32 Facts About Oxana Fedorova

Oksana Gennadyevna Borodina, known professionally as Oxana Fedorova, is a Russian television presenter, singer, actress, fashion designer, model and beauty queen.

Outside of her career in the entertainment industry, Fedorova is a former police officer.

Oxana Fedorova began her career in the entertainment industry as a model, later becoming Miss Saint Petersburg 1999 and Miss Russia 2001.

Oxana Fedorova went on to win Miss Universe 2002, becoming the first Russian entrant to win Miss Universe.

Oxana Fedorova has participated in numerous charity projects, becoming a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2007.

Oxana Fedorova said in 2016 she became annoyed and frustrated during Donald Trump's presidential campaign because Western media pestered her for information to apparently defame the billionaire.

Oxana Fedorova was born in Pskov to parents Gennadiy Fedorov, a nuclear physicist, and Elena Oxana Fedorova, a psychiatric nurse.

Oxana Fedorova's parents divorced when she was three years old, and her father subsequently left the family.

Oxana Fedorova was raised as an only child and was brought up by her mother and maternal grandparents.

Oxana Fedorova graduated from university in 2000, and later began post-graduate studies at the same university.

Oxana Fedorova wrote her thesis on "Regulation of Private Detective and Security Activity in the Russian Federation," and taught civil law to younger students.

In 2002, Oxana Fedorova successfully defended her doctoral thesis, and subsequently, she obtained her Doctor of Philosophy degree in civil law from the Saint Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in 2003.

Oxana Fedorova enrolled in the police academy as a teenager, where she played the saxophone in the academy's brass band.

In 1999, Oxana Fedorova began working professionally as a model, and later became introduced to beauty pageants.

Oxana Fedorova traveled to Canada, France, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Panama, Puerto Rico, and the United States as Miss Universe 2002.

In Paris, Oxana Fedorova attended the 131st General Assembly of the International Exhibitions Bureau, where she met Nobel Prize winner in physics Zhores Alfyorov.

In Panama, Oxana Fedorova attended the contract signing that made Panama the host country of the Miss Universe 2003 competition, and in September 2002, Oxana Fedorova returned to Puerto Rico to help crown Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2003 Carla Tricoli.

Oxana 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.

Oxana Fedorova later 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.

Oxana Fedorova went on to cohost the show Subbotnik on Russia-1 from 2004 to 2010.

Oxana Fedorova hosted the Russian national selections for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 and Eurovision Song Contest 2010, in addition to serving as Russia's spokesperson for the 2008,2010, and 2012 Eurovision Song Contests.

In 2006, Oxana Fedorova competed in the second season of the Russian version of Dancing with the Stars.

Oxana Fedorova additionally appeared as a guest judge on the Russian version of Project Runway in 2011, and as a contestant on the Russian version of Name That Tune in 2014.

Oxana Fedorova began her music career in 2009, releasing the single "Prava lyubov" with Nikolay Baskov.

In 2008, Oxana Fedorova released her first book The Formula of Style.

Oxana Fedorova has been a member of UNICEF since 2006, and became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2007.

Oxana Fedorova is additionally a member of the Board of Advisors for the Russian Children's Welfare Society.

In 2007, Oxana Fedorova married German model Philip Toft in Munich.

In 2011, Oxana Fedorova married Andrey Borodin, a KGB officer, member of the Presidential Administration of Russia, and vice president of the Russian Boxing Federation.

Oxana Fedorova and Borodin have two children together; a son born in 2012 and a daughter born in 2013.

Since she was three years old, Oxana Fedorova had no contact with her father.

Oxana Fedorova had previously participated in campaigns for the Russian Party of Life.