Biography
Sofia was born in the Urals in the family of a military man and a doctor. The future model recalls: “Mom tried to raise me to be a creative person. I graduated from art and music schools, went to various clubs. My dad is a military man, that is, he raised me in strictness, but he never shouted. At home he was a different person than at work. I am grateful to my parents for my upbringing.” In addition, the girl played volleyball professionally, was fond of cooking, and also dreamed of becoming an actress.
In 2011, Sofia Nikitchuk moved to Yekaterinburg and entered the Ural Federal University to major in Human Resources Management. Her bright appearance was immediately noticed. Already in her first year at the institute, the Alexandri modeling agency signed a contract with Sofia. So the girl began working as a model, participating in fashion shows and filming for glossy magazines.
Sofia Nikitchuk now
At the beginning of 2020, joint romantic photos of Sofia Nikitchuk and Nikolai Baskov appeared on the Internet. They were posted on Valentine's Day with the appropriate caption. Rumors spread among the model's fans about her affair with a popular singer, but the girl did not comment on the speculation.
Sofia Nikitchuk and Nikolai Baskov
And in March, Sofia surprised fans by appearing in the rating project “The Bachelor.” Nikitchuk decided to become a participant in the 6th season, in which rapper Yegor Creed chose his companion. Anastasia Smirnova, Ulyana Pylaeva, Elena Golovan, Daria Klyukina also appeared in the project.
Yegor Creed and Sofia Nikitchuk in the show “Bachelor”
In 2020, Sofia’s repertoire was expanded with two collaborations with Alex Malinovsky. The girl starred in videos for the songs of the star of the show “The Voice” “Crazy Love” and “Antidote”. Together with the performer, she appeared at the “Heat” music award ceremony, which provoked new rumors about the affair.
Sofia Nikitchuk and Alex Malinovsky in 2020
The singer himself stated that he has a relationship with the model, the nature of which he has no right to talk about. Fans were left only to guess what kind of relationship the artist had in mind - personal or creative.
"Miss Ekaterinburg 2014"
In 2014, Sofia took part in the city beauty contest. Despite the fact that Nikitchuk is a native of Snezhinsk, she passed the casting because she was a full-time student in the capital of the Urals.
After hard work, which included choreography, fashion shows and acting, Sofia Nikitchuk won and won the title of “Miss Yekaterinburg 2014”. She became the owner of a silver crown decorated with Ural gems, a Skoda Rapid car and a cash prize. And most importantly, she received the right to participate in the all-Russian Miss Russia 2015 competition, and the girl took full advantage of this chance.
Stories of Ural beauties: from fashion shows in swimsuits to weddings with a billionaire
Beauty can save the world, but those who get it have a hard time. Victoria Lopyreva at the award ceremony for the winners of the “Style of the Year 2003” competition Photo: Marat Abulkhatin\ITAR-TASS
Sofia Nikitchuk’s victory at the Miss Russia contest deprived the girl of her personal life and freedom for the next year. The Ekaterinburg woman, having tried on the crown and immediately signed a contract, actually fell into slavery to the sharks of show business and the beauty industry. We remembered all the Ural beauties, found out how their fate turned out, and found their photos. Some were ridden like draft horses after their triumph, others still receive benefits from their shape and appearance. What is the fate of the recognized “queens”, are they happy in their personal lives and does the crown they have won help them make a career?
Photo: Alexander Mamaev © URA.Ru
The crown was presented to 21-year-old Ekaterinburg resident Sofia Nikitchuk by Victoria Lopyreva . She was only 16 years old when she took part in the Elite Model Look - 99 competition and became a finalist. Then, a year later, she was recognized as “Don’s Photo Model.” Victoria considers this victory the start of her modeling career. She tried on the Miss Russia crown in 2003. But I realized, despite the successful photo shoots, that modeling is not the whole life. We managed to fit work on television and participation in shows into the tight schedule of photography. And Vika Lopyreva began to be perceived not as another “miss,” but simply as a girl with character.
