Mariya Oleksandrivna Yefrosinina (Ukrainian: Марія Олександрівна Єфросініна), better known as Masha Efrosinina (born 25 May 1979 in Kerch), is a Ukrainian television host. In 2018, Maria became the United Nations Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador.
Graduating from a high school with a gold medal (an honour roll), Efrosinina enrolled into the Department of Foreign Languages in the Kyiv University to graduate as an interpreter of the English and Spanish languages.
In 19 she debuted on the Pershyi Natsionalnyi in the program the Happy Bell. In 2002 she received the Teletriumph prize in the nomination the Best TV show.
She co-presented the 50th Eurovision Song Contest alongside Pavlo Shylko, in 2005 from Kyiv's Sports Palace, to a pan-European TV-audience of an estimated 150 million people. She has also co-presented the UEFA Euro 2012 draw held at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, on 7 February 2010.
She presented, alongside Andriy Domanskyi, Fabrika Zirok, the Ukrainian version of Star Academy, on Novyi Kanal.
On 18 November 2010 Efrosinina placed the 77th place among the most influential females in Ukraine according to the Ukrainian magazine Focus.
Personal life
Masha got married in 2003 to Tymur Khromaiev, an Ossetian-Ukrainian, son of the president of Ukrainian basketball league Zurab Khromaiev.
Husband
Tymur Khromaiev is a graduate of the Finance Department of Union College (New York) with bachelors in economics. Tymur Khromaiev is a representative of a financial consulting company that cooperated with Naftogaz Ukrainy in its restructuring. Since 2002 he is director of his own investment company "ARTA" that works in a field of corporate financing, investment banking, brokerage, and assets management.
Awards
Order of Merit, Third Class (2020)
