieva was noticed in the modeling business, where the most beautiful Ukrainian women often end up (the top presented in this article indicates exactly this). The founder of the adult magazine (Playboy), Hugh Hefner, also drew attention to it. At the moment, the girl has taken up painting, and also continues to shoot for popular foreign and domestic photographers.

Tender and sophisticated Vera Brezhneva

The fifth Ukrainian woman worthy of attention is Vera Kiperman (nee Galushka), better known as Vera Brezhneva. This dazzling and long-haired blonde was born in February 1982. Her hometown is Dneprodzerzhinsk, located in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

Vera studied in high school No. 41. At this time she got carried away foreign languages, played basketball, rhythmic gymnastics, handball and karate. Since childhood I dreamed of becoming a lawyer. However, fate decreed otherwise and the girl became a singer and successfully mastered acting.

Now she is a Goodwill Ambassador to the UN, takes part in various advertising photo shoots, and copes well with the role of a mother and wife. In addition, thanks to her unique appearance, Brezhneva often becomes the heroine of various shows and ratings. For example, she was recently included in the list of “The Most Beautiful Ukrainian Women: Top 30,” organized by one of the popular Ukrainian publications. By the way, in addition to her, the following Ukrainian celebrities were included in this rating:

• Taisiya Povaliy;
• Eva Bushmina;
• Santa Dimopoulos;
• Ekaterina Buzhinskaya;
• Geitana;
• Anna Poslavskaya;
• Anastasia Kamenskikh;
• Snezhana Onopko;
• Natalya Yarovenko;
• Oksana Marchenko;
• Tatiana Navka;
• Olga Kurilenko;
• Anna Sedokova and others.

Winner of the Miss Internet competitions Irina Zhuravskaya

The sixth beauty who once received the title “Miss Internet” was Irina Zhuravskaya. She was born in 1990 in the city of Kyiv. At one time she graduated from the School acting In Los Angeles. At the same time, the girl became interested in modeling. By chance, employees of the Karin MMG agency noticed her and invited her to their place.

Later, the beauty successfully passed the exams and entered the faculty Theater Institute named after Karpenko Kary. Along with her studies, Irina participated in photo shoots and conducted a weather forecast on one of the Kyiv TV channels. Zhuravskaya became famous during the Miss Donbass Open-2007 beauty contest, where she received the honorary title of vice-miss. Even later, she won the national competition “Miss Ukraine - 2008”, where other most beautiful Ukrainian women (top 35) were also presented.

Alena Shcherban is a world-famous top model

Another girl who took seventh place in our mini-rating is a native of Dnepropetrovsk Alena Shcherban. The beauty was born in December 1983. She studied at a regular high school and went in for sports and dancing. At some point, Alena became interested in advertising and a modeling career, which is why she began to contact various agencies. A miracle has happened. The girl was not only noticed, but also included in the honorable top 10 of Miss World 2000.

Even later, Alena won an unconditional victory in the Ford supermodel of Ukraine-1999 competition. Afterwards she was awarded the titles “Miss Dnepropetrovsk 2000” and “Miss Ukraine 2000”. At the same time, she signed a long-term contract with WWW World Wide Women and an agreement with Elite Milan. Alena’s background includes participation in shows of famous foreign designers, shooting for the covers of popular foreign and domestic magazines, and participation in a video by J. Depardieu. Her name was included in the top 50 most beautiful and top 100 most influential women Ukraine.

Model and TV presenter Alexandra Nikolaenko

We’ll probably give eighth place in our ranking to Alexandra Nikolaenko. Despite the fact that the girl was born in Hungary, she has strong Ukrainian roots. Therefore, she often came to Ukraine. Yours higher education she received from the Odessa National Law Academy, receiving a specialist’s diploma in the field of “Civil Law and Entrepreneurship”.

At the beginning of 1996, she joined the Odessa modeling agency Savrox Models, which became the reporting step in her career. Later there were victories in the competitions “Best Model of Odessa 2001”, “Miss American Dream of the World - 2001” and “Miss Ukraine - 2011”. At the beginning of 2001, Alexandra was in the top 10 the most beautiful women planets at Miss World. Currently she is the wife of one of the American billionaires and lives in the USA.

As you can see, there are many beautiful girls and women in Ukraine. Moreover, the most beautiful Ukrainian women are National treasure countries.

In the new season of 2011, Russian TV presenters are hosting about 20 popular programs on Ukrainian television. The main reasons for Russian stars working on Ukrainian television comes with fees and PR, thanks to which they can receive income from “corporate events.” And Ukrainian channels choose those stars Russian show business, which are recognizable by viewers thanks to Russian programs and series broadcast in Ukraine.

"Stars"

Long-lived on Ukrainian channels are, already half-forgotten by viewers in Russia, the former hosts of popular socio-political programs Savik Shuster and Evgeniy Kiselev. The first one, since 2005, managed to work on several channels: ICTV, Inter, TRK Ukraine. Now his program “Shuster Live” is broadcast on “First National”.

