In the summer, the media in Russia and Ukraine simply “exploded” with sensational news: the most eligible Ukrainian bachelor, the host of the extreme TV show “The World Inside Out,” finally got married! The young man said many times that he would start a family only if his chosen one satisfied all his ideas about an ideal soul mate. She must be Ukrainian, educated, modest, kind, so that her biography does not have any suspicious or scandalous facts - who is she, the happy conqueror of Dmitry’s heart? Is she exactly the same as her future husband repeatedly imagined her to be? Alexandra Kucherenko is the beautiful and smart woman whom Dmitry chose as his wife.
Dmitry Komarov and Alexandra Kucherenko. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aakucherenko/
How did they manage to hide their relationship for more than two years? Now happy newlyweds openly say that they met before the wedding, but how did they manage to keep it secret? Where did they meet, and did a “spark” of love immediately run between them? Is it true that Komarov, as a spectator of the Miss Ukraine 2016 contest, already decided that the charming Alexandra was the girl he had been looking for for many years? What did Sasha’s parents say when she introduced them to her chosen one? After all, it is known that Dima’s profession is very dangerous, and not only in terms of extreme travel to exotic places: there are cases when a guy was almost forced to marry and stay forever in the country he visited. Not only the fact of Dmitry’s marriage caused a stir: it is known that the presenter’s wife is also a very interesting person, smart and educated. The girl has a lot of fans who rejoice at her happiness and want to know more about their favorite.
Official data
Alexandra Kucherenko in childhood. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aakucherenko/
- Last name and first name: Alexandra Kucherenko.
- Place of birth: Dnepropetrovsk, Republic of Ukraine.
- Date of birth: 1997, November 26.
- Zodiac sign: Sagittarius; according to the eastern horoscope - Ox (element of the year (fire); patron planet - Jupiter.
- Nationality: Ukrainian.
- Higher education; Graduated from Kiev National University named after T. Shevchenko.
- Diploma specialty: announcer and presenter of television programs.
- Height and weight: 177 cm, 55 kg.
- Occupation: model, TV presenter.
- Awards: “Miss Ukraine 2016”.
- Family status: Married.
- Husband: Komarov Dmitry.
- Children: no children.
About her childhood and teenage years
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The future beauty queen of national importance was born in the capital of Ukraine, where she spent her entire childhood and studied in high school. Sasha’s parents have nothing to do with television or the modeling business: mom and dad, as their daughter answered in one interview as an adult, are involved in regional finance. The Kucherenko family has two children - Alexandra also has a brother. The girl always said about her parents that they are the closest people, from the first years of her life they surrounded her with care and real family warmth: “I know: they love me, they did an incredible amount for me in childhood, and that I grew up the way I am.” You see me now – it’s entirely their fault.”
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She really liked dancing, and she started attending dance school even before school, when she went to kindergarten. At a secondary school in Kyiv, she studied “excellent” from the first grade. Obedient, calm, modest, from an early age she demonstrated to those around her that she would become either an actress or a dancer: the little girl sang wonderfully, danced wonderfully, and tried to play the piano. But as it turned out later, the girl dreamed of becoming a presenter on television: “I watched the programs carefully, the news broadcasts especially attracted my attention. I paid attention to the announcers who especially often appeared on the screen and tried to imitate them,” from a girl’s story to the Komsomolskaya Pravda in Ukraine resource in 2016.
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Dad and mom were sure that their daughter would subsequently choose a higher education institution related to art or television. Her passion for dancing grew into serious pursuits: Sasha made great progress mastering Latin American dances, and she was especially good at rumba. In addition to dance courses, she also went to a music school and learned to play the piano. “Who will win: fiery rumba, Chopin or Oprah Winfrey?” – her parents asked each other. The fact is that Chopin was her favorite composer while studying at music school, and the American TV presenter became her idol for many years.
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Schoolgirl Kucherenko not only studied very well - she passed all final exams at the Respect TV specialized school with excellent grades and received a gold medal. This was her first victory before entering adulthood; the girl later called her second significant achievement the fact that she entered the Kiev National University, receiving two hundred out of two hundred maximum points - an incredibly high result! Sasha’s fans will probably be interested to know what points her exams for the Faculty of Television Journalism consisted of:
- speaking in front of the examination committee and a television camera at the same time;
- reading a poem;
- a story about yourself and an explanation of your life position.
