Irina Anto (Antonenko) (russian: Ири́на И́горевна Анто́ненко; born 1 September 1991) is an actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who holds the title of

Miss Russia 2010 Miss Russia 2010, was held in Barvikha Luxury Village Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia, on 6 March 2010. 51 contestants from all over Russia competed for the crown. Sofia Rudieva of Saint Petersburg crowned her successor, Irina Antonenko of Yekater ...

. She also placed in the Top 15 at the

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pageant held on August 23, 2010 in

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Life and career

Irina Antonenko was born on 1 September 1991 in Magdeburg, Germany. Her parents, Natalia and Igor Antonenko, were both employees of the police. She completed her high school education in school No. 156. According to the school director, Irina was "a very modest and polite girl." Whilst studying at the school, Antonenko entered her first beauty pageant, in which she failed to make the top three. After finishing high school, she began to study finance at the Ural Finance and Jurisprudence Institute, around the same time, she also started her modelling career.Ural.kp.ru
— Папа «Мисс-Россия-2010» Игорь Антоненко: — «Ирина может представить Екатеринбург всему миру» In 2009, having won the title " Miss Yekaterinburg", Irina decided to go to Moscow to the national beauty contest. In mid-February 2010 it sent to the capital to take part in the preparations for the finals of "

Miss Russia Miss Russia () is a national beauty pageant in Russia. It selects the Russian representatives to compete in two of the major beauty pageants: Miss World and Miss Universe. History The pageant has been running since 1992; however, there was no ...

".Irina Antonenko from Ekaterinburg Ready to Conquer US
Ekaterinburg.com Irina Antonenko and Philipp Plein 12 March 2010

On 6 March 2010, Antonenko was crowned

in a contest held in

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. The crown was handed over to her by outgoing titleholder Sofia Rudieva. In addition to the crown, she received a cash prize of $100,000, which she plans to spend mostly on charity, to help children who are ill.Miss Russia 2010
/ref> After her coronation as Miss Russia, she started modelling for the world-famous designer

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, and also participated in fashion shows by such designers as Olga Deffi, Alina Assi, Ilya Shiyan, Irina Natanova and

Vyacheslav Zaitsev Vyacheslav Mikhailovich "Slava" Zaitsev (russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Зайцев; born 2 March 1938) is a Russian fashion designer, painter, graphic artist and theatrical costume designer. Early life Zaitsev was born on 2 ...

, one of the most well-known Russian fashion designers. Antonenko stands tall, and has the measurements (chest), (waist) and (hips). She represented

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in the

pageant held in the

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. Her final position was in the top 15. While preparing for the Miss Universe 2010 competition, she stated that she doesn't have a boyfriend yet. "I haven’t got any time for boyfriends. My day begins with English classes and come to a end with fashion parade late in the evening. I rarely think about men now, but, of course, love is inside each of us."Russia’s representative at Miss Universe 2010
RIA Novosti 2010-07-23. She will be accompanied by her mother and grandmother to

where the contest is held.Russia’s representative at Miss Universe 2010
RIA Novosti 2010-07-23. Her main dress at the competition was a $60,000

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hand-made evening silk dress by Jacob Schaefer.Russia’s representative at Miss Universe 2010
RIA Novosti 2010-07-23. As the traditional gift required by each participant, she brought hand-painted

Matryoshka Matryoshka dolls ( ; rus, матрёшка, p=mɐˈtrʲɵʂkə, a=Ru-матрёшка.ogg), also known as stacking dolls, nesting dolls, Russian tea dolls, or Russian dolls, are a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside ano ...

s. Each of them had a picture of one of the 2005-2009 Miss Universe winners.Russia’s representative at Miss Universe 2010
RIA Novosti 2010-07-23. Antonenko believes her best qualities are persistence, sincerity and friendliness, as well as drive and passion in the fight for victory.
RIA Novosti 2010-08-23. In the same year, Irina Antonenko debuted as an actress in a movie. Her first job began shooting the film ''

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'', a thriller directed by Chris Gorak, producer Timur Bekmambetov, Tom Jacobson, in a cameo role. In 2019 she moved to the US and currently she lives in Los Angeles.

Filmography

References

External links

Irina Antonenko Official siteMiss Russia Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Antonenko, Irina 1991 births Living people Actors from Yekaterinburg Miss Russia winners Miss Universe 2010 contestants Russian beauty pageant winners Russian female models Russian film actresses