Since 2009, Evgeniy Kiselev has been hosting the program “Great Politics with Evgeniy Kiselev” on the Inter TV channel.

Anfisa Chekhova was one of the hosts of the “Bachelor” program on the STB TV channel, and now hosts cooking show“Masterchef” (rating 2.7), on the same channel.

Sergey Lazarev works as a presenter in the “Maidan’s” program (rating 4.3). He commented on his activities as follows: “They don’t know me as well here as in Russia, so it’s beneficial for me to appear here every Saturday at live. Moreover, they can sing their songs here throughout the country.” By the way, the jury members are also invited stars of Russian show business (Anastasia Volochkova, Philip Kirkorov).

Dmitry Shepelev (“Property of the Republic” on “Russia 1”) together with Mikhail Galustyan (“Our Russia”) work in the project “Rozsmishi Komika” (“Make a comedian laugh”) on “Inter”.

Natalya Bochkareva, star of the series “Happy Together” (TNT), was a participant in “Dancing with the Stars,” which was broadcast by STB, and then began hosting the show “Zvazheni ta Shchaslivi” (“Weighed and Happy”) on this channel.

Yulia Vysotskaya (host of the “Eating at Home” program on NTV) is a member of the jury of the “Pekelna Kitchen” (“Hell’s Kitchen”) program on the “1+1” channel, which is produced according to the British Hell’s Kitchen format.

Maxim Averin (TV series “Capercaillie”) in the 2011 season hosts the program “Minute for Victory” on the “Ukraine” channel.

Ksenia Sobchak (“Dom-2” on TNT) became the host of “Let’s get married” (“Let’s get married” on STB.

Dmitry Nagiyev hosted the program “All Ours” on the Inter TV channel (rating 4.8). similar in format to the show “Let Them Talk” with Andrei Malakhov. In the 2011 season, he was replaced by Ukrainian presenter Oksana Bayrak. But soon the “1+1” channel will show the program “Mother in Law” (“Mother in Law”), which will be hosted by Nagiyev.

Otar Kushanashvili hosts the “Debriefing” program on “Inter” (rating 3.8). In an interview with Segodnya.ua, he frankly admitted that he was primarily interested in money: “I came here to teach everyone how to speak! And many people still remember my show “Snatch,” so I was glad to return to my favorite genre.” His fee is 10-15 thousand dollars a month. In addition, Kushanashvili is also a member of the jury of the MayDan’s project at the same Inter.

Anastasia Zavorotnyuk was on the jury of the “People’s Star” show on “Ukraine”, and now hosts the “Smachna Liga” program on “Inter”.

Fees

Information in open sources There is little information about the fees of Russian presenters in Ukraine. Ukrainian presenters of the most popular programs receive up to 10 thousand dollars a month, but Russian ones receive much more - according to the newspaper Segodnya.ua, an average of 15 thousand dollars a month. The maximum fees went to Alla Pugacheva and Maxim Galkin, who received almost a million dollars for their work in the Morning Mail program (“Inter”). Also, among Russian stars, Evgeny Kiselev stands out, receiving up to 48-65 thousand dollars. per month

It should be noted that, in principle, Russian presenters do not receive exorbitant fees by Russian standards. In Russia, well-known TV presenters receive a sum of 15 thousand dollars for hosting one “corporate event” or one program. Thus, in the spring of 2011, the fees of Anna Chapman, a person involved in the “spy scandal,” became known. For hosting the program “Secrets of the World with Anna Chapman” on Ren-TV, she will receive 359.5 thousand rubles per month.

Most ordinary Ukrainian presenters receive significantly less than their stars. For example, on “Inter”, NTN, “Novy”, STB, ICTV, presenters receive about 10-15 thousand hryvnia (hryvnia exchange rate = 4 rubles). For “1+1” 15-25 thousand hryvnia. At First National, stars are paid up to 40 thousand hryvnia.

“You are not welcome here.”

The massive invasion of Russian presenters did not particularly please the local stars, and the main complaint is not even due to the fact that they take up their places on TV channels, but dissatisfaction is caused by competition due to “corporate events”.

The presenter of the “New Channel” Masha Efrosinina told the newspaper “Segodnya.ua” that Russians do not deprive her of a piece of bread on TV, which cannot be said about “corporate parties”: “Somehow my candidacy was not chosen in favor of another Russian presenter.”

And the host of the “People’s Star” program on the “Ukraine” TV channel, Maxim Nelip, is very dissatisfied with “the flooding of the airwaves with Russians”: “Because of them, the number of offers I have has decreased. Although, please note, most of the Russian presenters who came to us are considered chewed gum in their homeland. And I’m also against the fact that singers become presenters - everyone should do their own thing.”

The presenter of the First National, Olga Sumskaya, has the same opinion: “I was invited to the STB program “Phenomenon”, and in the end they hired Larisa Dolina as an expert. At least her fee is two or three times more.”

Yuri Gorbunov (hosts “Smakuemo” on “1+1”) says he already has enough work: “But if I were the head of the channel, I would not invite Russian presenters, giving way to ours. In general, this is our mentality: it seems that everything that is foreign is better.”