Masha Efrosynina Explained

Masha Efrosynina
Маша Єфросініна
Birth Name:Mariia Oleksandrivna Yefrosynina
Birth Date:1979 5, df=y
Birth Place:Kerch, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality:Ukrainian
Alma Mater:Kyiv University
Known For:hosting Eurovision Song Contest in 2005
Spouse:[1]
Children:Nana (daughter)
Oleksandr (son)
Parents:Oleksandr (father)
Liudmyla (mother)
Relatives:Yelyzaveta (sister)
Andriy Yushchenko (brother-in-law)
Awards:Best 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]

HusbandTymur 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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Khromaiev Tymur Zaurbekovych. 17 November 2020. pep.org.ua. Public register of politically exposed persons of Ukraine. https://web.archive.org/web/20201121130010/https://pep.org.ua/en/person/9633. 21 November 2020.
  2. Web site: Указ Президента Украины №254/2020 . Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України . 2024-05-09 . uk.
  3. News: Our Eurovision: how the contest was held in Kyiv in 2005 and 2017. 2017-05-13 . ru. nashkiev.ua. 2023-06-21.
  4. https://ukraine.unfpa.org/en/news/maria-efrosinina-became-honorary-ambassador-un-population-fund-ukraine
  5. News: Domansky and Efrosinina - leaders of "Factory-3". 2009-07-10 . uk . tochka.net. 2020-05-25.
  6. Web site: 100 самых влиятельных женщин Украины. Рейтинг Фокуса . 2010-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120621132849/http://focus.ua/charts/156273/ . 2012-06-21 . dead .
  7. http://www.kreschatic.kiev.ua/ua/2336/art/14075.html Весілля на галявині (Khrestshchatyk, 2003)
  8. http://arta.ua/uk/company/aboutus/managementstructure.html Brief Bio of Khromaiev at the website of his company
  9. http://squire-capital.com/ Squire Capital Limited
  10. http://www.dt.ua/1000/1550/67284/ Держава взяла на себе борги НАКу
  11. http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/person/48639a58f0e3f/ Усе про нову дівчину сина Ющенка. (TabloID)
  12. http://www.unian.net/rus/news/news-328971.html UNIAN of 30 July 2009
  13. http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/photos/49f4ba8837951/ Андрій Ющенко поспішив з весіллям, бо наречена вагітна? (TabloID)
  14. http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/lounge/4b97b1d32397a/ Андрій Ющенко "народив" дочку Варю
  15. http://gazeta.ua/index.php?id=330876 Андрій Ющенко не приїхав на пологи Лізи Єфросиніної
  16. Decree of The President of Ukraine № 254/2020