Photo: Alexander Mamaev © URA.Ru
Photo: Instagram\@lopyrevavika
Victoria recently added one more status to her status - “wife of Fedor Smolov.” And when the striker returns to the capital’s Dynamo, Yekaterinburg fans will clearly miss not only his goals, but also the presence of a smiling beauty in the stands. Victoria is now 32 years old. She has a husband, a job and plans for the future that are not related to the exploitation of her own beauty.
Natalya Polevshchikova at the premiere of the film “Saint Laurent” at the 67th Cannes Film Festival Photo: Julien Warnand\EPA
Natalya Polevshchikova from Perm knows how to combine family life and a supermodel career Although the first glossy magazines appeared in Russia when she was already nine years old. But, as the model herself says, their covers were part of her childhood impressions. And since the girl was beautiful and persistent since childhood, a career as a top model was quite natural for her.
International holiday “Fashionable Night” with the participation of model Natasha Poly in Moscow Photo: Maxim Shemetov\ITAR-TASS
Elena Toropova, director of the Perm agency that conducted the qualifying round of the New Model Today competition, sent Polevshchikova to Moscow for the finals. Natasha took second place. She was 15 years old then. After success in the capital, the girl was able to finish school during breaks between filming in Milan, Paris and Tokyo. And at the age of 18 she signed a contract with the prestigious New York agency Women Management, with which she still collaborates.
Photo shoot of Natasha Poly for Vogue Photo: pretty-portal.ru
At the start of her modeling career, starting in 2004, she attended pret-a-porter shows for Yohji Yamamoto, Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel and Versace. Then the top model Natasha Poly’s track record (so that foreigners would not have to worry about the pronunciation of Polevscyikova) included brands such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Roberto Cavalli, Sonia Rykiel, Dolce&Gabbana.
It’s not for nothing that Natalya Polevshchikova is considered one of the most sought-after models in the world. The influential website models.com placed Natasha Poly in the section next to Natalia Vodianova.
Marriage is not an obstacle to filming nudes
A busy career, a crazy schedule of filming and fashion shows did not prevent Natalya from successfully getting married. In 2011, the wedding of a native of Perm and Dutch businessman Peter Bakker took place in Saint-Tropez. Moreover, the young people dated for about five years before their engagement, and then for another three years they did not decide to get officially married.
Now Natalya Polevshchikova is 30 years old. In September 2013, she gave birth to a daughter, Alexandra Christina. The young mother instantly got into shape and already in February 2014 she starred for the cover-story of the February Vogue Japan.
“Miss World 2008” Ksenia Sukhinova Photo: Alexey Kudenko\RIA Novosti
The beauty from Nizhnevartovsk, Ksenia Sukhinova, did not initially intend to pursue a career as a beauty. At the age of 12 she started training in biathlon. After school I entered the Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, the Faculty of Technical Cybernetics. I tried to become Miss University. She didn’t take first place, but she continued to participate in competitions and eventually became first the main beauty of Tyumen, then Russia, and in 2008, the owner of the title “Miss World”.
Having fulfilled the charitable, informational and presentation obligations under the contract, she returned to Tyumen and graduated from the university. She periodically posed for fashion magazines such as Glamor, left Russia, and participated in charity events. The place of work was Valentin Yudashkin's Fashion House.
Tyumen student Ksenia Sukhinova, who won the title “Miss World 2008” at a beauty contest in Johannesburg Photo: Anton Denisov\RIA Novosti
But in recent years, Miss World 2008 has most often attracted the attention of journalists thanks to a man. Sergei Govyadin, the owner, called the beauty’s common-law husband, constantly gives reasons to appear in gossip columns. Either he will build a luxurious mansion for his beloved, or he will give a photo shoot from the legendary Patrick Demarchelier (they say for a hundred thousand dollars).