Receiving the maximum number of points on all three points allowed her to become a student at a prestigious Ukrainian university. The competition for ZNO grades (analogous to the Russian Unified State Exam) did not present any difficulties for her, because Sasha received 186 points out of two hundred in the final exams in history, 197 in Russian, and 196 for her native language. Interesting fact: Dmitry Komarov’s future wife was not eager to subsequently host entertainment programs or fashion shows: upon entering university, she seriously planned to become an announcer in information or analytical programs.
Personal life
The actress’s personal life is busy: at the age of 33, the girl had already been married twice. Family life with her first husband, whose identity the actress keeps secret, did not work out due to different views on life. The man had nothing to do with show business, so he did not understand his wife’s constant employment on the set.
Alexandra Zhivava and her husband Vyacheslav Shikhaleev
The girl met her current husband, actor Vyacheslav Shikhaleev, on the set of the series “Soldiers,” where the man played the role of Private Navadsky.
Participation and victory in the Miss Ukraine 2016 project
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In September 2016, numerous visitors to the International Center for Culture and Arts in Kiev waited with bated breath for the results of the final vote: who would become the personification of national beauty and grace, which beauty would be awarded the crown and will be awarded the honorary title of the most charming girl in the country? And then from the stage of the October Palace (the old name of the center) the name “Kucherenko” was heard: the main prize was won by the participant with the “dangerous” number thirteen. In addition to the crown, the eighteen-year-old student of the Kyiv University was awarded an impressive cash prize, and she also won the right to represent her country at Miss World 2016 in Washington.
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The fame that literally “fell” on the young winner did not bother her at all: Sasha confidently communicated with journalists, willingly gave interviews, and did not lose her composure from the increased attention to herself. All media representatives first of all pestered her with the question: “How did it happen that you could not give the name and patronymic of the Prime Minister of your homeland?” This incident was discussed in the media for a long time, but Alexandra came out of the situation brilliantly: “I was very focused during the dialogue with couturier Andre Tan, and mentally went through my knowledge from the field of fashion when we stood on stage. He changed the subject so unexpectedly that I was simply confused - I didn’t expect exactly such a question.”
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Anyone who is interested in the world of fashion and follows beauty contests is extremely interested in the situation at such projects, what the girls do during preparation, and whether the voting results are rigged. After the victory, the girl was also beset by tricky questions on the topic of “daddy”: did she, a simple student, have an influential person behind her, who with an invisibly powerful hand led her to first place? In one video that was recorded during the interview, it is clear that Sasha was even slightly offended by such a question. She answered a little harshly, but her fans understood that the truth was hidden behind this harshness: “Maybe someone won’t believe it, but my personal example clearly demonstrates that you can only win on your own, without the help of influential daddies.”
Alexandra Kucherenko told reporters an interesting detail: it turns out that she had never thought of participating in a beauty contest, she simply walked past a poster where the casting conditions were printed, and the decision was spontaneously born to try her hand. She had not previously taken part in such events, did not offer her services to modeling agencies, and maybe that’s why she was not too worried either during the preparation period or at the decisive moment: when a person does not know the whole “cuisine” of what is happening thoroughly, it is easier for him to remain calm. But the young winner of the competition said another interesting thing: “As soon as I decided to go there, I immediately set a goal: not only to get first place at the national level, but also to try to win an international victory.”
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The excellent upbringing and kind attitude towards people that her mother and father instilled in her are what undoubtedly helped Alexandra Kucherenko maintain good relations with all the participants in the project until the finale. Many contestants of such events later say with indignation that at large-scale competitions an unbearable atmosphere reigns: girls are “put” on debilitating diets, forced to almost march in formation, endlessly drilled and nagged, and provoke conflicts. But Sasha, to the disappointment of the paparazzi, did not voice a single scandalous fact. On the contrary, she claimed that the atmosphere was pleasant, friendly, and that she even managed to strike up wonderful relationships with new friends.
