Irena Ponaroshku (real name – Irina Vladimirovna Filippova; born October 14, 1982 in Moscow) (russian: Ирена Понарошку) is a Russian media personality, TV host, journalist, blogger, former VJ on

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TV show presenter, Vogue Russia columnist.

Biography

Irena was born in Moscow in 1982 to Vladimir Mikhailovich Filippov, former Minister of Education of the Russian Federation, and Natalia Sergeevna Filippova, who worked as a teacher of algebra and geometry for 20 years. At the beginning of her TV career Irena claimed that she was the daughter of the

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player of the Polish group “

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” Janek Ponaroshku, whose family fled

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for the

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in 1989 following the rise of the

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. In 2005 Ponaroshku jokingly insisted on this version: “Yes, this is not a

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- Hungarian surname, like Zanavesku and other heroes of jokes about

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! I inherited it from my father. He is a musician ... ”. Ponaroshku is a cum laude graduate of the Faculty of Economics of the

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with a degree in marketing, English and French.

Career

In 1999 Irena started working on the

channel as an assistant producer, then she was a casting editor, program editor and at the age of 20 she became the host of Total Show. Later Irena hosted Night Flirt, Russian top 10, Ponaroshku Clinic, Ponaroshku Crazy News and other shows on MTV Russia. At the same time she also hosted Morning on TNT on

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TV channel and Star On-line on Zvezda TV channel. In April 2013, she left MTV Russia, which stopped broadcasting a month later. In different years Irena hosted Big City and

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on STS TV channel, shows on Europa Plus TV and Mama TV channel , as well as On Health: Ponaroshku and Seriously on TV-3 TV channel. In November 2009 Ponaroshku became the winner of the 100 Sexiest Women of the Country competition voted number one in the list by readers of the Russian edition of

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magazine. In January 2012, Ponaroshku started an account on Instagram, which gained more than 2 million followers. From 2006 to 2017 Irena wrote a satirical column in the weekly magazine OK!. From 2008 to 2014 she worked as a columnist for men's magazine

. Since January 2018 Ponaroshku is a columnist in Vogue Russia. Since October 2017 she hosts TV Channel SPA in the

show.

Personal life

Since December 2010 Irena has been married to a Russian DJ List, a Hare Krishna. Ponaroshku gave birth to a son on March 31, 2011.Ирена Понарошку родила сына дома
Irena is a vegetarian, she practices and actively promotes yoga, healthy lifestyle, sound nutrition and eco-friendly behaviour.

References

External links

Official Site
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ponaroshku, Irena Living people Mass media people from Moscow Russian women television presenters VJs (media personalities) 1982 births Peoples' Friendship University of Russia alumni Russian columnists Russian women columnists