Then he will celebrate Ksenia’s birthday at a villa in Antibes, which is reported in breathless detail by numerous media outlets: the host was Ivan Urgant, the guests were delighted with their performances by Alena Apina, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and the British singer Seal. Among those invited to the 25th anniversary of the beauty from Nizhnevartovsk are Valentin Yudashkin, ex-Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin, composer Igor Krutoy...
The crown of the main Russian beauty, who opened the road to world domination for Ksenia Sukhinova Photo: Anton Denisov\RIA Novosti
About 28-year-old Ksenia Sukhinova, the only Russian woman to win the Miss World title, we can now say that she is “widely known in narrow social circles.” And even then thanks to the wealth of the man nearby. She doesn’t have big contracts, she doesn’t appear on covers. And the only “people’s” reminder of her success may be the appearance of her name in the Avenue of Tyumen Stars, if the proposal of the City Duma deputies is accepted and implemented.
The first “Miss Russia” from Yekaterinburg - Irina Antonenko Photo: ldmag.ru
The main Ekaterinburg beauties - Irina Antonenko and Sofia Nikitchuk , who tried on the Miss Russia crown with a difference of five years, still have everything ahead. “Miss Yekaterinburg 2009” can already consider herself a quite successful girl. Although her modeling career ended simultaneously with receiving the crown at the Russian competition, in Moscow Irina had a different goal, towards which she is already moving very decisively.
Model from Yekaterinburg Irina Antonenko, in addition to the title and crown, received 100 thousand dollars Photo: Alexey Kudenko\RIA Novosti
A graduate of the Ural Academy of Finance and Law is now studying at the Russian University of Theater Arts (GITIS). And it’s removed. Her first role was as a "babe in a club" in the thriller Phantom. The episode is in a film where Timur Bekmambetov himself was the producer. And then the series “Ship” happened on STS, which brought Antonenko some popularity.
The first crown of the future actress is the Miss Yekaterinburg 2009 competition
Svetlana Petrakova, director of the Miss Yekaterinburg city beauty contest, says that Sofia and Irina have a lot in common. “Both brunettes. True, Sofia’s eyes are dark brown, coffee-colored, while Irina’s are bluish-green. Both have military fathers. But the main thing, Svetlana emphasizes, is that they have “not girlish” willpower. And the absolute absence of whining and the desire to manipulate at the expense of one’s weaknesses.”
This is how the career of the future “Miss Russia 2015” began
So after Sofia has worked out the “bondage” (according to Petrakova) 6-page contract, in which the responsibilities of “Miss Russia” are spelled out in detail in small print, including responsibility for her appearance and possible reputational risks, she will be able to return to the life of an ordinary beauty . Become a successful model. Or a loving wife and mother.
The main (for now) victory of Sofia Nikitchuk Photo: Anton Belitsky © URA.Ru
For a long (by modern standards) five years, millions of people watched the star model-football couple. Irina Shayk and Cristiano Ronaldo met on the set of an Armani advertising campaign. The Portuguese forward showed off his perfect body and underwear, while the beauty from the Ural city of Yemanzhelinsk took sexy poses in multi-colored swimsuits.
Photo shoot by Irina Shayk for the Desigual brand in Barcelona Photo: Albert Olive\EPA
The modeling career of Irina Shaykhlislamova is a chapter from the fairy tale about Cinderella. Mining town Yemanzhelinsk. Father, a coal miner who died early from lung disease. Mom is a music teacher, torn between part-time jobs to raise two daughters. And the exotic beauty in which the West and the East came together.
2004, Irina Shayk on the set of the fashion show Photo: Boris Kaulin\RIA Novosti
When Irina was eighteen, she won the first and only beauty contest, becoming the Chelyabinsk “Supermodel - 2004”. After which she was noticed by Gia Dzhikidze, a scout who also discovered Natalia Vodianova to the world. Irina agreed to become a professional model and, taking the pseudonym “Shayk,” already worked in Europe in 2005. But her finest hour was her acquaintance with Ronaldo, whom many consider not only the best, but also the sexiest football player.