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Another shocking news for journalists was that she does not adhere to any diets: it turns out that Sasha Kucherenko does not have problems with excess weight and figure! And, as she herself said, she did not exhaust herself with special exercises to maintain her fitness: “Constant ballroom dancing classes are enough not to think about the fact that the muscles will become flabby,” said Alexandra. Her excellent physical shape served her well when the crown was placed on her beautiful head: the award began to slowly slide to the side, but Sasha instantly regained her bearings and picked up the precious thing, returning it to its place. By the way, she explained that the crown almost fell as follows: “Firstly, this did not happen for the first time, not only to me. And secondly, it would be nice to make the crown not perfectly round, but in the shape of a woman’s head - then it won’t slip.”
Alexandra Kucherenko actually experienced increased attention to herself throughout the entire competition, and not just after winning it. The views of the audience were attracted by the number that was assigned to the Ukrainian woman - it was the number thirteen. I wonder, everyone thought, does this number inspire superstitious fears in her? And then she said with a smile: “I have only pleasant impressions associated with this number, on the contrary - I love it! I have been dancing for thirteen years, the date of my birthday is divisible by thirteen - these are already two positive moments. And when they gave me a label with this number, I immediately realized that this was a good sign!”
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After the competition, she announced where she wanted to spend the cash prize: the beauty was eager to help the talented children of her hometown of Dnepropetrovsk. It was stated in an interview that the money would go to help a young violinist from a poor family and a promising teenage pianist. The remaining money, as Alexandra said, she would also give to a good cause: she would like the funds to be spent on organizing a trip for schoolchildren from fellow countrymen to an international conference of young scientists. And so it happened: young physicists, chemists, and biologists attended this conference in Germany in 2017, and considerable credit for making their trip happen belonged to Alexandra Kucherenko.
About her trip to the USA for the Miss World 2016 competition: a large group of beauty experts prepared her very carefully, every detail was thought out, from clothing to behavior style. The Ukrainian entered the top ten, but, unfortunately, her burning desire to win the world crown was not fulfilled. The ideological factor also played a sad role, and the fact that she was significantly ahead of her rivals in height: against her background, those who received second and third place would have looked too small. But participation in Miss World 2016 undoubtedly added a lot of new impressions and positive emotions to the Ukrainian beauty.
Meeting Dmitry Komarov and marriage
Alexandra Kucherenko and Dmitry Komarov.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aakucherenko/ The personal life of a celebrity is an area whose details everyone wants to know if their favorite (or favorite) turns into a “media” person. And Sasha Kucherenko had no intention of slowing down after her trip to the USA and going into the shadows. She has established herself as a professional model: for example, she was a representative of the brand “Nai Lu-na by Anastasia Ivanova” at the international show “Ukrainian Fashion Week”. Her place to work on television came true: on the ICTV channel, announcer Kucherenko began hosting the “Star Sports” program. A huge army of fans (and she really had a lot of them after winning a beauty contest) opened her Instagram every day in the hope that they would find at least one photo with a young man. “Is the dazzling beauty really lonely and not dating anyone?” – her fans were scratching their heads.
Those who most closely followed Alexandra at Miss Ukraine 2016 already suspected: it’s clearly not without reason that Dmitry Komarov pays so much attention to her, it’s no coincidence that he publishes enthusiastic posts addressed to her on his social networks, it’s not for nothing that he published in his Instagram statement: “I am sure that the winner’s last name is Kucherenko!” But these were only vague suspicions that the most eligible bachelor in the country was finally thinking about a permanent relationship: no facts could be found that Sasha and Dima knew each other before 2016. The rumors wandered and wandered and subsided, but resumed with renewed vigor when the couple appeared on TV screens in the program “Dancing with Stars” (analogous to “Dancing with the Stars”).
The girl’s stories about how the partners train for five to six hours a day sparked the audience’s interest incredibly: it can’t be that they were just dancing all this time, hiding behind, cunning, training to hide the meetings! Dima tried to dispel rumors about a more than “official” relationship: “I’m not very strong as a dancer, and my partner has to spend a huge amount of time on me so that we can show a decent result on stage.” But he still gave himself away at one moment, and attentive admirers again began to whisper about their idol’s love. During the project, the jury members asked him to evaluate his performance himself, and he replied: “I cannot rate myself too highly, because I know my level and must be objective. But please, give my partner the highest score at least once!”
