Tatiana Nikolaevna Kotova (russian: Татьяна Николаевна Котова; born 3 September 1985) is a Russian singer, actress, and television personality. She is the winner of the title
Miss Russia 2006
Miss Russia 2006 the 15th edition of the Miss Russia pageant, was held on December 15, 2006 at Gostiny Dvor Arcade. 60 women competed at the pageant where Tatiana Kotova won representing the Rostov Oblast. Zuleyka Rivera and Taťána Kuchařová ...
and former soloist of Ukrainian female pop group ''
Nu Virgos
VIA Gra ( uk, ВИА Гра), known outside of Ukraine and other nearby countries as Nu Virgos, is a Ukrainian girl group. The name VIA Gra is a triple wordplay; it is an allusion to the drug Viagra, the first three letters "ВИА" ("VIA") ...
''.
In 2006 she won the title of
Miss Russia
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History
The pageant has been running since 1992; however, there was no ...
and had the opportunity to represent Russia in the contests
Miss World
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2007 and
Miss Universe
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2007. Tatiana was one of the favorites in the Miss Universe 2007, but did not reach the semi-finals. Tatiana Kotova is the third Russian to participate in both
Miss Universe
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and
Miss World
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after
Anna Malova and
Svetlana Goreva.
From March 2008 to April 2010 she was a vocalist of the pop-band
Nu Virgos
VIA Gra ( uk, ВИА Гра), known outside of Ukraine and other nearby countries as Nu Virgos, is a Ukrainian girl group. The name VIA Gra is a triple wordplay; it is an allusion to the drug Viagra, the first three letters "ВИА" ("VIA") ...
, replacing
Vera Brezhneva
Vira Viktorivna Halushka ( uk, Віра Вікторівна Галушка; russian: link=no, Вера Викторовна Галушка, ''Vira Viktorivna Halushka''; born 3 February 1982), better known by her stage name Vera Brezhneva (russi ...
. She currently works in a solo career.
1985–2005: Early life
Tatiana Kotova was born on 3 September 1985, in
Sholokhovsky (Rostov region) in a small close-knit family. Her father, Nicholay Kotov, worked as a miner, trucker, and later engaged in business activity. Her mother, Marina Kotova, worked in a bank. Tatiana has a younger sister Ekaterina. Tatiana Kotova took part in her first beauty contest "Miss Autumn 98" at school and won the title "Miss Charm". During her studies for a degree in Crisis Management at the Faculty of Economics of the
Southern Federal University
Southern Federal University (), abbreviated as SFedU () and formerly known as Rostov State University (1957–2006), is a public university in Rostov Oblast, Russia with campuses in Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog.
History
Southern Federal Univers ...
, Tatiana was invited to a modeling training course by agency "Image Elite".
2006–2007: Miss Russia, Miss World and Miss Universe
A few months later, Kotova received an offer to take part in the competition "Best Model of the South of Russia". She entered the top five finalists. Then there were many beauty contests and victories in her career. In December 2006, Kotova won "Miss Russia 2006" title with 53% viewers' votes. In 2007, she represented Russia in international competitions "Miss Universe" and "Miss World". Tatiana was one of the favorites of the contests.
2008–2010: Nu Virgos (VIA Gra)
![Tatiana Kotova](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Tatiana_Kotova.jpg)
On 17 March 2008 Kotova became a participant of the famous pop group Nu Virgos (VIA Gra in Russian spelling). Debut music video featuring Tatiana called ''I'm not afraid'' (Я не боюсь). At the shooting time (February 2008) Kotova was not yet a participant of Nu Virgos, therefore video was filmed with
Albina Dzhanabaeva
Albina Borisovna Dzhanabaeva (; born April 9, 1979, in Volgograd, Russia) is a Russian singer, actress, TV-Host. Best known for being a member in the Ukrainian girl group VIA Gra from 2004 to 2013.
Biography
She completed music school majorin ...
and
Meseda Bagautdinova. Episodes with Tatiana were added later. The first performances as a trio took place in
Moscow
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, in ''Sungate Port Royal'' (Antalya, Turkey) and in Ogre (Latvia). First television shooting was a concert dedicated to the thirtieth of the newspaper ''Arguments and Facts''. In summer 2008, Nu Virgos presented videos ''My emancipation'' and ''American wife'' (Американская жена).