Photo: topfacegirls.com
It turned out that the companion of the main star of the Portuguese national team and Real Madrid is interesting to the social circle much more than just a model. The girl from Yemanzhelinsk began to appear at the Golden Ball ceremonies and on the Oscar red carpet... But at the end of 2014, the couple broke up.
Irina Shayk is 29 years old. She continues to be a sought-after model and shines at social events. Men who appear next to her are automatically written down as Ronaldo's successors.
"Miss Russia 2015"
In 2020, the Ural beauty set off to conquer Moscow. From the very beginning of the Miss Russia 2015 competition, Nikitchuk became a favorite. She felt confident both at the fashion show in a bikini and at the intellectual stages. Artistry and charm brought the girl a well-deserved victory. In addition to the title, she received a cash reward of three million rubles, a car, a white gold crown and the right to represent the country at the Miss World and Miss Universe international competitions.
However, in an interview with Woman's Day, Sofia admitted that during the competition she was almost on the verge of a nervous breakdown: “There were a lot of beautiful, strong girls. I constantly had stressful situations when you sit and think: “She can win, and she does!” And here she is my competitor!” This was my big mistake - I started trying on the crown for all the participants. This really stops you from developing. And only a week later I realized that I need to think only about myself and somehow improve myself without noticing others. But until the very last moment I didn’t know that victory would be mine, because many beautiful girls made it into the top ten.”
After winning Miss Russia, Sofia shared: “I advise all girls to never doubt themselves and their abilities. If you realized that you can achieve success and took some step along this path, this is already a big victory. The main thing is not to stop. I really love my comfort zone, and it was very difficult for me to leave Yekaterinburg to prepare for the Miss Russia competition, but I realized how successful it could be for me. And I realized that you need to be able to leave your comfort zone in order to achieve results.
Since childhood, my mother taught me that people will always look at me. Even if I’m standing on stage somewhere far away, people are still watching, and the camera can turn on me at any moment. And this is not only on stage, but also in life. Therefore, you must always be beautiful and smile, because at any moment you can be noticed.
At Miss Russia I had a mascot - a small angel made of clay, which my family gave me before leaving. In fact, I believe that victory is less dependent on the mascot than on the person himself. This is self-hypnosis. If you think that this thing that is next to you will help you, then it really will happen. And it doesn’t matter what kind of thing it is: a postcard, someone’s photograph, a figurine... The main thing is your thoughts.”
"Vice Miss World 2015"
In December 2020, Sofia Nikitchuk won the title of “Vice Miss World” at a beauty contest held in the resort city of Sanya on the Chinese island of Hainan. As a gift, the girl received a precious crown and car keys.
When asked by a journalist if she was upset that she became second, the beauty replied: “No, not at all. Both the first place and the second have their pros and cons. I think second place has even more advantages. I dedicated my victory to my grandmother - she died a month before the final.”
The most difficult thing for Sofia at the competition was lack of sleep: “Every day we woke up at 6 in the morning and went to bed at 12 at night. There was a very big difference with Moscow - 5 hours. Although I quickly adapted: you wake up in the morning and know what you need to do, what events await you.”
Scandals, intrigues
In May 2020, Sofia Nikitchuk came to the attention of law enforcement agencies. The reason was the girl's photo shoot, where she uses the Russian flag instead of clothes. As reported by the media, the photographs offended the patriotic feelings of a citizen who wished to remain anonymous. The prosecutor's office of the Sverdlovsk region conducted an inspection, but did not reveal any violations.
“It was a dress, and in no case a flag,” Sofia told Komsomolskaya Pravda. — I am a patriot of my country and respect its symbols. I would never wrap myself in a flag. I posed in a dress in front of the flag.”