And then the most meticulous viewers “unearthed” the fact that it turns out that Alexandra participated in his program “The World Inside Out” six months before! As Dmitry and his wife later admitted, they really knew each other well before “Dancing with the Stars” and fell in love with each other even before the project. “We hid it as much as possible and were terribly afraid that no one would find out about our meetings and make a sensation out of it. To be honest, I even began to develop a phobia on this basis,” Komarov said after the wedding. They later learned another interesting detail from him: “Dancing with the Stars” became a real test for the couple in love; they almost quarreled during the project.
And Dima’s mother, like a real psychic, has long suspected that her son does not just mention the name “Miss Ukraine” in a conversation! It didn’t come as a surprise to her when her son, at the beginning of 2019, seemed to inadvertently ask: “Mom, what kind of wife do you think I will have?” The woman thought quite a bit and answered: “Surely not just a good girl, but the best girl in Ukraine, by any chance is this not Alexandra Kucherenko?” Dmitry voiced all this in an interview he gave to Katya Osadchaya in the summer of 2019. Sasha’s parents, having met their daughter’s fiancé, took the news of her imminent marriage with joy: “They saw that I was happy, and naturally answered his question about their consent positively,” - her words.
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But about all this: romantic meetings, falling in love, a proposal, preparations for a wedding, the secret celebration itself in the holy land of Israel - the general public learned, as they say, “de facto.” The newlyweds, like real partisans, waited until the last minute and did not talk about the fact that they were already a family. Details emerged about how they were considering a place for the wedding, and Dima’s chosen one supported the groom’s idea to do it in Jerusalem. “I always choose a city with positive energy for significant events, and Jerusalem is an ideal place for the sacrament of marriage,” said the former “bachelor on duty” of Ukraine, and Alexandra nodded during their joint interview with the “1+1” channel. They told how they tried to keep the secret when they signed at the registry office: “They quickly came with their passports, handed over the documents, signed what they needed and ran away before anyone tipped off the journalists about us.”
It will seem strange and even offensive to someone that they flew to Israel on different planes before the wedding. “This is not about Sasha!” – Dima said hotly, and added: “She agreed with me right away that you shouldn’t board the same plane: someone will immediately notice it, and conversations will start again. And the fact that we went to Tel Aviv on the same day, we had an ironclad “excuse” ready for this: Eurovision was taking place there. Why can’t we attend this event independently of each other?” At the modest, purely symbolic feast in honor of the newlyweds, only eleven people were present, as the couple later said: these were the parents of the bride and groom, brothers and sisters, witnesses and closest friends.
Alexandra Zhivava now
In addition to her career in the film industry, Alexandra Zhivava plays on the stage of the Moscow Event Theater. In October 2020, the girl played in the play “The Dream of a Funny Man” based on the work by F.M. Dostoevsky "The Dream of a Funny Man". The actress’s latest work was a cameo role in Pavel Snisarenko’s detective melodrama “Fulcrum Points.” The first episode of the mini-series was released in August 2020.
Alexandra Zhivava in the play “The Dream of a Funny Man”
The married actress gave birth to a daughter, Ulyana. The birth of a child caused a slight lull in the actress’s career. But Alexandra is not able to spend all her free time with her daughter due to the busy filming schedule, so grandmothers help young parents in raising Ulyana. Zhiva flatly refuses the services of a nanny.
In her free time from work, the actress reads books, walks and relaxes with her family, but, unlike her colleagues in show business, the girl does not post photos on Instagram and other social networks.
Figure of Alexandra Zhivava
In addition, Alexandra still has hobbies from her childhood - she enjoys painting plates and creating designer dolls. The theater and film actress prefers not only the classics, the girl also enjoys reading modern literature (for example, the novel “99 Francs” by Frederic Beigbeder). But in the interior, Zhiva prefers a laconic classic style - this is how the living room in the actress’s apartment in the Moscow region is decorated.
An ideal vacation for an actress is a deserted beach, and in the vastness of Russia. In an interview, Alexandra said that she prefers Chersonesos to the Egyptian pyramids, but at the same time dreams of a vacation on the ocean.
