Oksana Voevodina

Oksana Andreyevna Voevodina (Russian: Оксана Андре́евна Воеводина; born 10 July 1992 in Astrakhan[1]), also known as Rihana Oxana Gorbatenko (Рихана Оксана Горбатенко) and Xenia Diaghileva or Ksenia Dyagileva (Ксения Дягилева), is a Russian model and 2015 Miss Moscow beauty pageant winner.[2] She also had a screen name, but it's unconfirmed.

Oksana Voevodina
Born	Oksana Andreyevna Voevodina 10 July 1992 Astrakhan, Russia
Other names	Rihana Oxana Gorbatenko Xenia/Ksenia Dyagileva Nikol (screen name)
Education	Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Occupation	Model
Title	Miss Moscow 2015
Spouse(s)	Muhammad V of Kelantan ​ ​ (m. 2018; div. 2019)​

Biography

Her father, Andrei Ivanovich Gorbatenko, is an orthopedic surgeon from Rostov-on-Don.[3] Her mother Lyudmila Voevodina, a concert pianist, was also a beauty contestant in the early 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union. She attended Plekhanov Russian University of Economics in Moscow.[4] As a beauty pageant contestant, Voevodina won the Miss Moscow title in 2015.[5]

Personal life

On 22 November 2018, Voevodina married Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan, who is also the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia while he was in Moscow, Russia. They also already had a traditional Malay wedding in Malaysia on 7 June 2018 prior to the Russian wedding celebration. She had converted to Islam that same year, in April 2018 and changed her name to Rihana Oxana Petra (the family name of Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan).[6] While the purported wedding was widely covered and discussed on social media, as of January 2019 no official statement has been released to confirm or deny that matter.[4] In an unprecedented move, Muhammad V became the first King to step down from the throne, effective 6 January 2019 while his term should have ended on 12 December 2021.[7] Media reported the birth of their son Tengku Ismail Leon Petra bin Tengku Muhammad V Faris Petra on 21 May 2019.[8][9] On 22 June 2019, Muhammad V divorced Voevodina in Singapore by a "talak tiga" or talaq baayin, the irrevocable divorce executed by simply announcing to his wife that he dissolves the marriage, which is considered to be the most offensive and disapproved type of divorce in Islam.[10] After Voevodina had posted photos of their life together on her Instagram account, the Kelantan palace finally issued official statement on 6 September 2019 rebuking the matter as untrue by condemning postings of the monarch's private life on social media as inappropriate and defamatory. The sultan also expressed 'regret' regarding his personal choices of his private life that has caused the peoples' confusion, without mentioning any names.[11]

References

1. "Oksana Voevodina Discloses 10 Personal Facts About Her Background". hype. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
2. "Has former Miss Moscow Oksana Voevodina married Malaysia's king Sultan Muhammad V?", Business Insider, December 3, 2018 – via South China Morning Post
3. Stewart, Will (November 27, 2018), "Miss Moscow 2015 converts to Islam, marries King of Malaysia", The Sun – via Fox News
4. "Mahathir says can't confirm if Malaysian King has married, as widely reported on social media". The Straits Times. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
5. "Oksana Voevodina is crowned Miss Moscow in 2015". Daily Express. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
6. "8 Things To Know About Russian Beauty Queen Oksana Voevodina". Says.com. 30 November 2018.
7. "Abdication of Muhammad V as King of Malaysia".
8. "Sultan Muhammad V, ruler of Malaysia's Kelantan state, has baby boy with Russian wife Oksana Voevodina". South China Morning Post. June 5, 2019.
9. Chia, Rachel Genevieve (6 June 2019). "Sultan Muhammad V's Russian wife gave birth to a baby boy – and she called the pregnancy 'the most difficult time of my life'". Business Insider. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
10. Ariff, Syed Umar; Harun, Hana Naz (17 July 2019). "Kelantan Sultan divorces Russian wife". New Straits Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
11. Amy Chew (6 September 2019). "Malaysian palace slams posting of sultan's private photos on social media". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

External links

• Oksana Voevodina on Instagram
• Oksana Voevodina on VK