Cinema
Sofia Nikitchuk followed in the footsteps of her predecessor, actress Irina Antonenko (“Miss Yekaterinburg 2009” and “Miss Russia 2010”) and starred in films. In the historical series “Sofia” she got one of the main roles.
“There are four main characters in the film: Sofia, her husband Ivan III, Elena Voloshanka and her husband,” said the aspiring artist. – I will play Elena. This will be a historical film of 10 episodes. My heroine will appear on screen from episodes 7 to 10. I can’t tell you the rest of the details yet.”
“I worked with director Alexei Andrianov when they filmed a charity project about butterfly children for the Miss World competition. Then I found out that he would be filming a historical series, and decided to try my hand at it. I went through the casting and was approved for the role. It’s a great honor for me to play such a big role with a talented director,” said Nikitchuk.
Playing in a movie is the beauty’s long-time dream. She explained that this was her first experience working on such a large project. To avoid getting into trouble on the set, Sonya took acting lessons for two months: “I spent a very long time preparing for the auditions. I studied with a teacher from Hollywood, Svetlana Efremova. She changed my consciousness and approach not only to cinema, but also to many life situations. I am very grateful to her for what she invested in me.”
The multi-part drama also stars such famous artists as: Nadezhda Markina, Pyotr Zaichenko, Boris Nevzorov, Evgeny Tsyganov.
The film takes place in Moscow at the end of the 15th century. The events are dedicated to the beginning of the formation of Russian statehood, in particular, the marriage of the Grand Duke of Moscow Ivan III with the last heir to the Byzantine throne, Princess Sophia Paleologue.
Evgeny Tsyganov played Ivan the Third, and the role of Sofia Paleolog, the grandmother of Ivan the Terrible, was played by Maria Andreeva. Elena Voloshanka, played by Sofia Nikitchuk, was the daughter of the Moldavian ruler Stephen III the Great and the Kyiv princess Evdokia Olelkovich. In 1480, her father sent an ambassador to Moscow to conclude an alliance with the Moscow state against the Turks who threatened the Moldavian principality. To cement this union, Elena married the eldest son of Ivan III, Ivan Ivanovich the Young. In marriage, she gave birth to a son, Dmitry, who was then declared heir to the throne.
Elena competed with Sophia Paleolog, who sought to declare her son Vasily heir. The struggle at court ended with Helen's defeat. Her comrades-in-arms were executed, Ivan III annulled the decision to appoint Dmitry as heir, and on April 11, 1502, he ordered his daughter-in-law and former heir to be imprisoned. Helen died in prison in 1505.
Films and TV projects
In 2020, the model tried her hand at cinema. She starred in the historical television series directed by Alexei Andrianov “Sofia”. The audience saw the girl in the role of Elena Voloshanka. She played with such stars of Russian cinema as Evgeny Tsyganov, Boris Nevzorov and Maria Andreeva. So far this is the only film in Sofia’s repertoire, but she plans to continue participating in new television projects.
Sofia Nikitchuk in the film "Sofia"
Today, Sofia Nikitchuk maintains her fame by accepting invitations to participate in popular TV shows. So, in 2020, she visited the “Let's Get Married” project.
The beauty of the model does not leave the stars of Russian show business indifferent. The girl repeatedly became the heroine of videos of popular singers. Sofia appeared in Irakli’s video for the song “Snow” and in Yegor Creed’s video “Tear”. Nikitchuk received the main role in the video of the MBand group “Slow down”.
Irakli – “Snow”
The model also worked with rapper Basta, appearing in the musical project “My Broken Dreams.” The actress played the role of a girl experiencing problems in understanding with her parents.
Interview
About Me
“I’ve never been a homebody, my life is very busy! Self-development comes first in my life. This is constant self-education: reading books, learning new specialties, playing sports. That is, I completely improve myself not only externally, but also internally.”
“My greatest advantage is that I am a sincere, open person, and I wish everyone to be like that.”
“I do not allow rudeness towards myself, and I myself do not allow rudeness in return. I don’t like liars and hypocrites, and I myself will never be like that.”