Alexandra Zhivava in 2020
Despite her surprisingly slender figure (the actress’s height is 158 cm, her weight is 42 kg), Zhiva is indifferent to sports, but enjoys attending hockey matches as a fan. For physical activity, the girl prefers ice skating.
Alexandra speaks about plans for the future exclusively in the context of Russian cinema - the girl does not aspire to Hollywood.
What are the newlyweds doing now?
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They enjoy their happiness: finally there is no need to hide their feelings, meet secretly, hide from the paparazzi in fear that the next day the media and the Internet will deliciously discuss them biographies. The spouses accept congratulations and want not to be too much annoyed with questions and interviews. “Now the main thing we need is silence,” Dmitry said for himself and for his wife. They didn’t even tell anyone about their honeymoon, which the lovers spent, it turns out, in the Maldives - only their parents were aware of this trip.
Finally they were able to move in and live together without hiding. His wife, according to extreme traveler Komarov, is not only his beloved woman, but also a person who fully understands the peculiarities of his profession: “In the two years of our acquaintance, I spent almost a year traveling, and not once did she express displeasure, she accepted everything as due. I’m not going to change my lifestyle and I’m sure there will be no conflicts on this topic in the future.” And his chosen one confirms this: “I support Dima in everything - what he does, no one can do, I just need to be proud of him.”
In an interview with GlamWISH magazine, she shared that there are no secrets between them, and never have been: “After the beauty contest, I told Dmitry about the slightest attempts in my direction (winners are always pursued by fans), but he didn’t even tell his parents once, that I almost drowned during the trip - I was the first to know about it.” The couple does not like to discuss prospects for future life and does not voice their immediate plans. They almost say in unison: “Only God knows how we will live further. But we will try to ensure that the magical spark of our love does not go out, and that mutual interest and love for each other never fades away.” The husband of the top model and beauty pageant winner adds, looking at his wife with admiration: “If we didn’t quarrel during Dancing with the Stars, then now we’ll be together until we’re 90!”
Theater career
The girl ended up in the studio of Kirill Serebrennikov, who became not only her creative director, but also her “godfather” in the art world. Already in her first years, Sasha began to appear on the Moscow Art Theater stage, participated in the plays “Crime and Punishment”, “Cain”, “Hero of Our Time”, “Red Line”, where she played leading roles.
Alexandra Revenko with Kirill Serebrennikov
In 2012, from the best students of his course, including Revenko, Serebrennikov organized the “Seventh Studio”, which became the foundation of his famous “Gogol Center”.
Alexandra Revenko on the stage of the theater
Sasha still remains the leading actress of the theater and actively supports her teacher, who found himself in a difficult situation (the director was accused of embezzling government funds and was under house arrest in 2020).
Interesting Facts
- Dmitry Komarov’s wife’s passion for dancing almost grew into a professional field: she twice took part in the international Blackpool Dance Festival, held annually in the UK.
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- In addition to dancing, the girl is also interested in skiing and horse riding. Surely now that Alexandra is married, she will go skiing and horseback riding more often, because her husband also loves such activities.
- Alexandra Kucherenko gave the crown of the winner of the national project to the next winner in 2017 - the award is not given forever, but only for a year, until the next competition. But the girl almost entirely spent 200,000 hryvnia on charity.
- The name of the young violinist to whom Sasha gave an expensive instrument and helped financially is Marina Krasilnikova. And pianist Alisa Malakhova, thanks to financial support from Alexandra Kucherenko, was able to go to a prestigious music competition.
- Her fiancé proposed to her... on board a helicopter! Dmitry invited his beloved to the sports club to fly in a helicopter, and she was delighted: “I’ve flown on airplanes a hundred times, but not like this!” On board the helicopter, he put an engagement ring on her: “I took off from the ground as a free girl, and landed as a newlywed,” are her words.
- The girl gave her fiancé an exclusive shirt for the wedding, but ordered it while maintaining strict secrecy. She wanted to give Dima a shirt with his initials, and when she called the salon, she made an order from the “left” phone and introduced herself as Dmitry Komarov’s stylist.
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- The young woman is a patriot of her country, she knows her native language very well. She celebrates religious holidays with no less attention than secular ones; congratulations on Holy Easter and Merry Christmas are always published on her Instagram.
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