Ksenia Kahnovich (russian: Ксения Кахнович; born January 29, 1987) is a Russian former

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, who won the first cycle of the

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show ''

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'', the Russian adaptation of ''

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'' created by

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Career

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'' was held in 2004 and was won by the then 16-year-old Kahnovich, who was born in

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. She refused the first prize, which was an agency contract with

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as she already received a more lucrative offer from

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in the time between the show was taped and the final was aired. When her victory was officially announced, Kahnovich had already moved to Paris In October 2015, Kahnovich was ranked by ''

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'' as one of the most successful contestants of the ''Top Model'' franchise.

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