“I am a queen, but humane and simple, I do not forget that I have certain responsibilities. I’m definitely not a party girl who wants to “make it” and does everything for it. Yes, I want to communicate with a certain circle of people, but this is not an end in itself. I will never expose my financial situation on Instagram, nude photographs - these stories are not about me.”
About beauty
“Beauty is the kindness and care that a woman radiates. I don’t have an ideal of female beauty, but I like Jessica Alba, Gisele Bundchen, Cameron Diaz. I don’t look up to anyone, I can read about these girls, look for something for myself, they have achieved a lot in life with their work.”
“Being a beauty queen and being a model are completely different things. A model is a girl who walks along the catwalk, but at the same time they look not at her, but at the clothes she demonstrates. And at the Miss Russia competition, for example, it was important to show your inner state and outer beauty. When you walk across the stage, they evaluate not your dress, but you as a person. That's the difference."
“The best way to be beautiful is to be confident in yourself and in what you do! And also eight hours of sleep, two liters of water daily and a good mood.”
“If there was a beauty contest among men, I would give the victory to Danila Kozlovsky: he is beautiful both externally and internally, as it seems to me. Among foreign men, Jude Law deserves this title. But in general, men should do something else; beauty contests are the prerogative of girls.”
Rules of life for Sofia Nikitchuk
“Respect your parents and people who gave you something in life. Don't stop there! I couldn’t do this before, but when you set a goal for yourself and achieve it, you can’t stop and choose even more difficult goals. I would never hurt my loved ones, even animals. When someone suffers, it makes me feel hard.”
About the present and the future
“This is, first of all, career fulfillment, and in five to ten years, I think I will definitely have a family! I want to be like my mother: she manages to perfectly combine both work and family!”
Interesting Facts:
- Libra
- Favorite book: “Three Comrades” by Remarque
- Favorite movie: "The Untouchables"
- Favorite dish: Caprese salad
- Hobbies: psychology, playing the piano, sports, traveling
- Height: 177 centimeters
- Parameters: 88-63-91
Based on materials from Wikipedia, as well as sites: 24smi.org, spletnik.ru, kleo.ru, starhit.ru, wday.ru, ural.kp.ru, amic.ru, uralweb.ru, kyrag-grad.ru, woman. ru, 24catalog.ru, grandstreet.ru, missrussia.ru, ok-magazine.ru, kp.ru
Personal life
The personal life of Sofia Nikitchuk is fully revealed to Instagram subscribers. For her love of selfies, users have already given Sofia the nickname “Misstagram,” but in general, the beauty’s everyday life, according to her photo blog, is not much different from the life of other models: shows, the gym, bouquets from fans, pictures near the pool in a swimsuit. The girl never ceases to amaze fans with her body shape, because her weight does not exceed 55 kg with a height of 178 cm, and her figure parameters (88-63-91) are close to ideal. Among her photographs there are also photos with Timati. Sometimes the model pampers her subscribers with videos of her playing the piano.
Sofia Nikitchuk and Andrey Naumov
It is known that Sofia Nikitchuk dated for a year and a half with the famous former biathlete Andrei Naumov, who is 14 years older than her. According to the athlete, he had serious plans for the beauty, he was going to propose to her. Acquaintances of Sofia and Andrei talked about the wedding, which was to take place soon. But Nikitchuk decided that at this stage her career was more important to her than family and children, and the couple broke up.
In the fall of 2020, it became known about a romance that broke out between the model and 26-year-old football player Fedor Smolov. Smolov broke off relations with his ex-girlfriend, also a model Miranda Shelia. Soon rumors appeared on social networks that Sofia Nikitchuk was going to marry Fedor. But the athlete never became her husband.
Fedor Smolov and Sofia Nikitchuk
The Ural beauty claims that she has never sought help from plastic surgeons, although some skeptics say that she had rhinoplasty. But there is no evidence of this.
