Masha Efrosynina

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Oleksandrivna and the family name is Yefrosynina.
Masha Efrosynina
Маша Єфросініна
Born
Mariia Oleksandrivna Yefrosynina

(1979-05-25) 25 May 1979 (age 45)
Kerch, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
Alma materKyiv University
Occupations
  • TV host
  • actress
  • entertainer
Known forhosting Eurovision Song Contest in 2005
Spouse
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(m. 2003)​
[1]
ChildrenNana (daughter)
Oleksandr (son)
Parents
  • Oleksandr (father)
  • Liudmyla (mother)
RelativesYelyzaveta (sister)
Andriy Yushchenko (brother-in-law)
AwardsBest TV Hostess 2004

Mariia Oleksandrivna Yefrosynina (Ukrainian: Марія Олександрівна Єфросиніна;[2] born 25 May 1979), professionally known as Masha Efrosynina (Ukrainian: Маша Єфросиніна), is a Ukrainian television host and media personality. Along with Pavlo Shylko, she hosted the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.[3]

In 2018, Masha became the United Nations Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador.[4]

Biography

Graduating from high school with a gold medal (an honour roll), Efrosinina enrolled in the Department of Foreign Languages in the Kyiv University, graduating as an interpreter of the English and Spanish languages.

At 19 she debuted on the First National channel in the program Happy Bell. In 2002 she received the Teletriumph prize in the nomination the Best TV show.

She co-presented the 50th Eurovision Song Contest alongside Pavlo Shylko, in 2005 from Kyiv's Sports Palace, to a pan-European TV-audience of an estimated 150 million people. She has also co-presented the UEFA Euro 2012 draw held at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, on 7 February 2010.

She presented Fabryka Zirok, the Ukrainian version of Star Academy, with co-host Andriy Domanskyi, on Novyi Kanal.[5]

On 18 November 2010 Efrosinina placed the 77th place among the most influential females in Ukraine according to the Ukrainian magazine Focus.[6]

Personal life

Masha got married in 2003 to Tymur Khromaiev, an Ossetian-Ukrainian, son of the president of Ukrainian basketball league Zurab Khromaiev.[7]

Husband

Tymur Khromaiev[8] is a graduate of the Finance Department of Union College (New York) with bachelors in economics. Tymur Khromaiev is a representative of a financial consulting company[9] that cooperated with Naftogaz Ukrainy in its restructuring.[10] Since 2002 he is director of his own investment company "ARTA" that works in a field of corporate financing, investment banking, brokerage, and assets management.

Yelyzaveta Yushchenko

Her sister Yelyzaveta, who is two years younger,[11] married Andriy Yushchenko, son of the former Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko.[12][13] She also graduated Kyiv University (2009) department of psychology and now works as specialist in a child psychology. On 10 March 2010 the young Yushchenko family increased in size by a girl, Varvara.[14][15]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "Khromaiev Tymur Zaurbekovych". pep.org.ua. Public register of politically exposed persons of Ukraine. 17 November 2020. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Указ Президента Украины №254/2020" (in Ukrainian). Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  3. ^ "Our Eurovision: how the contest was held in Kyiv in 2005 and 2017". nashkiev.ua (in Russian). 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  4. ^ [1] (UNFPA Ukraine)
  5. ^ "Domansky and Efrosinina - leaders of "Factory-3"". tochka.net (in Ukrainian). 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  6. ^ "100 самых влиятельных женщин Украины. Рейтинг Фокуса". Archived from the original on 2012-06-21. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
  7. ^ Весілля на галявині (Khrestshchatyk, 2003)
  8. ^ Brief Bio of Khromaiev at the website of his company
  9. ^ Squire Capital Limited Archived 2011-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Держава взяла на себе борги НАКу Archived 2009-12-12 at the Wayback Machine (Дзеркало Тижня, № 36 (764) 26 вересня — 2 жовтня 2009)
  11. ^ Усе про нову дівчину сина Ющенка. (TabloID)
  12. ^ UNIAN of 30 July 2009 (in Russian)
  13. ^ Андрій Ющенко поспішив з весіллям, бо наречена вагітна? (TabloID)
  14. ^ Андрій Ющенко "народив" дочку Варю (TabloID)
  15. ^ Андрій Ющенко не приїхав на пологи Лізи Єфросиніної
  16. ^ (in Ukrainian) Decree of The President of Ukraine № 254/2020
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Preceded by Eurovision Song Contest presenter
(with Pavlo Shylko)
2005 		Succeeded by