In early January 2009, the first participant
Nadezhda Granovskaya returned in Nu Virgos. Trio recorded two singles ''Anti-geisha'' (Антигейша) and ''Crazy'' (Сумасшедший) and shot videos, directed by
Alan Badoev
Alan Kazbekovich Badoev ( uk, Алан Казбекович Бадоєв; born January 1981) is a Ukrainian movie director, music video director, screenwriter, TV producer, TV presenter and music producer of Ossetian origin. He first gained int ...
and Sergey Solodkii. The last Kotova performance in the group «Nu Virgos» was held in Ukrainian ''Star Factory. Super final'' on 21 March 2010. Kotova officially announced her retirement at a press conference on 22 April 2010. Tatiana was replaced by
Eva Bushmina
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from third Ukrainian ''Star Factory''.
2010–present: solo career
In June 2010, Kotova played a role of business-woman Ksenia Morozova in the television soap opera ''Happiness is somewhere near'' (А счастье где-то рядом) directed by Vasily Mishchenko. In September 2010, Kotova started a solo music career. The song ''He'' (Он, written by
Irina Dubtsova
Irina Viktorovna Dubtsova (russian: link=no, Ирина Викторовна Дубцова; born 14 February 1982) is a Russian singer, songwriter, and actress. She is the winner of fourth season of ''Fabrika Zvyozd'' (2004), released three albu ...
) became her debut solo single. The video was directed by Alan Badoev. Second single was named ''Red on red'' (Красное на красном). It was written by
Alexey Romanoff
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.
In 2010, Kotova became a TV-presenter. She compered the program ''Fashion Emergency assistance'' (Скорая модная помощь) on Muz TV Channel paired with designer Max Chernitsov. September 28, 2010 Kotova debuted with solo live performance in St. Petersburg. She presented a song ''Vampiritsa'' (Вампирица). Then the release of the singles ''Obladi'' (Облади) and ''Peace for strong men'' (Мир для сильных мужчин) was followed.
April 18, 2012, the song and the video ''In games of the nights'' was released (В играх ночей, directed by Maria Skobeleva). Video looks quite provocative, because of what Tatiana had to do censorship version. This video was presented in the category "Most sex video" on Russian Music Awards RU TV 2012, but the award went to Ukrainian singer OKSI for her video ''Love for two'' (Любить за двоих). In mid-2012 new video of Kotova song ''Everything is just beginning'' (Всё только начинается, directed by Sergey Tkachenko) was presented in the air of the most popular music TV channels in Russia. On 7 November 2012 the song ''Recognition'' (Признание) was presented. On 3 December 2012 collaboration with rapper Stan - the song ''Melt'' (Раствориться) - appeared on the Internet. On 4 December 2012 Kotova introduced her new concert show in Moscow karaoke club Isterika. The performance included both songs and new compositions ("Ex-Lovers") and remixes of some popular Russian pop-songs (''I love soldiers'' – «Я люблю военных» Ирины Аллегровой).
In 2013, Kotova released the song ''Violet'' (ФиоЛЕТО) in the creation of which involved well-known Ukrainian singer, writer and producer Alex Potapenko (Potapov). In December, Tatiana Kotova received an offer to play in continuing the comedy film ''What men are doing'' (Что творят мужчины). In January 2014 Tatyana Kotova took part in shooting of this film in America. In May 2014 Kotova released a new single ''Everything will be as you want'' (Всё будет так, как хочешь ты).
Personal life
Kotova urged peace between Russia and Ukraine on
Instagram
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on 24 February 2022, during the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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.
References
External links
Official websiteArticle on Tatiana winning retrieved 20 May 2010
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1985 births
Living people
People from Rostov Oblast
Miss Russia winners
Miss Universe 2007 contestants
Miss World 2007 delegates
Nu Virgos members
Russian beauty pageant winners
Russian women singers
Southern Federal University alumni
Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine